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    AI agents are all the rage—but research shows they leak private data

    August 28, 2026, Categories  Physics, Technology/Electronics

    AI agents are all the rage—but research shows they leak private data
    A real-world credential leakage case discovered in the study. The developer embedded a Base64-encoded client secret directly in the skill’s source code, exposing the credential to anyone who installs or inspects the skill. Credit: arXiv (2026). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2604.03070

    Before you prompt AI to answer another question or perform another task, a Wake Forest computer scientist wants you to know it could expose your sensitive data.

    Ying Zhang, an assistant professor in Wake Forest University’s Department of Computer Science, studies security in software engineering. Her latest research, “How Your Credentials Are Leaked by LLM Agent Skills,” explores how large language model (LLM) agents make data vulnerable to attacks.

    LLM agents are autonomous AI systems that analyze circum...

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    Scientists just imaged the hidden quantum shape of a molecule

    August 26, 2026, Categories  Physics

    An illustration of how researchers used state-of-the-art photoelectron spectroscopy (left hand side) with a lab-based soft-X-ray light source that provides ultrashort light pulses, which was combined with powerful mathematical algorithms, to image the wavefunction of electron orbitals (right-hand side).
    An illustration of how researchers used state-of-the-art photoelectron spectroscopy (left hand side) with a lab-based soft-X-ray light source that provides ultrashort light pulses, which was combined with powerful mathematical algorithms, to image the wavefunction of electron orbitals (right-hand side).

    Photo: Lukas Kroll

    A new imaging breakthrough could let scientists watch a molecule’s quantum wavefunction change in 3D on femtosecond timescales.

    Researchers have found a way to create a complete 3D image of a molecule’s wavefunction, one of quantum mechanics’ most fundamental yet elusive features...

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    Scalable semitransparent organic PV modules could turn windows into power generators

    August 26, 2026, Categories  Physics, Technology/Electronics

    Semi-transparent PV Modules Developed Using an Industry-ready Manufacturing Process
    As part of the “See-Through PV” project, the research team also manufactured flexible, organic PV modules on film. Credit: Fraunhofer ISE

    Organic solar modules score points for their flexibility, transparency, and a particularly good environmental footprint. Wavelength-dependent transparency, in particular, is a major strength of organic photovoltaics. Researchers at the University of Freiburg and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have now succeeded in building 14.5 by 14.5- centimeter organic PV modules with an average transparency of 43.2% and an efficiency of up to 9.26%. To achieve this, they used a combination of sputtering and slot-die coating—both processes that are industrially proven and highly scalable to large module areas.

    “Scaling up to larger area...

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    Robots learn new skills from a single video—in just 29 seconds

    August 23, 2026, Categories  Physics, Technology/Electronics

    Framework could teach robots new skills from a single video
    Robots acquire manipulation skills in seconds from a single human video. (A) Current methods teach a robot new skills through a cumbersome training-time loop that is costly and slow, and erodes previously mastered skills. HOST instead acquires skills at inference time, each from a single human video, averaging 29 seconds, while retaining its previously mastered skills. (B) Skill acquisition from a single human video confronts a structural mismatch between video demonstration and execution. Temporal asynchrony between the two decouples the prediction target from the video demonstration, while state discrepancies hinder the translation of the observed behavior into action...
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