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Purchase credit cards – SDG2 switch to Demat invoice system

Published:15.04.24 — New purchasing credit card for processing monthly statements via Sesame.

Picture the Universe: CSCS and PASC project supports future SKA

Published:19.01.23 — The Square Kilometre Array Observatory is scheduled for completion by 2030. Once operational, it will generate 600 petabytes of astronomical data per year. Scientists in Switzerland are working diligently to develop part of the supercomputing infrastructure and software that will process this enormous amount of data efficiently. CSCS is lending its expertise from many years of experience in handling large amounts of data, while a project financed by the PASC initiative and led by EPFL researchers is increasing the efficiency of the data processing software.

RADIOBLOCKS

Published:12.12.22 — RADIOBLOCKS: A New European Consortium to develop Next Generation Technologies for Radio Astronomy Infrastructures

Radio astronomy to foster Swiss research and industry

Published:25.05.22 — By becoming a member of the SKA Observatory (SKAO), the largest and most ambitious radio astronomy collaboration in the world, Switzerland intends to foster Swiss research and industry while contributing to an international initiative that promises to revolutionize our understanding of the Universe.

Cosmic web orchestrates the progression of galaxies

Published:25.02.22 — The shape of galaxies and how they evolve depend on a web of cosmological filaments that run across the Universe. According to a recent study headed by EPFL’s Laboratory of Astrophysics, this cosmic web plays a much bigger role than previously thought.