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Cattle burping remedies: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2025

Meanwhile, startups like Blue Ocean Barns, Rumin8, and Symbrosia are developing, testing, or seeking approval for products derived from a type of red seaweed, which could reduce methane levels even further. Still... Read more »

Generative AI search: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2025

But Google’s global search dominance makes it the most important player, and the company has already rolled out AI Overviews to more than a billion people worldwide. The result is searches that... Read more »

Vera C. Rubin Observatory: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2025

By the end of the survey, this 3.2-gigapixel camera will have catalogued 20 billion galaxies and collected up to 60 petabytes of data—roughly three times the amount currently stored by the US... Read more »

Long-acting HIV prevention meds: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2025

Scientists and activists hope that the story will be different for lenacapavir. So far, the FDA has approved the drug only for people who already have HIV that’s resistant to other treatments.... Read more »

Small language models: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2025

Most big tech firms now boast fun-size versions of their flagship models for this purpose: OpenAI offers both GPT-4o and GPT-4o mini; Google DeepMind has Gemini Ultra and Gemini Nano; and Anthropic’s... Read more »

How poop could help feed the planet

This system, called Varcor, was designed by the Seattle engineering firm Sedron Technologies and is owned by the San Francisco–based company Generate Upcycle. Wastewater treatment plants across the country are using high heat,... Read more »

Jobs of the future: Stool bank manager

Access for children is especially challenging. Most banks collect samples only from adults, and transplanting them into children may cause unwanted side effects. Nikhil Pai, a pediatric gastroenterologist at McMaster Children’s Hospital... Read more »

Why EVs are (mostly) set for solid growth in 2025

Globally, these cleaner cars and trucks will continue to eat into the market share of gas-guzzlers as costs decline, consumer options expand, and charging stations proliferate. Despite all the hubbub about an... Read more »

The Download: AI flops, and what the year ahead holds for EVs

But ultimately, the fate of EV sales will depend on the particular dynamics within specific regions. Here’s a closer look at what’s likely to steer the sector in the world’s three largest... Read more »

How wind tech could help decarbonize cargo shipping

Though hyperlocal, Kelen’s work is part of a global project from the International Maritime Organization to reduce emissions associated with cargo shipping to net zero by 2050. Beyond these tiny islands, much... Read more »