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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.

You don't know what you're getting into until you're in it; even now, I'm not so sure what I'm in.

Julia Kempe couldn't bring herself to choose between physics and maths, nor between two graduate institutions. So she did two Ph.D.s at once in quantum computation.

Environmental forensics is an established discipline in North America, but in the United Kingdom and Europe, the field has emerged more slowly. It's gaining speed, however.

"Interactive museums have sprouted around Italy and across Europe as the European Commission and individual nations have placed science-and-society issues higher on the agenda."

Being lead programmer "can be a lonely role stuck between the code pool and the management and therefore requires a level of confidence in oneself," says Marchalot's boss, Brandon Smith.

His cultural identity has not caused any real hardships or put any of his professional goals out of reach, Bounceur feels.

"Functionally, there's no unemployment of geoscientists right now." Cindy Martinez, American Geological Institute

"Everything is made out of something, and it always will be."

Diggs was a 2004 Black Engineer of the Year Award winner in the "Promising Scientist in Government" category. He was also named one of the 50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science in 2004 by
Science Spectrum magazine.

Students are on a journey to discover who they are and what they can become.

"What makes him special is his ability to judge which problems are the best to work on. Perhaps the most important skill for a researcher is being able to identify which problems you have a good chance of solving and which solutions would be most important." – John Preskill

Assamagan has dedicated his career to developing detectors and software to explore still-uncharted areas of particle physics.

In contrast to the mysterious forms of energy and matter she studies, the 33-year-old Verde radiates enthusiasm when talking about her work. "I never stop being amazed by it," she says.

Andronicos feels a tremendous amount of responsibility to help other minority students persevere and succeed in their studies.

Where will the next Einstein come from?

"Nothing panned out for years, but [the techniques] did come to fruition. You have to make the investment." --Andrea Ghez