Regulations are needed to ensure that the products of industrial nanotechnology do not pose unexpected risks to human health, British scientists say.
The first supercomputers to approach and even surpass the processing power of the human brain are to be built by IBM, under a contract announced by the US Government.
Advances in genetic technology will soon allow terrorists to create a new generation of “designer” diseases that are many times more powerful than today’s biological weapons, scientists have given warning.
Humanity could return to the Moon to set up a permanent base by 2007 at half the cost of building the International Space Station, according to a Nasa scientist.