The phrase "a recent advance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a new development or improvement in a particular field or subject.
Example: "The researchers published a paper detailing a recent advance in cancer treatment that shows promising results."
Alternatives: "a recent development" or "a recent breakthrough."
At a recent advance screening in New York, the audience, many of whom were fans of the original who waited hours to get a seat, cheered the mayhem.
After a recent advance screening of Paul Schrader's "Auto Focus," a man who looked to be in his 30's muttered to his companion, "I'm never going to have sex again".
Just before a recent advance screening of "The Cabin in the Woods," a friendly publicist asked the assembled bloggers and critics if we would please refrain from disclosing any of the "reveals, surprises and uncredited performances" in the movie we were about to see.
This is supposed to be a recent advance in verisimilitude, but the disillusioned spy novel has been with us almost as long as the preposterous; le Carré himself has called W. Somerset Maugham, who published "Ashenden" in 1928, "the first person to write about espionage in a mood of disenchantment and almost prosaic reality".
Transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy is a recent advance in vitreoretinal surgery.
A recent advance in surface treatment and its applications in China is briefly reviewed.
The interpretation of a mutation as pathogenic is complex and not always possible, although a significant recent advance has been made with a standardised classification scheme [ 2].
In particular, the regularization theorem is a key element in an important recent advance by Avila, Sylvain Crovisier, and Amie Wilkinson.
The SEA approach represents a notable recent advance in identifying protein targets.
There is a significant recent advance in filtering of the salt-and-pepper noise for digital images.
A further recent advance is the development of multi-functional polymersomes that carry pharmaceuticals and imaging agents simultaneously.
