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Science faculty can transform their training and expertise into stimulating new professional activities, well beyond their job descriptions.

Today's detectors allow scientists to observe cosmic particles with energies surpassing those obtained in particle accelerators, making of the universe a new laboratory for particle physicists.

We are finding that we are beginning to constrain some of our understandings and exclude some possibilities.

Because your career may depend on the outcome of these applications, it's a good idea to learn the details of the process.

The culmination of the Ph.D. is supposed to be the creation of an independent and self-sufficient scientist who can continue to contribute to the scientific enterprise.

In a collaborative project, people need to trust each other and candidly discuss strategies and contingencies.

An important part of all the universities' preparations is getting their research faculty ready for the change.

"I think it becomes more difficult [to cheat] when the student knows what the professor knows and the professor knows what the student knows." --Adil Shamoo

A little competitiveness can be an excellent thing, but too much can produce an environment that's unhealthy for science--and scientists.

I’ve stopped wallowing in the “I feel so alone!” pity party I subjected myself to for the first month or two.

"I like the fact that I'm steering my own ship in terms of research. I feel like an entrepreneur." --Lance Silverman

"I've never considered myself a great writer or a linguist," but, she says, she is able to identify problems with a manuscript.

"In the current environment, any increase is welcome." --Dave Moore, AAMC

"I felt that it was time to return, now that Portugal was changing and giving us much better conditions, [and] that we should contribute to the development of the country," says Bruno Silva-Santos.

"There is no doubt that having these kinds of unique tools available and having the strong multidisciplinary environment that allows for interaction gives us a lot of advantage to better understand science," says Jeff Blackmon, physics division, ORNL.

Science magazine's special section on sustainability and energy is also found online.

“She is one of those few who have a strong technical background alongside strategic environmental management experience in a large international company,” says Noam Gressel, CEO of Assif Strategies

I'm probably going to evolve as I move along the path of that photon.