Embracing the collective nature of science

He brings people together. She is good at recruiting other people to her vision. She has crossed boundaries between nations, scientific fields and languages. She is invaluable to the physics community.

These phrases are used to describe four of the remarkable early-and mid-career scientists profiled in our SN 10: Scientists to Watch. And the gist of those observations — that collaborating and communicating with others is essential to science — is true of all 10 of the scientists on our list. They get that science depends on more than being smart and hardworking; it also requires building connections with others, to make one’s own work possible and to amplify the work of all.