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…
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.…
30.05.2023 CSCS part of a focused effort to uncover the secrets of the Sun The Sun: our basis of existence and the star that is closest to us and that we can investigate in the most detail. Yet…
25.07.2022 Imaging the brain with ultrasound waves As wave specialists, seismologists map the structure of planets from the information that seismic waves carry. Now, the…
11.03.2022 Explained: a milestone in nuclear fusion energy production Theorists have long believed that nuclear fusion holds the potential to produce an essentially unlimited amount of clean…
25.02.2022 Researchers use "Piz Daint" to simulate important structural elements of the pion With the help of the CSCS supercomputer "Piz Daint", an international team of researchers succeeded for the first time…
15.12.2021 How did the peculiar moons of Uranus form? The peculiar characteristics of Uranus’ moons have been a topic of debate in astronomy for decades. Making use of…
09.02.2021 Accelerated and improved simulations shed light on topological defects in the universe The existence of topological defects in the universe, the most common of which are known as cosmic strings, has not yet…
11.01.2021 Typical star formation is linked to the overall gas reservoir How stars form in galaxies remains a major open question in astrophysics. A new UZH study sheds new light on this topic…
11.11.2020 Revolution in physics: scientists have identified a form of generalised superradiation In a way, superradiance is the ne plus ultra of radiation. Its powerful light is critical for many experiments in a…
01.10.2020 Simulating ITER at CSCS: how scientists aim to control nuclear fusion In Saint-Paul-lés-Durance, a tiny village in southern France, construction of the core element of the nuclear fusion…
24.08.2020 Neural networks show potential for identifying gamma rays detected by Cherenkov Telescope Array With the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) that is currently under construction, researchers hope to observe highly…
07.04.2020 Simultaneous simulation of gravitation and magnetism of a protoplanetary disk Researchers from the Universities of Zurich and Cambridge have succeeded for the first time in creating a single…
02.03.2020 The seismicity of Mars Fifteen months after the successful landing of the NASA InSight mission on Mars, first scientific analyses of ETH Zurich…
