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Jan 27, 2026
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The biggest science breakthroughs of 2025
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Executive Summary
Renewable energy sources surpassed coal in global electricity generation for the first time in 2025, marking a major tipping point in the energy transition driven by economic viability rather than subsidies.
Artificial intelligence demonstrated advanced reasoning capabilities, with models solving International Math Olympiad problems and discovering novel chemical reactions, heralding a new era of AI-partnered scientific research.
Genetic medicine saw major clinical breakthroughs, including the successful use of a precise CRISPR base editor to treat a rare metabolic disorder and successful pig-to-human kidney xenotransplants, which are now entering clinical trials.
A long-standing puzzle in particle physics was resolved as new theoretical calculations and experimental measurements of the muon's magnetic moment aligned, reinforcing the validity of the Standard Model.
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