Contents Images: Midjourney, Studio Miko. All images in this report were generated using artificial intelligence. © 2025 World Economic Forum. All rights 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.Disclaimer This document is published by the World Economic Forum as a contribution to a project, insight area or interaction. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed herein are a result of a collaborative process facilitated and endorsed by the World Economic Forum but whose results do not necessarily represent the views of the World Economic Forum, nor the entirety of its Members, Partners or other stakeholders.Foreword 03 Building strategic foresight 04 Introduction 05 Methodology 06 1 Structural battery composites 09 2 Osmotic power systems 12 3 Advanced nuclear technologies 15 4 Engineered living therapeutics 18 5 GLP-1s for neurodegenerative disease 21 6 Autonomous biochemical sensing 24 7 Green nitrogen fixation 27 8 Nanozymes 30 9 Collaborative sensing 33 10 Generative watermarking 36 From weak signals to societal transformation 39 Contributors 40 Endnotes 43 Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2025 2