Circulation of the beams was a significant leap forward.
"Dictators is an excellent book that constitutes a significant leap forward in the study of authoritarian regimes and international security.
"I believe that the most significant leap forward in the industry's environmental performance in the coming years will be the commercial use of sustainable biofuels," Mr. Tyler said.
"Using a predictor like in the Greenway system, even if it's not perfect, will still give a significant leap forward compared with using nothing," he says.
For years, scientists have been able to "print" types of human tissue using a 3D printer, but in a significant leap forward by US and Australian researchers they can now make that tissue survive on its own.
A quarter of a century later, questions are being asked about what, if anything, will be the next significant leap forward in psychiatric pharmacology, be it for depression or other diagnoses such as schizophrenia or anxiety.
Rwanda complained about its ranking while, this past fall, the President of Sierra Leone spoke before the U.N. and, citing the index, boasted about his "significant leap forward in democratic governance".
Although there is still much that can't be gleaned from the photos, and North Korea does have an inglorious record of exaggeration, analysts generally agree that the Hwasong-15 marks a significant leap forward in North Korea's missile development.
But the fact that voters in multiple states signed off on gay marriage all at once on Tuesday suggests a significant leap forward, in addition to the incremental progress.
On page 341 of this issue, Hinke et al.1 report how, after years of endeavour, they have achieved a significant leap forward in the study of the heaviest 'symmetrical doubly magic' nucleus — the tin isotope 100Sn.
As a result, the analytical approach represents a significant leap forward in the understanding of how to effectively leverage bistable structures as energy harvesting devices and introduces new means to elucidate the transient and far-from-equilibrium dynamics of nonlinear systems more generally.
