• COMPUTERS
    Nanofridge could keep quantum computers cool enough to calculate

    Even quantum computers need to keep their cool. Now, researchers have built a tiny nanoscale refrigerator to keep qubits cold enough to function. Classical computers require built-in fans and other ways to dissipate heat, and quantum computers are no different. Instead of working with bits of information that can be either 0 or 1, as […]

  • COUPONS
    eBay’s One Aint Enough Contest Offers Prizes Worth Rs 20,000

    eBay India has started a contest called One Aint Enough on Twitter and is offerings prizes worth Rs 20,000 in the form of coupons.  The One Aint Enough contest is valid only for Tuesday between 12 pm to 4:29:59 pm. “Prizes worth Rs. 20,000/- to be won! RT (re-tweet) if you think you can win […]

  • HOME & GARDEN
    accurate enough TO eat

    persevering with her series on garden designers, Clare Foster visits the Suffolk home of Tom Hoblyn, which, way to a year–round harvest of trained fruit timber and greens, is more than just a feast for the eyes… Tom Hoblyn’s walled garden inside the Suffolk village of Bardwell is his sanctuary. ‘After a week of theoretical […]