On January 26, the much-anticipated lists of China's and the world's top 10 science and technology progress news stories for 2025 were unveiled.

The top 10 breakthroughs in China encompass:

• The 'Artificial Sun' EAST achieving a remarkable milestone by maintaining a temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius for a thousand seconds.
• DeepSeek launching China's very own AI.
• The construction of a thorium-based molten salt reactor.
• China's liver cancer prediction system gracing the cover of the prestigious journal 'Nature'.
• 'Beinao No.1' accomplishing the world's first full wireless human implantation.
• The discovery of an original innovation target for Parkinson's disease.
• The introduction of the superconducting quantum computing prototype 'Zuchongzhi No.3'.
• The development of a new hydrogen production technology.
• Advancements in black soil conservation technology.
• A new breakthrough in '6G wireless communication'.

Globally, the top 10 science and technology highlights include:

• Brain-computer interfaces enabling patients to speak and sing.
• The integration of an 'electron-photon-quantum' chip system.
• The observation of the largest black hole merger event to date.
• The detection of the highest-energy neutrinos.
• The first visible 'time crystal'.
• A record survival rate for genetically modified pig organ transplants.
• A ground-based telescope detecting cosmic signals from 13 billion years ago.
• The creation of the largest cosmic map.
• The mapping of the largest brain 'map'.
• 'DeepMind' AI achieving gold medal level in the International Mathematical Olympiad.