The phrase "fundamental advances" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It typically refers to significant progress or developments in a particular field or subject. Example: "The research team's discovery represents fundamental advances in the field of medicine, paving the way for new treatments and cures for previously incurable diseases."
He made fundamental advances in research on human fertility, which earned him an international reputation.
His M.I.T. work also led to fundamental advances in software and operating systems.
Frege, however, showed that fundamental advances in mathematics could be made by studying the language used to express mathematical thought.
Five I.B.M. scientists have won Nobel prizes; the company's researchers attend scientific conferences, publish papers and have made fundamental advances in computing, materials science and mathematics.
Dr. Perutz's discovery, his colleagues said, opened a window on proteins, the basic working parts of living organisms, and provided a cornerstone for many fundamental advances in molecular medicine and genetics over the last three decades.
The risk involved in funding an application looking at basic science is always higher, but the potential for fundamental advances in understanding and possibly preventing disease is also greater.
Professor Barany, in a wry but circumspect observation that may or may not have been a hint about this year's deliberations, said that much more fundamental advances had initially been considered.
If confirmed, it "will be considered a fundamental advance by our field," Dr. Sharpless said.
This period also saw a fundamental advance in underwater weaponry with the invention of the locomotive torpedo.
Each fundamental advance of physics into new realms has involved a similar extension to the list of the different forms of energy.
A fundamental advance at this time is the recognition of object permanence i.e., the awareness that external objects exist independently of the infant's perception of them.
