Breakthrough of the Year
The Breakthrough of the Year is an annual award for the most significant development in scientific research made by the
Person of the Year
, it was renamed the Breakthrough of the Year in 1996.
Molecule of the Year
- 1989 PCR and DNA polymerase[3]
- 1990 the manufacture of synthetic diamonds[4]
- 1991 buckminsterfullerene[5]
- 1992 nitric oxide[6]
- 1993 p53[7]
- 1994 DNA repair enzyme[8]
Breakthrough of the Year
- 1996: Understanding HIV[9]
- 1997: cloned from adult cells[10]
- 1998: Accelerating universe[11]
- 1999: Prospective stem-cell therapies[12]
- 2000: Full genome sequencing[13]
- 2001: Molecular circuit[14]
- 2002: RNA interference[15]
- 2003: Dark energy[16]
- 2004: Spirit rover landed on Mars[17]
- 2005: Evolution in action[18]
- 2006: Proof of the Poincaré conjecture[19]
- 2007: Human genetic variation[20]
- 2008: Cellular reprogramming[21]
- 2009: Ardipithecus ramidus[22]
- 2010: The first quantum machine[23]
- 2011: HIV treatment as prevention (HPTN 052)[24]
- 2012: Discovery of the Higgs boson[25]
- 2013: Cancer immunotherapy[26]
- 2014: Rosetta comet mission[27]
- 2015: CRISPR genome-editing method[28]
- 2016: First observation of gravitational waves[29][30][31]
- 2017: Neutron star merger (GW170817)[32][33][34]
- 2018: Single-cell sequencing[35]
- 2019: A black hole made visible[36][37]
- 2020: COVID-19 vaccine, developed and tested at record speed[38]
- 2021: An AI brings protein structures to all[39]
- 2022: James Webb Space Telescope debut[40]
- 2023: GLP-1 Drugs[41]
See also
- Physics World, also has a Breakthrough of the Year award
References
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- ^ "Ripples in spacetime: Science's 2016 Breakthrough of the Year". Adiran Cho. AAAS. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
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- ^ "Breakthrough of the year 2018". Science | AAAS. 20 December 2018.
- ^ Phelan, Meagan; Beckwith, Walter (19 December 2019). "Science's 2019 Breakthrough: First Image of Supermassive Black Hole". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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- ^ "Protein structures for all". Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 16 December 2021.
- ^ "2022 BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR". Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 24 December 2022.
- ^ Couzin-Frankel, Jennifer. "2023 BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR". Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 19 December 2023.