Having analyzed huge volumes of data regarding the scientific studies and patent applications, the company Thomson Reuters, a child agency of Reuters, came up with a list of ten innovations that promise to dramatically change the planet by 2025.

Intellectual Property and Science Department of the company initially identified ten areas of scientific research which are most often referred to in the scientific literature. This information was combined with data on the areas with most of the patent application claims.

Here are Top Ten Innovations of 2025 according to Thomson Reuters’s report:

Energy from sunshine

Thanks to the advances in photovoltaic technology, the photocatalysts, distribution networks and energy storage batteries, solar energy will become the main source of energy on the planet.

Personal Genome

Further advances in the genetic analysis systems and methods that enable the examination of individual cells will allow the DNA decoding at birth.

The end of the plastics

Non-degradable plastics from petroleum will be replaced with biodegradable cellulose materials, which are produced by new methods of biotechnology. The scourge of plastic bags will disappear from the planet.

The Internet of Everything

Thanks to the development of new semiconductors, graphene capacitors, carbon nanotubes and 5G technology, wireless communications will dominate. Everything around us will be networked.

Intervention in human genes

The development of therapies based on RNA molecules and aimed at correcting defective genes will lead to the fact that type I diabetes will be treatable.

Treatment for dementia

The discovery and analysis of genes associated with neurodegenerative diseases will reduce the number of people suffering from disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Food for all

The cultivation of genetically modified plants indoors with the help of LED light, which emits only wavelengths required by photosynthesis, will provide food supplies across the planet. It will also eliminate fluctuations in the prices of food.

Less toxic chemotherapies

The creation of drugs that target specific molecules and the individualization of therapy will reduce the toxicity of anticancer drugs and the damage to healthy tissues.

Data teleportation

Thanks to the progress in physics after the confirmation of the existence of the Higgs boson, scientists will be able to advance the technologies of quantum teleportation of data. However, the teleportation of people is not in the offing.

Electrical transport

Advances in lithium-ion batteries and the development of lightweight carbon composites will lead to the spread of electric vehicles and the development of commercial electric airplanes.

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This Post Has 3 Comments

  1. Carlos

    You sead nothing about the free energy and water/air purification technologys. Farmacys will be abolished, as diet and nutrition will be the only and most effective prevention to all diseases. Space exploration will reach it’s peak as new flying technologys are revealed. I hope the world turns out a lot better than this.

  2. Morag

    Interesting but not all will be good for us

  3. Cindy

    I would love to see many of these things come to pass. Genetic research is constantly providing us with new information. It would be wonderful if dementia could be prevented or reversed. This is cruel disease as it robs the individual of dignity and choice. I would like to still be able to contact services by phone and talk to a real person. This is a challenge even today.

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