LHC – atom smasher’s computers hacked
HACKERS claim they have broken into the computer system of the Large Hadron Collider, the mega-machine designed to expose secrets of the
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Quantum cryptography can go the distance
Quantum cryptographic networks usually work by entangling two light particles, or photons. But individual photons can only travel so far down a fibre
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Europe of the future: Germany shrinks, France grows, but UK population booms
Britain will overtake Germany and France to become the biggest country in the EU in 50 years’ time, according to population projections unveiled
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Robot with a biological brain
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wACltn9QpCc] Source: University of Reading.
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UK DNA database grows on the genes of the innocent
Almost 600,000 genetic profiles taken from innocent people have helped swell the National DNA Database to cover about seven per cent of the
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Boeing Joins Lockheed Martin On Blackswift
Boeing and ATK have joined the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works team bidding to build the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Blackswift
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The security impact of the neurosciences
The development and use of human enhancement drugs, especially for military purposes, causes even greater debate and speculation. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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Scientists: Humans and machines will merge in future
LONDON, England (CNN) — A group of experts from around the world will hold a first of its kind conference Thursday on global
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Cern lab goes ‘colder than space’
The Large Hadron Collider is entering the final stages of being lowered to a temperature of 1.9 Kelvin (-271C; -456F) – colder than
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The Secrets of Anti-Aging Genes
Jeanne Calment of France, shown here at age 119, died in 1997 at age 122 years and 164 days. Credit: NVP An ambitious
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