25.11.2015 Aneesur Rahman Prize for ETH-Zurich professor Matthias Troyer Matthias Troyer, a professor of computational physics at ETH Zurich, has received the Aneesur Rahman Prize 2016 for...
23.03.2015 Improving the theory of phase transitions with supercomputers Supercomputers help researchers where experimentation and observation reach their limits. Physicists Jürg Diemand and...
19.11.2014 Bits and bytes in pictures Scientists are using Piz Daint’s graphics processors to simulate the Milky Way at an unprecedented resolution and...
16.10.2014 Supercomputer "feels" magnetic fields in the cosmos The supercomputer Piz Daint has enabled researchers to perform high-resolution simulations of cosmic magnetic fields and...
29.07.2014 Researching how stars explode Supernovae are exploding stars. The light from the explosion and its remnants enable numerous conclusions to be drawn...
24.03.2014 "One of the most important physics discoveries of this decade" Martin Kunz, a professor in the Cosmology Group at the University of Geneva would like to prove the existence of defects...
13.09.2013 Stelle, galassie e bytes: supercalcolatori come laboratori virtuali per l’astrofisica Il 10 settembre 2013, il CSCS ha collaborato all'organizzazione della conferenza aperta al pubblico su "Stelle, galassie...
25.03.2013 Perché senza Grid-Computing non si sarebbe trovata la nuova particella al CERN Il 22 Marzo la penultima conferenza scientifica di un ciclo organizzato dal CSCS allo scopo di far conoscere al grande...
03.01.2013 Big Bang under the microscope Scientists have replaced the telescope by the microscope: Using the similarities between the structure of a crystal and...
18.12.2012 Searching for defects in space Topological defects in space may have developed fractions of a second after the Big Bang. Simulations of these wormlike...
26.09.2012 Under the sign of cosmic strings The two-day User Day held from 20 – 21 September 2012 offered users an opportunity to exchange ideas intensively on...
12.01.2012 Eliminating errors in quantum computing Quantum computers, should they be realized one day, will inevitably make errors. Therefore, they need special error...
13.06.2011 First glimpse into birth of the Milky Way For almost 20 years astrophysicists have been trying to recreate the formation of spiral galaxies such as our Milky Way...
01.06.2011 Will Quantum Knowledge Cool Supercomputers? Whether data is processed or deleted in computers, both consume energy. The energy is released as heat. A study has now...
