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New computer vision technology eliminates the need for marker suits in motion capture

How to detect hardware tampering and protect chips against attacks by quantum computers today

Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Stanford School of Engineering to establish a joint AI research centre

Researchers develope end-to-end encryption for significantly more secure collaborative documents based on the Signal protocol

New AI-based training program raises awareness of fraud among Chinese adults

Opportunities and risks of ChatGPT-5.5, GPT-5.6, and Claude Mythos for IT security, and how companies, agencies, and individuals can protect themselves

The Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy is part of a new open-source initiative called Pavona

Carmela Troncoso on surveillance technology used in the US and Germany

In 2025, four new female directors were appointed to Max Planck Institutes

Scientists discover the secret behind the elephant’s sense of touch

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New computer vision technology eliminates the need for marker suits in motion capture

Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Stanford School of Engineering to establish a joint AI research centre

Researchers develope end-to-end encryption for significantly more secure collaborative documents based on the Signal protocol

New AI-based training program raises awareness of fraud among Chinese adults

The Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy is part of a new open-source initiative called Pavona

Scientists discover the secret behind the elephant’s sense of touch

New approaches to targeted drug delivery with biological microrobots

Grant helps to take AI-based harvesting robot Polybot from research-phase to startup-phase

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) technology enables high spatial resolution wireless jamming

Geordie Williamson receives the Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award 2024, and Max Planck-Humboldt Medals go to Laura Waller and Torsten Hoefler

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How to detect hardware tampering and protect chips against attacks by quantum computers today

Opportunities and risks of ChatGPT-5.5, GPT-5.6, and Claude Mythos for IT security, and how companies, agencies, and individuals can protect themselves

Carmela Troncoso on surveillance technology used in the US and Germany

In 2025, four new female directors were appointed to Max Planck Institutes

Carmela Troncoso explains problems with voluntary Chat Control and mandatory age verification proposed by the European Council

Researchers analyze disinformation in social media and develop ways to promote facts and fair dialogue online

Research highlights 2023

December 19, 2023

Many publications by Max Planck scientists in 2023 were of great social relevance or met with a great media response. We have selected 12 articles to present you with an overview of some noteworthy research of the year

Understand the critical role of fuzzing in uncovering memory corruption vulnerabilities like Heartbleed, securing digital communications worldwide

Scientific highlights 2022

December 14, 2022

Many publications by Max Planck scientists in 2022 were of great social relevance or met with a great media response. We have selected 12 articles to present you with an overview of some noteworthy research of the year

In an interview, computer scientist Manuel Cebrian explains why contact tracing of corona infected people needs technical support and why it can work even if not everyone installs a tracing app.

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In principle, almost any encryption key can be broken - all you need is the right computing power. The situation is different, however, with quantum cryptography: messages that are encoded with this method cannot be decrypted without the sender and receiver noticing. Gerd Leuchs is researching this encryption technology of the future.

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