breakthrough
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Fervo is also backed by Breakthrough Energy, a venture by Microsoft founder Bill Gates , externalto accelerate innovative electricity production.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
He wrote: “Real innovation is not democratic. Breakthrough ideas rarely emerge from immediate consensus.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Those experiments recently earned the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, one of the world's most prestigious science awards.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Breakthrough drugs are disproportionately responsible for major advances in medicine.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Despite Howard Fuller’s personal commitment to confrontational politics, Operation Breakthrough was limited in many ways as an organization.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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