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May 2009 issue of symmetry now online

Scientists can feel like they are swimming in a sea of names in modern collaborations of more than 1000 physicists, where youre just one on a very long A-to-Z list of authors on published results. So how can individuals be recognized for their efforts and distinguished from others when it comes to promotion and tenure decisions?

Scientists can feel like they are swimming in a sea of names in modern collaborations of more than 1000 physicists.

In the new issue of symmetry, read about how scientists find ways to stand out in collaborations with hundreds of thousands of members, the recently upgraded "charm factory" in Beijing, a profile of CERN Director-General Rolf-Dieter Heuer, a guide to the Standard Model of particle physics through Nobel Prizes, a gallery of Da Vinci-style drawings of the latest particle physics experiments, and the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts.

See the full table of contents.