As electronics shrink, conventional materials like copper reach their limits. Using #CSCS supercomputing resources, researchers from @EPFL and @Harvard identified promising 1D materials—and discovered two rare, stable metallic wires just a few atoms thick: cscs.ch/science/chemistry-ma…

🇨🇭 Sovereign Open-Source AI in Action: Switzerland’s Apertus 1.5 is now integrated into Proton’s Lumo. Starting today, Apertus 1.5 (the open language model built by EPFL, ETH Zurich, and CSCS) is available as an optional model inside Proton’s privacy first assistant, Lumo. ◾️Truly Open Science: Trained on the Alps supercomputer under the Swiss AI Initiative, Apertus is released under Apache 2.0 (8B and 70B sizes). Version 1.5 brings vision capabilities, a 262k context window, a thinking mode, and upgraded tool use. ◾️Sovereignty in Practice: By keeping infrastructure, data, and compute within national borders, Switzerland ensures technological independence from global big tech monopolies. ◾️Privacy by Design: Lumo users can opt into Apertus while maintaining Proton’s zero access encryption. Switzerland is quietly building a blueprint for sovereign, open source AI. Apertus isn't trying to replace every closed system overnight, it's establishing a real, privacy respecting pipeline from supercomputer to consumer application. #SovereignAI #OpenSourceAI #Privacy #SwissAI #ArtificialIntelligence #TechInnovation @cervisiarius @EPFL @TrustValleyCH @LuizaJarovsky @ImanolSchlag @xavierstuder @haeggee @cscsch @AbtSwitzerland @EPFL_AI_Center @DominiqueCAPaul @BrianRoemmele @clara__meister @effi288 @JulienFrrr @AnneLaureBEAUD2 @valentina__py @MLoebekken @alan_frei @ProtonPrivacy @SwissDevJobs @emmanuel_belo @USchuepbach @tagesanzeiger @GH_Wiegand @apertusllm @a_yukh @ETH_AI_Center @ETH @EPFL_AI_Center

Viene Tomás Aliaga del @cscsch y me regala la moneda conmemorativa a #Cray. #YoYaGané

RT @gudipudi_aditya: I was late to a supercomputer because of a cow. A livestock show on the drive to Lugano, then Alps at @cscsch, cooled…

Accurately predicting semiconductor band gaps is key to understanding their properties. Using CSCS’s #Alps supercomputer, @EPFL_en researchers developed a new DFT functional that improves accuracy while remaining far faster than many-body methods. ⚛️💻cscs.ch/science/chemistry-ma…

Heatwaves aren't freak events anymore, they're everyday life. Parched forests, failed harvests, wildfires, deadly heat across continents. A new study now puts numbers on responsibility: how much the world's biggest CO₂ emitters have driven these extremes. bit.ly/4wilgnh

#PASC26 is taking off in Bern! The chairs @DominikObrist and @elaineraybourn are just welcoming the participants and giving an overview of the conference! Stay tuned! #HPC #AI #CoDesign

A collaboration that began in summer 2025 has already produced a new #AI model that predicts antibody-antigen binding with unusually high data efficiency — fewer experiments are needed. Could speed up both antibody and small-molecule drug discovery. More: bit.ly/4oIqzd2

We are pleased to announce that our latest Digital Annual Report is available online. Packed with insightful data, compelling narratives, and interactive features, this report showcases our journey, achievements, and milestones over the past year: report2025.cscs.ch/

We will be at the ISC High Performance Conference! Visit #CSCS at booth G-31 to talk HPC, AI, and supercomputing in Switzerland — with Swiss coffee and chocolate included ☕🍫 cscs.ch/publications/news/20… #ISC26 #HPC #AI #Supercomputing

Even Antarctica is seeing stronger heatwaves due to climate change. Using #CSCS’s #Alps supercomputer, SLF researchers studied one of the continent’s most severe recent heatwaves and its impact on the Antarctic ice sheet. Discover more: cscs.ch/science/earth-env-sc…

Ben Cumming from @cscsch discusses the uenv and containers based setup on #Alps #CUG2026

Big news from Prague! #CSCS has been named a Virtualization Visionary at #SUSECON26. We unified our VM and Kubernetes operations with SUSE, giving scientists faster, more reliable access to research tools and enabling continued innovation: bit.ly/3QEJ6df @SUSE

Proud of this great achievement!

➡️ Submissions for EuroHack26 are open! 📅 Deadline for team coordinators: 30 April 2026 (AoE) 📍 CSCS – EuroHack26, Lugano, Switzerland We look forward to welcoming teams for a week of collaboration and innovation! cscs.ch/publications/news/20…

🚀 From #Alps to the cloud—and back again. SwissTwins goes beyond a stopgap—linking supercomputing & cloud, speeding access to climate data, and boosting collaboration at #CSCS & beyond. Discover more: cscs.ch/science/computer-sci… #supercomputing #HPC #cloud

E4 sarà presente all'HPC-AI Advisory Council Swiss Conf. 2026,l'esclusivo evento organizzato da @cscsch che si terrà dal 20 al 23 aprile a Locarno come Gold Sponsor. La conferenza riunisce esperti del settore per discutere di HPC, AI, QC e AI digital twin.shorturl.at/jaBOI

What happens when a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole? Lucio Mayer’s team at the @UZH_en has used simulations on #Alps to reveal a surprising pattern in how stars are torn apart — offering new insight into these extreme cosmic events. 👉 bit.ly/4dbYdUS