15.01.2020 Reducing the risk of blood clots in artificial heart valves People with mechanical heart valves need blood thinners on a daily basis, because they have a higher risk of blood clots...
26.11.2019 How the immune system gets on the wrong track With the help of simulations on the supercomputer "Piz Daint", an international research team has succeeded in making...
16.09.2019 International Team of Scientists Dissolves Mystery of Gastric Proton Pump with “Piz Daint” Gastric acid is one of the most acidic substances found in nature. However, this acid is also the first line of defense...
27.11.2017 Nano-sensor measures tension of tissue fibres Computer simulations have helped a team of researchers led by ETH professor Viola Vogel to develop a peptide that is...
20.10.2017 Scientists use CSCS supercomputer to search for "memory molecules" Until now, searching for genes related to memory capacity has been comparable to seeking out the proverbial “needle in a...
26.07.2017 “Where and how does consciousness develop (…)? That’s what I’d really like to know.” Doctor Katrin Amunts is a professor of brain research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Director of the Cécile...
27.07.2016 The spleen and its effect on red blood cells The size and shape of red blood cells could be determined by the spleen, or so it would seem from simulations on ‘Piz...
09.04.2014 Slidecast: Capire il cervello attraverso la simulazione Il CSCS ha ospitato lo scorso 11 marzo una conferenza pubblica tenuta da Richard Walker dedicata a "Capire il cervello...
02.09.2013 Mechanical stimulus crucial for bone development Researchers from ETH Zurich have successfully demonstrated, for the first time in vivo, how bone tissue responds to...
12.06.2013 Neuroscience to Benefit from Hybrid Supercomputer Memory To handle large amounts of data from detailed brain models, IBM, EPF Lausanne, and ETH Zurich are collaborating on a new...
10.06.2013 Come un supercomputer può aiutare a restituire armonia al cuore Il CSCS ha ospitato lo scorso 7 giugno una conferenza pubblica tenuta dal Professor Auricchio in cui ha illustrato "Come...
19.02.2013 Using the supercomputer to look for traces of evolution in genes In the HP2C project “Selectome”, scientists from the University of Lausanne and the SIB Institute of Bioinformatics and...
12.11.2012 A supercomputer to understand the failing heart In certain heart diseases, the left ventricle does not contract simultaneously. Usually, a pacemaker can come to the...
02.05.2012 Escape response of small fish tested using a supercomputer Small fish bend themselves into a ‘C’ shape before they flee from predators. Observations have suggested that this shape...
02.04.2012 Solving the Mystery of Neanderthal Man in the Supercomputer Around 15,000 years after modern humans, Homo sapiens, came to Europe, Homo neanderthalensis disappeared for good. Now...
08.12.2010 Bacteria with “force sensors” If connective tissue fibres are under tension, bacteria do not bind to them so well. However, if the fibres are severed...
