Switzerland has unveiled its new supercomputer ‘Alps’, one of the most powerful machines of its kind in the world. In the global supercomputer rankings published by Top 500 in June, ‘Alps’ came in at number six behind electronic brains from the United States and Japan. Staff at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Lugano (CSCS), where ‘Alps’ is based, say the computer could rank even higher today as it wasn’t completed when the rankings were put together. The focus of ‘Alps’ will be on scientific research, solving complex calculations in the fields of medicine, space research and climat…