1、Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2026I N S I G H T R E P O R TJ U N E 2 0 2 6In collaboration with FrontiersImages:Getty Images,MidjourneyDisclaimer This document is published by the World Economic Forum as a contribution to a project,insight area or interaction.The findings,interpretations and concl

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3、s reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,including photocopying and recording,or by any information storage and retrieval system.ContentsForeword 3Technology,foresight and the desirable future ahead 41 Everything-to-grid energy 52 Direct lit

4、hium extraction 83 Passive radiative cooling materials 114 PFAS destruction 145 Precision fermentation 176 Exosome drug delivery 207 Personalized mRNA cancer vaccines 238 Quantum simulation for drug discovery 269 World models 2910 Lattice-based cryptography 32The emerging landscape 35Appendix:Method

5、ology 37Contributors 40Endnotes 44Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 20262ForewordEvery year,a small number of scientific advances reach the point where they are ready to change the world.The Top 10 Emerging Technologies report,now in its 14th edition,is how we find and share them.The technologies we b

6、ring forward are chosen for their novelty,development progress and potential impact.Above all,they are chosen forthe signals that suggest they are approaching the moment when decisions made by governments,industry and research institutions will meaningfully shape how they arrive in the world.This ye