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Tech Xplore / AI agents develop their own 'artificial natural language' to communicate about complex data

Researchers from the VUB's Artificial Intelligence Lab and the University of Namur (UNamur) demonstrate in a new large-scale study how autonomous AI systems can spontaneously develop a functional, shared language without ...

Oct 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / Tiny chip uses ultrasound-powered microbubbles to steer fluid flow in real time

Bubbles can be useful tools for microscopic robots, helping them move, steer, create flows of liquid and perform other functions. But designs based on trapping a bubble, a common approach, are unwieldy and unpredictable because ...

Oct 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / Experiment reveals how hidden agendas in AI advice can distort human decisions

A research team has discovered that AI assistants can easily manipulate users into making disadvantageous decisions when the AI operates with a hidden agenda.

Oct 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / Chemical fine-tuning lifts perovskite LEDs to 37% efficiency

Chemists developed a way to significantly improve the performance of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) made with perovskite. The journal Nature published the advancement in these hybrid LEDs, which hold potential for a range of ...

Oct 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / New cyber threat to water systems exposes limits of encryption

University of British Columbia researchers have uncovered a vulnerability that could allow hackers to target and disrupt critical infrastructure such as water treatment plants and energy grids without needing to break into ...

Oct 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / Fingerprint authentication uses ultrasound without storing biometric information as digital data

A research team has developed a new biometric authentication technology that can identify users without storing their fingerprint information as digital data. The study is published in Nature Sensors.

Oct 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / Greener chemistry brings low-toxicity perovskite solar cells closer to production

Solar panels that can be coated onto thin, flexible surfaces could one day be made the way newspapers are printed, at room temperature and without the toxic chemicals the process has relied on, claim researchers from the ...

Oct 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / Human learning is an underestimated factor in the success of human–AI teams

Human–AI collaboration is widely seen as the work model of the future: The expectation is that together, humans and AI will be more productive than either working alone. Yet the research to date seemed to tell a different ...

Oct 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / Gut power: Small intestine–inspired biobatteries could generate electricity from wastewater

When trying to figure out a better design for a bacteria-powered biobattery, Binghamton University researchers found inspiration in nature—specifically, the insides of our small intestines.

Oct 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / Nanoscale coating boosts hydrogen cell efficiency and durability by improving internal contact

A research team led by professor Wonyoung Lee of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) has developed a technology that addresses interfacial contact resistance, a key factor limiting the performance ...

Oct 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / Trading power reductions could reduce data center strain on energy grid

Thanks to the exponential rise of AI, the rapid construction of large, gigawatt-gobbling data centers across the country has stoked concerns about how the power grid will hold up under this additional strain.

Oct 15, 2026
Tech Xplore / Using electronic structure to guide AI in designing new materials

Structure dictates function. Scientists are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to design the arrangement of atoms in new materials with desired properties. Now, researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, ...

Oct 15, 2026