Madrid will host Eurocrypt 2025 for the first time from May 4 to 8 at the Riu Plaza España Hotel, with pre-conference workshops on May 3 and 4 at the Complutense University. Organized by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), Eurocrypt is one of the world’s leading scientific conferences in cryptography. This 44th edition will feature 123 selected papers from 624 submissions and is expected to welcome over 650 participants. The IMDEA Software Institute leads the local organization, alongside Universidad Carlos III, Universidad Complutense, and Inversed Tech.

Warsaw, Poland  -  A groundbreaking study published in Science Advances by Professor Janusz Lewiński’s research group at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Warsaw University of Technology unveils a transformative strategy for stabilising and analysing highly reactive organozinc compounds—offering a safer, more practical approach for chemists worldwide.

A research team led by Dr. Sunghoon Hur of the Electronic and Hybrid Materials Research Center at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and Professor Hyun-Cheol Song of Korea University has developed a biocompatible ultrasonic receiver that maintains its performance even when bent.

To address critical U.S. Air Force communications needs, FAU engineering’s Center for Connected Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence has received a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Air Force Research Laboratory to establish the FAU Center of Excellence for Research and Education in Programmable Wireless Networks. The center will serve as a critical hub for innovation in dynamic spectrum operations, secure wireless systems and training the next generation of national defense engineers.

A research team, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has reported the first-ever synthesis of UZIF-31, UZIF-32, and UZIF-33—three unprecedented zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs).