2026년 10대 유망 기술

In collaboration
with Frontiers

Top 10 Emerging
Technologies of 2026

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Contents


Foreword                                                     3

Technology, foresight and the desirable future ahead                    4

1  Everything-to-grid energy                                       5

2  Direct lithium extraction                                        8

3  Passive radiative cooling materials                               11

4 PFAS destruction                                            14

5  Precision fermentation                                        17

6 Exosome drug delivery                                        20

7  Personalized mRNA cancer vaccines                             23

8 Quantum simulation for drug discovery                            26

9 World models                                               29

10  Lattice-based cryptography                                   32

The emerging landscape                                         35

Appendix: Methodology                                         37

Contributors                                                  40

Endnotes                                                    44





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  Foreword





                                          Frederick Fenter                                      Jeremy Jurgens
                                              Chief Executive Editor,                                    Managing Director,
                                                 Frontiers                                                  World Economic Forum





            Every year, a small number of scientific advances      Looking across the 10 as a group, three things
            reach the