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A supercomputer to understand the failing heart
November 12, 2012
In certain heart diseases, the left ventricle does not contract simultaneously. Usually, a pacemaker can come to the rescue here. Why this does not help in thirty per cent of cases, however, is difficult to ascertain. Simulations...
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Under the sign of cosmic strings
September 26, 2012
The two-day User Day held from 20 – 21 September 2012 offered users an opportunity to exchange ideas intensively on their research and familiarise themselves with the new CSCS building.
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CSCS grants 53,163,300 computing hours
September 25, 2012
25 research teams applied for computing time at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) during the time period October 2012 to September 2013. The peer reviewers found that multiple proposals were excellent in content.
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National high-performance computing strategy set in stone
August 31, 2012
Federal Councillor Alain Berset inaugurated the new CSCS building at a ceremony today.
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Materials research meets cosmology
June 13, 2012
This year’s Max Rössler Prize goes to Nicola Spaldin, a professor of materials theory in the Department of Materials at ETH Zurich.
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Escape response of small fish tested using a supercomputer
May 2, 2012
Using a supercomputer ETH researchers were able to test for the first time the hypothesis that small fish bend themselves into a ‘C’ shape before they flee from predators.
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Solving the mystery of Neanderthal man in the supercomputer
April 2, 2012
An agent-based simulation is set to show how Neanderthal man and modern humans struggled for survival in an inhospitable era.
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