The problem--confusing the dictionary definition with the FDA usage--stems back to the birth of the designation. In 2011, advocates led by nonprofit Friends of Cancer Research lobbied Congress to ...

Scientists make critical breakthrough with method that can turn microplastics into material stronger than steel — here's how it can be used first appeared on The Cool Down. The Cool Down ...

Amazon’s devices unit has a new team tasked with inventing “breakthrough” consumer products that’s being led by a former Microsoft executive who helped create the Xbox.

The CDC changed its definition for “vaccine” and “vaccination” to be more transparent about how shots offer protection not immunity for all diseases.

American scientists have announced what they have called a major breakthrough in a long-elusive goal of creating energy from nuclear fusion. The U.S. Department of Energy said on Dec. 13, 2022 ...

Breakthrough in childhood brain cancer research could heal treatment-resistant tumors, keep them in remission. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 ...

The World Diamond Council (WDC) has praised the progress made towards expanding the Kimberley Process (KP) definition of conflict diamonds, after what it said was “a successful week of open and ...

Researchers make breakthrough in bioprinting functional human heart tissue. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250122130024.htm ...

Three of Boston’s own leading researchers are among the honorees for six awards for groundbreaking discoveries in the life sciences field with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize. Boston scientists ...

Our definition of a breakthrough is simple: an advance that gives people powerful new ways to use technology. It could be an intuitive design that provides a useful interface (see “Smart Watches ...