Science Breakthroughs
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Science Breakthroughs — 2025
Patient-specific in-vivo gene editing (medicine/genetics): The first known one-person personalized CRISPR base-editing treatment corrected a baby's CPS1 mutation.
Science Breakthroughs — 2024
Twice-yearly lenacapavir for HIV prevention — Medicine and public health.
Science Breakthroughs — 2023
First approved CRISPR therapy for sickle cell disease (medicine/genetics).
Science Breakthroughs — 2022
James Webb Space Telescope first science images (astronomy): Webb's first full-color science images and spectra opened a new infrared view of the universe.
Science Breakthroughs — 2021
WHO recommended the first malaria vaccine — selected as a historic public-health breakthrough.
Science Breakthroughs — 2020
Black holes and the Galactic center: selected as the paired themes of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics, connecting theory with observations of the Milky Way's central compact object.
Science Breakthroughs — 2019
First image of a black hole: selected as 2019's defining astronomy image, showing the M87 black-hole shadow as a glowing ring. Source: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/first-image-of-a-black-hole/
Science Breakthroughs — 2018
Cancer immunotherapy / checkpoint inhibition: selected as the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and a major shift in cancer treatment.
Science Breakthroughs — 2017
Colliding neutron stars / multimessenger astronomy: selected as Science's 2017 Breakthrough of the Year and a defining astronomy event.
Science Breakthroughs — 2016
Zika public-health emergency and research response: selected as a major medicine/public-health story. Visualized with clean diagnostics, a mosquito icon, and fetal-health chart.
Science Breakthroughs — 2015
CRISPR named Science's 2015 Breakthrough of the Year - selected as the leading genetics/biotech story. Visual: DNA and molecular scissors.
Science Breakthroughs — 2014
Rosetta and Philae comet landing
Science Breakthroughs — 2013
Cancer immunotherapy
Science Breakthroughs — 2012
Higgs boson discovery
Science Breakthroughs — 2011
HIV treatment as prevention
Science Breakthroughs — 2010
First quantum machine, named Science's 2010 Breakthrough of the Year.
Science Breakthroughs — 2009
LCROSS lunar water discovery
Science Breakthroughs — 2008
Cellular reprogramming and induced pluripotent stem-cell advances.
Science Breakthroughs — 2007
Human induced pluripotent stem cells: selected because 2007 reports extended reprogramming to human cells; depicted as skin cells transforming into glowing stem-cell colonies.
Science Breakthroughs — 2006
Poincare Conjecture proof consensus. Selected because Science named it the 2006 Breakthrough of the Year.
Science Breakthroughs — 2005
International HapMap Phase I: shown as DNA and SNP-marker maps.
Science Breakthroughs — 2004
Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers found evidence of past water. Selected because Science named the Mars rover discoveries its 2004 Breakthrough of the Year.
Science Breakthroughs — 2003
Human Genome Project completion. Selected as the largest genetics milestone of the year. Source: https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/educational-resources/fact-sheets/human-genome-project
Science Breakthroughs — 2002
Solar neutrino problem resolved
Science Breakthroughs — 2001
Draft human genome analysis published
Science Breakthroughs — 2000
Draft human genome sequence: selected because the public consortium announced a working draft in June 2000; depicted with a glowing DNA helix and sequencing screens.