Trend · rank 139 of 250

Synthetic biology & biomanufacturing

Falling costs of reading, writing and engineering biology are expanding the design of organisms to make medicines, materials, food and fuels, raising the importance of biological data, facilities and biosecurity.

Critical TechnologyPeople, health & workbiotechmanufacturingfood systems

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
139of 250
Sensitivity
15.0rank 41
Breadth
2of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
24.5rank 188
Eigenvector
0.0
Betweenness
1.7
Links
5trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
19.1

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
95
Over a year
+13%Rising
Over three years
−17%
Peak
13611 Feb 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.21
Coverage
12languages · 50 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (12 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English62%124+40%
Spanish16%89+1%
Chinese4%83−13%
Korean3%56−62%
French3%113+17%
Russian3%110−3%
German3%110+11%
Japanese3%94+16%
Polish1%91−0%
Portuguese1%121−6%
Italian1%122+32%
Persian1%105+18%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

China

United States

Singapore

South Korea

Philippines

Canada

Pakistan

Australia

South Africa

New Zealand

India

United Kingdom

100

83

65

57

46

35

32

31

30

28

27

27

The 12 highest of 50 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English95+7%+21%−22%
EuropeGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish103−20%+40%+3%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean80−18%−23%−30%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country81−13%−16%−29%
Gulf and Middle EastWikipedia in Persian105−6%+18%+9%
Latin America and CaribbeanWikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese96+6%−1%−15%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian110+9%−4%+19%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle91−16%+19%−18%
BrazilWikipedia in Portuguese121+38%−6%+32%
CanadaGoogle75−14%−5%−45%
FranceWikipedia in French113+9%+17%+16%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German117−20%+89%+36%
IndiaGoogle81−13%−16%−29%
ItalyWikipedia in Italian122−8%+32%−0%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese97−27%+4%−9%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean67−30%−50%−33%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian110+9%−4%+19%
United KingdomGoogle66−33%−20%−47%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English94+10%+21%−24%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
4 · HighAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
4 · HighA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
3 · ModerateA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
3 · ModerateAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
2 · LowCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
1 · Very lowTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
3 · ModerateRegional medicines manufacturingPeople, health & work52
3 · ModerateAdaptable vaccine platformsPeople, health & work106
3 · ModerateAI-accelerated sciencePeople, health & work203
3 · ModerateBiosecurity & dual-use biologyPeople, health & work216
3 · ModerateBiomarker-guided precision medicinePeople, health & work219