With such breakthroughs come business opportunities, and new companies are springing up around the country.

With breakthroughs in biomedical research, these numbers will be even more compelling.

He says he believes that the majors were carried away in the 80's with technological breakthroughs.

Even with breakthroughs on the key outstanding issues, an actual strategic arms treaty will not be ready for signing until later this year.

"The kind of outside-the-box thinking that we associate with breakthroughs was really his hallmark."

They're experimental, loaded with breakthroughs, but also saddled by disappointments.

It was dug consistently since then with breakthroughs occurring in 1971, 1972, 1985 and 2006.

Another way is to come up with breakthroughs.

The Energy Department and the national laboratories have spent tens of billions on these projects since the 1970's, with few breakthroughs.

With even more rapid breakthroughs in technology anticipated in the coming years, education is the key to their success.