08.03.2023 Turbulent Affairs: Scientists extend the limits of what we know about powerful flow phenomena It doesn’t have to be a hurricane or a tsunami — even a simple running water tap induces a shock wave upon impact with…
21.11.2022 Quiet Query: Scientists model how noise-reducing aircraft liners are a drag on efficiency Aircraft noise is reduced by acoustic liners covering the inner surfaces of its engines. However, these components also…
25.10.2022 Swiss hydropower: from slow and steady to flexible and ready Thanks to hydropower, Switzerland’s energy production was relatively green long before the political decisions boosted…
02.02.2022 New method cracks simulation of foam formation Whether on top of a cappuccino or in the wake of waterfalls, foam is omnipresent. Until now, simulating foams…
09.09.2021 “Piz Daint” simulations aid team’s quest to sequence a single protein molecule In contrast to DNA, the sequence of proteins can not yet be identified at the level of one single cell or one single…
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…
01.09.2020 Focus on the heart Mechanical engineer Dominik Obrist has been enthusiastic about computers for years, and working with supercomputers and…
05.12.2019 Winner of the 2019 APS/DFD Gallery of Fluid Motion Award A team of ETH Zurich and CSCS receives the 2019 APS/DFD Gallery of Fluid Motion Award. This was announced at the 72th…
15.10.2019 Tracing the dynamics of turbulent currents Mathematically precise description and prediction of turbulent flow remains an unsolved problem in physics and…
20.06.2017 Simulating extreme aerodynamics Researchers at Imperial College in London have used “Piz Daint” to simulate with unprecedented accuracy the flow over an…
09.11.2015 ETH research among the best supercomputer applications in 2015 Every year at the SC conference, the Gordon Bell Prize is presented to recognise outstanding work in the field of…
17.04.2015 Nanoelectronic components on the "computer test bench" Thanks to a special computer programme, researchers from ETH Zurich are able to simulate electronic nanocomponents and…
28.05.2013 Fast or superfast water transport There were high hopes of using carbon nanotubes, particularly for ultra-fast water transport to desalinate seawater.…
14.01.2013 "Do something that significantly improves the quality of human life" Diego Rossinelli is a senior scientist at the Computational Science & Engineering Laboratory of ETH Zurich, lead by…
20.11.2012 CSE Lab wins the Milton Van Dyck Award: the Gallery of Fluid Motion 2012 The Computational Science & Engineering Laboratory (CSE Lab) of ETH Zurich lead by Professor Petros Koumoutsakos wins…
