26.11.2019 How the immune system gets on the wrong track With the help of simulations on the supercomputer "Piz Daint", an international research team has succeeded in making…
21.11.2019 Gordon Bell Prize awarded to two research groups at ETH Zurich The prestigious Gordon Bell Prize by the Association for Computing Machinery at Supercomputing ‘19 (SC19) goes to two…
15.11.2019 New matrix multiplication algorithm pushes the performance to the limits With a rapid increase of simulation resolution and precision in fields like quantum chemistry, solid state physics,…
11.11.2019 Towards unveiling the origin of our galaxy Up to this day, cosmic particles tell the story of the universe and how it came into existence. Now, a research group at…
15.10.2019 Tracing the dynamics of turbulent currents Mathematically precise description and prediction of turbulent flow remains an unsolved problem in physics and…
18.09.2019 A "simulation booster" for nanoelectronics Two research groups from ETH Zurich have developed a method that can simulate nanoelectronics devices and their…
16.09.2019 International Team of Scientists Dissolves Mystery of Gastric Proton Pump with “Piz Daint” Gastric acid is one of the most acidic substances found in nature. However, this acid is also the first line of defense…
06.09.2019 Nicola Spaldin awarded the Marcel Benoist Prize Nicola Spaldin, Professor of Materials Theory at ETH Zurich, has been awarded the Swiss Science Prize Marcel Benoist for…
22.07.2019 Oceans Apart: Interdisciplinary Dialogue at PASC19 Explores Challenges in Computational Modeling A second edition of the Interdisciplinary Dialogue took place during the PASC19 conference June 12–14 in Zurich,…
15.07.2019 Practical Science: Fusion Physicist Marina Becoulet shares insights and reflections on PASC19 The Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) held its sixth annual interdisciplinary conference for scientific…
25.06.2019 PASC19: Preparing for “Exascale and Beyond” The Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) held its sixth annual interdisciplinary conference in scientific…
15.05.2019 A refined criterion for wear particle formation Whenever surfaces in contact slide relative to each other, they wear and emit particles. In a study published in…
15.04.2019 New biologically derived metal-organic framework mimics DNA Chemical engineers at EPFL have synthesized a biologically-derived metal-organic framework on which the hydrogen bonding…
01.04.2019 “Piz Daint” takes on Tier 2 function in Worldwide LHC Computing Grid In the future, the “Piz Daint” supercomputer will handle part of the analysis of data generated by the experiments…
04.03.2019 New simulation methods to visualise quantum effects in superfluid fermions What exactly happens inside neutron stars – the final stage of a giant star – is subject to speculation. In terms of…
