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breakthrough

noun as in advance, progress

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This breakthrough builds on decades of research led by co-author Professor Kevin Keay, Deputy Head of the School of Medical Sciences, who has long studied the brain's role in pain regulation.

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"This is a great example of how international mobility and collaboration can open the door to breakthroughs," the team concludes.

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In a revolutionary breakthrough, these data-center chips no longer act independently like the central processing unit in your laptop.

In a new breakthrough from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, scientists successfully created a method to produce large quantities of xanthommatin.

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"That showed her confidence in bowling. I gave her the bowl at a crucial time and the back-to-back breakthroughs was the turning point for us."

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