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...
