Taking Flight with Trust: Securing the Future of Urban Air Mobility
As electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft prepare for takeoff, ensuring robust cybersecurity is paramount for safe and reliable urban air mobility.
Science
Unlocking the Secrets to AI Vulnerability
New research reveals how subtle manipulations of text prompts can bypass safeguards in large language models, exposing a critical weakness in AI security.
Unlocking the Secrets of Exotic Pentaquarks
![The study of pentaquark decay pathways-specifically [latex]Pc(4410) \rightarrow \eta_c \Delta[/latex] and [latex]Pc(4410) \rightarrow J/\psi \Delta[/latex]-reveals sensitivity to Borel window variations, suggesting a nuanced relationship between decay constants and the parameters used in analyzing hadron interactions.](https://arxiv.org/html/2601.14723v1/x4.png)
A new systematic study using QCD sum rules sheds light on the decay patterns of recently discovered pentaquark states, helping to determine if they are tightly bound or loosely connected molecular structures.
Riding the Current: How Superfluid Networks Achieve Stable Flow
New research reveals that interconnected superfluid rings can sustain persistent currents through a collective synchronization effect, offering insights into the behavior of complex quantum systems.
Decoding the Simplest B Decay
A precise calculation of the B → μ⁻ν̄μ decay process pushes the boundaries of particle physics accuracy.
Hidden in Plain Sight: Securing Text with Diffusion Models
Researchers have developed a new method for concealing messages within text that is both demonstrably secure and remarkably resistant to detection.
Squeezing Intelligence: Efficient Language Models for the Edge
A new co-design framework dramatically improves the performance of small language models on resource-constrained devices.
Beyond Bandwidth: Rethinking Modulation for Energy-Efficient Communication
![The study demonstrates that shaping and optimization-based modulation schemes, specifically with a parameter setting of [latex]M=16[/latex], allow for nuanced control over a system’s behavior, suggesting that complex outcomes can be achieved by carefully calibrating these fundamental parameters.](https://arxiv.org/html/2601.15004v1/Figure_02_Constellations_Part2.png)
Optimizing modulation schemes for power consumption, alongside traditional metrics, is becoming increasingly critical for the future of wireless networks.
Shatterproof Data: Coding for Resilience Against Fragmentation and Loss
![A procedure designed to minimize breaks in data comparison-initially requiring 12 breaks-can be optimized through targeted merging of substrings, progressively reducing the break count to 6 by accepting a corresponding increase in omitted bits, with the most efficient merges achieved by prioritizing the shortest substrings-such as [latex]c_3[/latex], [latex]c_5[/latex], and [latex]c_2[/latex]-to balance computational cost and data loss.](https://arxiv.org/html/2601.14623v1/x4.png)
A new coding scheme offers robust data recovery even when information is broken into arbitrary pieces and some are irretrievably lost.
Future-Proofing Encryption: A Hybrid Approach to Quantum Security
A new implementation combines post-quantum cryptography with established symmetric encryption to deliver secure communication in the age of quantum computing.