The World Economic Forum releases the 2025 “Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report”
The Jiejing Economic Forum has released the “Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report for 2025”, which is expected to achieve practical results within three to five years and solve urgent global challenges. Despite the increasingly complex global innovation environment, technological breakthroughs are still advancing rapidly, “said Jeremy Jurgens, Executive Director of the World Economic Forum.” Through the results of this research, global leaders can have a clear understanding of which technologies are about to be applied, how these technologies will solve urgent problems worldwide, and what conditions need to be created to responsibly achieve the large-scale development of these technologies The top ten emerging technologies of 2025 come from four major fields. In the field of trust and security in the interconnected world, collaborative sensing technology stands out. A network composed of interconnected sensors can help cars, cities, and emergency service departments achieve real-time information sharing, thereby enhancing security, reducing congestion, and improving crisis response speed. Another technology – generative watermarking, can add invisible tags to content generated by artificial intelligence, making it easier to identify real information and helping to deal with misinformation and protect trust in the online world. Two technologies have also been selected in the field of sustainable industrial restructuring. Green nitrogen fixation technology is a new technology that uses electricity to produce fertilizers, which can reduce pollution and carbon emissions, representing a more sustainable way of growing food. Nanoenzymes, as artificial materials, have similar efficacy to natural enzymes, but with stronger performance, lower cost, and easier use. They can improve medical testing, eliminate environmental pollution, and enhance manufacturing safety. In the field of next-generation health biotechnology, three items have been selected. Engineering based live therapy uses carefully designed beneficial bacteria to complete treatment within the body, which can reduce long-term medical costs and improve treatment outcomes. GLP-1 drugs for neurodegenerative diseases were originally used to treat diabetes and lose weight, but now they show potential in alleviating Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Today, when there is a serious lack of other treatment schemes, they bring new hope to patients with these two diseases. Autonomous biochemical sensing – These small intelligent sensors can monitor changes in health or environment around the clock without wireless or human inspection, helping to achieve early detection of pollution or diseases, thereby saving time and saving lives. In the field of energy and material integration, three technologies have also been selected. Structural battery composite materials can store energy and bear weight in cars or airplanes, and can also achieve lightweighting and high efficiency in electric vehicles, helping to reduce emissions and improve performance. The infiltration energy generation system can capture energy at the intersection of saltwater and freshwater to generate clean electricity, which is expected to provide a stable source of electricity with minimal environmental impact for coastal areas. Breakthroughs have also been made in advanced nuclear energy technology, with new, more compact nuclear energy designs and alternative refrigeration systems providing safer and lower cost clean energy. With the development of electrification and artificial intelligence, as well as increasing energy demand, these nuclear reactors can play a critical role in supporting the creation of reliable zero carbon power systems.