Quantum Diarists Gordon Watts and Makoto Fujiwara meet up at an American Physical Society regional conference. Makoto "gave a great talk -- very dynamic and was able to introduce a topic that was mostly unknown to me in 10 minutes," Gordon writes.

John Ellis brainstormed ideas for projects in astroparticle physics -- the intersection between particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology -- at a conference in Switzerland.

Zhi-Zhong Xing celebrates the strengthening of ties between CERN and his homeland, China.

Putting it out there
Quantum Diarists Stephon Alexander and Caolionn O'Connell secure everlasting fame by giving interviews for a NOVA docudrama called "E=mc²."

Peter Steinberg experiences a bit of stage fright before participating in a post-show discussion of a performance of "Einstein's Gift," a play about the brilliant and tragic life of chemist Fritz Haber. "The main focus was on the responsibility of the scientist for technologies derived from basic research, especially those technologies capable of mass destruction," he writes.

Tommaso Dorigo hopes to secure a tenure-track position at an Italian university. "It boils down to preparing a very detailed documentation of everything that you have been doing during your scientific activities since the Neolithic," he writes.

Alex Koutsman turns in his master's thesis. "By the end of June I should get my diploma, if all goes well at the graduating exam, where I have to defend my thesis," he writes. Then it's back to touring with his band.