It has the optimum capabilities for the next breakthroughs in determining the origin of γ-ray bursts and their afterglows, as well as for using bursts to probe the early Universe.
Here are the scientific breakthroughs from 2017 most likely to inform parenting decisions for the next decade — or at least until the next breakthrough comes along.
Because a laptop with 15 hours of battery life, widely considered the next breakthrough for business travelers, has, so far, proven to be an insurmountable hurdle for PC manufacturers, some of the most noteworthy and profitable innovations in recent travel technology are entertainment-oriented.
Fierce competition to sign up customers for wireless service or to create the next breakthrough device is stimulating billions in investment and creating jobs.
In a nutshell, "we are looking for people who are able to develop the next breakthrough," explains Crompton.
They are not going to provide the next breakthrough".
As well as finding the next breakthrough drama hits in the vein of Spooks and Life on Mars (and its sequel, Ashes to Ashes), a particular challenge will be creating a breakthrough drama series for BBC3.
And they want it for the same reasons as those white-coated chemists who work so hard to make the next breakthrough scientific discovery.
Nor does anyone know where the next breakthrough will come from.
