📡 Longest ultra-secure quantum communication link between continents
Researchers established a 12,900-kilometer quantum communication link between Beijing and Stellenbosch University via satellite, which uses the laws of physics to make eavesdropping impossible.
⚕️ AI develops two new antibiotics against drug-resistant gonorrhoea and MRSA
AI analyzed 36 million chemical structures and created molecules atom by atom and killed the superbugs in laboratory tests and animal trials.
🚰 Nearly one billion people have gained access to clean water in the past nine years
Access to clean drinking water at home has increased from 3.8 to 5.5 billion people over 22 years and by 961 million in the past nine years.
🧒 Child poverty decreases in EU
Housing situation for children has improved and differences between EU countries are decreasing.
💰 Poverty has decreased by 13 million people in Mexico
The share of the population living in poverty has dropped from 41.9 percent to 29.6 percent.
📉 China's CO2 emissions continue to decline – the peak may already have been passed
China's carbon dioxide emissions fell by one percent during the first half of 2025 and continue the downward trend that began in March 2024. The declining trend opens the possibility that China's emissions may already have reached their peak, years before the "before 2030" target.
📉 An AI prompt uses less energy than nine seconds of TV – 33-fold reduction in one year
Google's AI infrastructure has reduced energy consumption by 33 times and carbon footprint by 44 times over one year.
💖 Risk of dying from cardiovascular disease has decreased by 75% since 1950
Medical advances in drugs, surgery and emergency care have significantly improved survival. Public health efforts have reduced risk factors such as smoking and high cholesterol.
🐠 Coral believed extinct rediscovered after 24 years in Galápagos
Scientists have rediscovered over 250 healthy colonies of the coral species Rhizopsammia wellingtoni in waters around the Galápagos Islands. The coral had not been observed by researchers since 2000 and was classified as critically endangered and possibly extinct in 2007.