{"news":[{"uid":5191,"title":"The International Young Physicists\u2019 Tournament in Switzerland","teasertext":"From July 5 to 12, the International Young Physicists\u2019 Tournament was hosted at ETH Zuric.. We asked one participant who came all the way from India how he experienced the week. Turns out he already had friends in Switzerland and Liechtenstein - thanks to Science Olympiads and similar competitions.","short":"From July 5 to 12, the International Young Physicists\u2019 Tournament was hosted at ETH Zurich, in partnership with the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation. We asked one participant who came all the way from India how he experienced the week. Turns out he already had friends in Switzerland and Liechtenstein - thanks to Science Olympiads and similar competitions.","body":"

I\u2019m Sarthak, and I represented India at the International Young Physicists\u2019 Tournament (IYPT) 2026 at ETH Z\u00fcrich and have also represented my country at the IYPT 2024 in Budapest and the International Philosophy Olympiads (IPOs) from 2024\u20132026 in Helsinki, Bari, and Warsaw. Throughout these competitions, I had the chance to meet the Swiss teams and philosophize with them, and, in the context of the IYPT, even \u201cfight\u201d over physics. After the IYPT in Z\u00fcrich, I even spent a couple of days camping with a Swiss friend from the FIRST Robotics Competition in Niederurnen and met up in Buchs with a friend from Liechtenstein whom I know through the IPO.<\/p>\r\n

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During the tournament, we also had the opportunity to hike up Stoos, and I still recall the discussions on the Bergson\u2013Einstein space-time debates that continued along the hike and as we rode the steepest funicular in Europe! These discussions at the intersection of Physics and Philosophy were perhaps the most memorable part of my trip, especially as we stood and reflected in front of Einstein\u2019s locker at ETH. There was also a lot of walking involved throughout the week, which was punctuated by playing volleyball and karaoke at the lake, World Cup watch parties, and art gallery browsing in the city centre. About the tournament itself, I was extremely happy to see our country progress in the rankings, achieving its best-ever score at the tournament. I really enjoy the format of the physics fights \u2014 those grueling four hours where you are aggressively taking down notes, passing chits to your team, and actively learning more about problems in a couple of hours than you\u2019ve already spent a year working on, all while getting better at scientific communication in the process. I especially enjoy the role of the reviewer, as I get to clarify all the clashes and present the new and improved scientific understanding of the phenomenon to everyone involved in the fight, and I am happy to say that I achieved our country\u2019s highest reviewer score ever this season!<\/p>\r\n

After the tournament, and other than the IPO and FRC meetups, I hiked some more, learnt to swim, attended a Duran Duran concert in Locarno, performatively discussed Picasso in Lucerne, and had an absolute blast in Switzerland. I hope to be here again soon.<\/p>\r\n

More about IYTP 2026<\/u><\/a><\/p>\r\n

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Die Schweizer Delegation: <\/p>\r\n