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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...Read more...
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...Read more...
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...Read more...
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...Read more...
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.Read more...
CH2011 - climate development in Switzerland
September 30, 2011
Climate scientist Christoph Schär provides information about the current climate scenarios in Switzerland. They were presented at ETH Zurich with the publication of the “CH2011” report. Read more...
State-of-the-art seismic imaging at the CSCS User Day 2011
September 30, 2011
The CSCS User Day brought together around 60 users in Lucerne on 23 September. Read more...
