While advances in jet aviation have been phenomenal, the industry faces greater risks than ever before.
"While advances in using the law are welcome, progress in addressing violence against women will be limited until the law is applied more widely," Gagnon said.
While advances in technology and other factors may have led to some decline in manufacturing jobs, many companies are now adding people in response to regulators' concerns.
Looking even further into the future self-healing materials may one day be used in surgical implants, while advances in "quantum" computers could pave the way for artificial intelligence.
While advances in tech may have created opportunities for more people to access education, the question remains as to whether it is actually possible to learn a language only using online tools.
The greater visibility of transgender role models such as Cox and Jenner has simultaneously led to a broader feeling of social acceptance, while advances in medical science mean that the notion of radically transforming one's own body is no longer remarkable.
While advances in prosthetics have made it possible for many lower-limb amputees to regain full mobility, the track record for overcoming brain injuries and chronic P.T.S.D. — both capable of altering personality and hampering mental functioning — is more spotty, experts acknowledge.
While advances in sustainable management have been significant, many challenges remain.
While advances at the physical layer provide the basic mechanisms, the MAC layer must determine how to use these mechanisms.
While advances in neuroengineering devices have been impressive, often the expectations and desires for a chronically implantable device remain unrealized.
While advances in perinatal medicine have improved our understanding of the pathogenesis, effective therapies to prevent and/or reduce the severity of these disorders are still lacking.
