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Breakthrough of the Year

Annual award for scientific research

Summary

Annual award for scientific research

The Breakthrough of the Year is an annual award for the most significant development in scientific research made by the AAAS journal Science, an academic journal covering all branches of science.

Originating in 1989 as the Molecule of the Year, and inspired by Time Person of the Year, it was renamed the Breakthrough of the Year in 1996.

Molecule of the Year

  • 1989 PCR and DNA polymerase
  • 1990 the manufacture of synthetic diamonds
  • 1991 buckminsterfullerene
  • 1992 nitric oxide
  • 1993 p53
  • 1994 DNA repair enzyme

Breakthrough of the Year

  • 1996: Understanding HIV
  • 1997: Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from adult cells
  • 1998: Accelerating universe
  • 1999: Prospective stem-cell therapies
  • 2000: Full genome sequencing
  • 2001: Nanocircuits or Molecular circuit
  • 2002: RNA interference
  • 2003: Dark energy
  • 2004: Spirit rover landed on Mars
  • 2005: Evolution in action
  • 2006: Proof of the Poincaré conjecture
  • 2007: Human genetic variation
  • 2008: Cellular reprogramming
  • 2009: Ardipithecus ramidus
  • 2010: The first quantum machine
  • 2011: HIV treatment as prevention (HPTN 052)
  • 2012: Discovery of the Higgs boson
  • 2013: Cancer immunotherapy
  • 2014: Rosetta comet mission
  • 2015: CRISPR genome-editing method
  • 2016: First observation of gravitational waves
  • 2017: Neutron star merger (GW170817)
  • 2018: Single-cell sequencing
  • 2019: A black hole made visible
  • 2020: COVID-19 vaccine, developed and tested at record speed
  • 2021: An AI brings protein structures to all
  • 2022: James Webb Space Telescope debut
  • 2023: GLP-1 Drugs
  • 2024: Lenacapavir
  • 2025: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy

References

References

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  5. D. E. Koshland, Jr.. (1991). "Molecule of the Year". [[Science (journal).
  6. D. E. Koshland, Jr.. (1992). "The Molecule of the Year". [[Science (journal).
  7. D. E. Koshland, Jr.. (1993). "Molecule of the Year". [[Science (journal).
  8. D. E. Koshland, Jr.. (1994). "Molecule of the Year: the DNA repair enzyme". [[Science (journal).
  9. Michael Balter. (1996). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. New Hope in HIV Disease". [[Science (journal).
  10. Elizabeth Pennisi. (1997). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. Cloning: The Lamb That Roared". [[Science (journal).
  11. James Glanz. (1998). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. ASTRONOMY: Cosmic Motion Revealed". [[Science (journal).
  12. Gretchen Vogel. (1999). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. Capturing the Promise of Youth". [[Science (journal).
  13. Elizabeth Pennisi. (2000). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. Genomics Comes of Age". [[Science (journal).
  14. Robert F. Service. (2001). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. Molecules Get Wired". [[Science (journal).
  15. Jennifer Couzin. (2002). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. Small RNAs Make Big Splash". [[Science (journal).
  16. Charles Seife. (2003). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. Illuminating the Dark Universe". [[Science (journal).
  17. Richard A. Kerr. (2004). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. On Mars, a Second Chance for Life". [[Science (journal).
  18. Elizabeth Culotta, Elizabeth Pennisi. (2005). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. Evolution in Action". [[Science (journal).
  19. Dana Mackenzie. (2006). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. The Poincaré Conjecture—Proved". [[Science (journal).
  20. Elizabeth Pennisi. (2007). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. Human Genetic Variation". [[Science (journal).
  21. Gretchen Vogel. (2008). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. Reprogramming Cells". [[Science (journal).
  22. Ann Gibbons. (2009). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. Ardipithecus ramidus". [[Science (journal).
  23. Adrian Cho. (2010). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. The First Quantum Machine". [[Science (journal).
  24. Jon Cohen. (2011). "BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. HIV Treatment as Prevention". [[Science (journal).
  25. "Breakthrough of the Year, 2012". [[Science (journal).
  26. Jenifer Couzin-Franken. (20 December 2013). "Cancer Immunotherapy". Science.
  27. Eric Hand. (19 December 2014). "Comet rendezvous". Science.
  28. Travis, John. (2015-12-18). "Making the cut | Science". Sciencemag.org.
  29. (2016). "The cosmos aquiver". Science.
  30. (22 December 2016). "Ripples in spacetime: Science's 2016 Breakthrough of the Year". AAAS.
  31. (2016). "The runners-up". Science.
  32. (22 December 2017). "Breakthrough of the year 2017".
  33. (2017). "Cosmic convergence". Science.
  34. (2017). "The runners up". Science.
  35. (20 December 2018). "Breakthrough of the year 2018".
  36. (19 December 2019). "Science's 2019 Breakthrough: First Image of Supermassive Black Hole". [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]].
  37. American Association for the Advancement of Science. (19 December 2019). "Science's 2019 breakthrough of the year: The first image of a black hole". [[EurekAlert!]].
  38. Cohen, Jon. (17 December 2020). "Shots of hope". American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  39. (16 December 2021). "Protein structures for all". American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  40. (24 December 2022). "2022 BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR". American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  41. "2023 BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR". American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  42. "Science's 2024 Breakthrough of the Year: Opening the door to a new era of HIV prevention".
  43. "Science's 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy".
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