05.05.2021 Strength of carbon sink in the Southern Ocean depends on salinity The Southern Ocean dominates the oceanic uptake of human-made carbon dioxide (CO2). How much CO2 it can store depends on…
22.04.2021 Simulations further boost efficiency of solar cells The research groups led by Michael Grätzel and Ursula Röthlisberger at EPF Lausanne are following up on their joint…
12.04.2021 CSCS, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NVIDIA Announce World’s Most Powerful AI-Capable Supercomputer "Alps" system to advance research across climate, physics, life sciences with 7x more powerful AI capabilities than…
09.04.2021 Evolving Artificial Intelligence: Researchers develop algorithm on "Piz Daint" inspired by nature Scientists at the Ticino Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA) are striving to make artificial intelligence as…
23.03.2021 "We don't just procure a new computer": CSCS Director Shares Details About Planned Successor to “Piz Daint” The flagship supercomputer of the CSCS, "Piz Daint", needs to be replaced. Installation of the successor computer,…
23.02.2021 Scientists begin building highly accurate digital twin of our planet A group of European scientists and experts are creating a digital twin of the Earth that is intended to support…
09.02.2021 Accelerated and improved simulations shed light on topological defects in the universe The existence of topological defects in the universe, the most common of which are known as cosmic strings, has not yet…
11.01.2021 Typical star formation is linked to the overall gas reservoir How stars form in galaxies remains a major open question in astrophysics. A new UZH study sheds new light on this topic…
04.01.2021 ETH Researchers Compute Turbulence with Artificial Intelligence For the first time, researchers at ETH Zurich have successfully automated the modelling of turbulence by combining fluid…
11.11.2020 Revolution in physics: scientists have identified a form of generalised superradiation In a way, superradiance is the ne plus ultra of radiation. Its powerful light is critical for many experiments in a…
29.10.2020 Soot particles influence global warming more than previously assumed A team of researchers from ETH Zurich has for the first time used simulations on the CSCS supercomputer "Piz Daint" to…
12.10.2020 Is afforestation in any case climate-friendly? Because trees absorb carbon dioxide through photosynthesis, some scientists see reforestation as a possible measure to…
08.10.2020 Molecular dynamics simulations play key role in manufacturing high-efficiency solar cells Molecular dynamic simulations on “Piz Daint” showed that solar cells based on crystals of metal-halide perovskite…
07.10.2020 Cholesterol binding sends long distance communication signals in proteins Scientists at the University of Southern Denmark used simulations on the "Piz Daint" supercomputer to show how the…
01.10.2020 Simulating ITER at CSCS: how scientists aim to control nuclear fusion In Saint-Paul-lés-Durance, a tiny village in southern France, construction of the core element of the nuclear fusion…
