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Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a smartphone app that can be used to check the authenticity of documents and other items. Extracts from the debt enforcement register of the City of Zurich are being made forgery-proof as part of a pilot project.

ETH Zurich is participating in two quantum computing projects that are being financed by IARPA, the US research funding agency, with up to 40 million dollars. Both projects aim to connect two error-corrected qubits with one another and thus lay the foundation for future quantum computers.

A team of cryptographers at ETH Zurich conducted extensive testing on the New Zealand-based cloud platform Mega. In doing so, they discovered security holes that would allow the provider to decrypt and manipulate customer data.

ETH Zurich has been in lockdown for more than two weeks now. Although many projects have been put on hold, research relevant to the coronavirus has gathered speed. Many projects and initiatives are currently underway that are intended to help bring the pandemic under control.

For the fourth time, ETH Zurich was present at the WEF in Davos from 21 to 24 January. With the slogan “RETHINKING Creativity”, this year’s exhibition was devoted to the interfaces between art and science – both of which are driven by human creativity.

Hackers are increasingly exploiting weaknesses in IT system hardware rather than software. To close this gap, we are introducing a new open source project based on Google’s Titan security technology and the “Ibex” open source processor from ETH. Luca Benini, Professor at the Institute for Integrated Systems, explains how.

In the latest edition of the Times Higher Education’s university rankings, ETH achieved 13th place – two spots lower than last year. This once again places it among the best universities in the world. It was able to improve in the category of research.

ETH doctoral students of computer science show how linking two popular technologies can have highly problematic consequences for web services.

For the third time, ETH Zurich was present at the WEF in Davos from 22 to 25 January. With the slogan "Rethinking Design", this year’s exhibition explored the question of how people will design their living spaces in future and which materials could play a role in this process.

In order to achieve ambitious international climate objectives, it will be necessary to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere and store it. A project in the Jura mountains is now testing how rock fractures impair long-term reservoirs.

Researchers in the Information Security Group subjected the upcoming 5G mobile communication standard to a comprehensive security analysis. Their conclusion: data protection is improved in comparison with the previous standards 3G and 4G. However, security gaps are still present.

Hot summers cause glaciers to melt. That not only changes the makeup of the landscape and hence the maps of Switzerland, it also affects every area of society. A new, dynamic glacier inventory makes the impact of climate change and the changing landscape visible.