Dec 2, 2014
Quantum computing could soon become a mainstream reality, with the news that nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamonds could be used to construct vital components for quantum computers. Before now it has been impossible to read optically-written information from quantum computers electronically. Now, using a graphene layer, a team of scientists headed by Professor Alexander Holleitner of the Technische Universität München (TUM) has implemented a read unit that seems to work.
Dec 1, 2014
A Grade 8 learner has won the South African Doodle for Google competition with a nature-themed doodle envisioning a country free from poaching. The competition invited school children across the country to create a Google Doodle depicting the “South Africa of Their Dreams”.
Nov 27, 2014
School kids attending the Orlando Pirates Learning Centre, supported by Acer for Education, have seen significant improvements in their marks for the critical subjects of maths and English. The centre has already touched the lives of more than 1 500 children between Grade 6 and Grade 12. Testing before and after attending the centre shows that primary school children increased their English marks from an average of 55,67% to an average of 75,79%; with their maths marks improving from 41,33% to 64,79%.
