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…
05.02.2020 Why Uranus and Neptune Are Different The two outermost giant planets of the solar system have similar masses, but also have striking differences. Researchers…
11.11.2019 Towards unveiling the origin of our galaxy Up to this day, cosmic particles tell the story of the universe and how it came into existence. Now, a research group at…
01.04.2019 “Piz Daint” takes on Tier 2 function in Worldwide LHC Computing Grid In the future, the “Piz Daint” supercomputer will handle part of the analysis of data generated by the experiments…
