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| Who | Researchers at Binghamton University and the University of Virginia |
| What | Developed a method to identify disruptive scientific breakthroughs. |
| Where | Published in *Science Advances*. |
| When | The study was published in April 2026. |
| Impact | The method helps understand conditions for breakthroughs and improve research funding. |
The history of science and technology is marked by major breakthroughs—the theory of evolution, the splitting of the atom, the development of antibiotics—and a research team including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York, has developed a method to help pinpoint discoveries that reshaped the course of science.
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