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   Profiles Capturing a single atomWhen atoms were dreamed up by pioneer scientists more than two centuries ago, never would they have thought that one day we could actually see one. But PhD student Ben Norton has figured out how to photograph them.  The power of windFor wind energy specialist Craig Memery, wind was the stand out when it came to research into renewable energy technologies.  Lighting up BrailleSydney engineer Rob Caslick is lending a hand to blind people one Braille dot at a time.  Finding the invisibleMasters student Suryashree Aniyan spends her summer holiday hunting supermassive black holes.  The magic of an augmented mapEver wanted to receive your weather information in a more realistic and up-to-date fashion? Computer sciences student Jessica Clarke has developed an iPad app that makes that dream an augmented reality.  Unravelling mammoth bloodAlan Cooper has spent his career using DNA to investigate the evolutionary mysteries that have left others puzzled, such as how mammoths survived in such frigid environments.  Probing ancient DNAEvolutionary biologist Jeremy Austin studies ancient DNA to answer the big questions.  The most valuable resourceIt's Carla Eisemberg's job to help the villagers in Papua New Guinea protect the country's endangered pig-nosed turtle and plan for the future.  The sex lives of sea slugsAs Aplysia sea slugs gather en masse, looking for love on the ocean floor, Scott Cummins is there to study them.  Down to the wireThe fabrication of the thinnest-ever conducting silicon wire is providing the next step towards the world's first quantum computer, thanks to PhD student Bent Weber. Sweating the (very) small stuffThe forces that interest experimental physicist Michael Biercuk are about a septillion times smaller than the weight of a feather.  Hitting a moving targetMedical physicist Paul Keall has spent much of his career using medical imaging to chase tumours and improve the accuracy of radiation therapy.  To kill a cancer cellTo kill cells that rapidly divide, like those in cancerous tumours, James Matthews had to change the way he thought about biology.  Secret life of the seabedGeotechnical engineer Dave White investigates the often surprising behaviour of seabed sediments.  Fighting the flamesKathleen Harvey, a geologist and volunteer with the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, helped battle the 2003 inferno that was brought on by a lightning strike. 
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