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CSCS moves into new computer centre in Lugano
March 12, 2012
The staff at CSCS have moved into their new building in Lugano-Cornaredo. The supercomputers and associated IT equipment will follow in a few weeks.
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Plate tectonics modelled realistically
February 23, 2012
ETH Zurich scientists have for the first time realistically simulated how an oceanic plate sinks of its own accord under an adjacent plate. This enabled them to give a conclusive explanation of the process and how it affects the...
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Eliminating errors in quantum computing
January 12, 2012
Quantum computers, should they be realized one day, will inevitably make errors. Therefore, they need special error correcting mechanisms. The most important part of it, a so-called Toffoli gate, has now been realized by ETH...
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Michele Parrinello awarded the Marcel Benoist prize
December 6, 2011
This year’s Marcel Benoist Prize has gone to Michele Parrinello, a professor at ETH Zurich and Università della Svizzera italiana and former director of CSCS. Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter presented Switzerland’s most...
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Lake water to cool supercomputers
November 3, 2011
High-performance computing centres use a great deal of electricity. In order to run its new computer centre in Lugano-Cornaredo as energy-efficiently and cost-effectively as possible, CSCS is using the natural resource of Lake...
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CP2K – a computer program for the future
October 20, 2011
With CP2K researchers can, amongst other things, simulate new materials and their molecular properties. The molecular scientist Jürg Hutter began developing CP2K about ten years ago in collaboration with the research group led by...
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Ambassador of the United States of America visits CSCS
October 7, 2011
The American ambassador in Switzerland pays the CSCS a visit. A technology and science enthusiast, the diplomat was suitably impressed.
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