22.11.2024 From Earthquakes to Diamonds: REVEAL Uncovers Earth’s Hidden Depths A new model developed at ETH Zürich with CSCS resources reveals the Earth’s inner layers in never-before-seen detail.…
30.09.2024 The birth of Jupiter: a first visualization computed on ‘Alps’ The first-ever visualization computed on CSCS’s new ‘Alps’ supercomputer brings to life a giant collision in our solar…
19.09.2024 The first marathon for ‘Alps’: A 20-hour run fully exploited the new machine’s performance In a 20-hour “hero run,” researchers at PSI harnessed the full power of the Alps supercomputer. They executed…
13.08.2024 How scientists uncovered and corrected a specific bias in climate models With weather and climate phenomena becoming more extreme and challenging for our society, accurate climate simulations…
20.06.2024 PASC24: the ACM Student Research Competition strengthens HPC This year marked the PASC conference’s ten-year anniversary, and, for the first time, the number of attendees exceeded…
20.06.2024 PASC24: the convergence of science, computing and fun This year's PASC program explored both the benefits of and sometimes the challenges in high-performance computing (HPC),…
29.05.2024 Scientists explore complex metal alloys for a promising way to greener and fairer chemistry Many industrial processes rely on rare elements — notably as part of catalysts for essential chemical reactions.…
29.01.2024 Dynamic Decoded: Scientists successfully simulate protein complex that initiates fertilisation Researchers at ETH Zurich recently developed highly realistic simulations of the proteins on sperm and egg cells…
21.12.2023 Scientists investigate the power of tiny bubbles Cavitation is a curious phenomenon: The bubbles it creates can maul massive metal devices, help bring medical drugs into…
06.11.2023 Solved: the mystery of the Martian core Mars’s liquid iron core is smaller and denser than previously thought. In addition, it is surrounded by a layer of…
27.10.2023 Flight on Mars: in search of optimized rotor blades for Martian helicopter For the Martian helicopter Ingenuity, flying on Mars is like being an insect flying at half the speed of sound here on…
04.09.2023 Researchers Develop High-Resolution Models for Weather and Climate Research The Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), ETH Zurich, and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts…
17.07.2023 PASC23: Computing Across Scales, Domains, and Communities Since its beginning in 2014, PASC has grown into a major international conference in high-performance computing. This…
03.07.2023 Scientists reveal the complex reality of a simple particle As a free electron solvated in water, the so-called aqueous electron is the smallest and simplest of all anions.…
12.06.2023 Simulations show for the first time how DNA is made available for replication in cells Before DNA in cells can be replicated or repaired, a very specific process must take place. By combining experiment and…
