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January 2000, Volume 403, Issue 6768
- 414-416 Precise climate monitoring using complementary satellite data sets
by Frank J. Wentz & Matthias Schabel - 416-420 The Pleistocene serpent Wonambi and the early evolution of snakes
by John D. Scanlon & Michael S. Y. Lee - 421-424 Stimulation by ammonium-based fertilizers of methane oxidation in soil around rice roots
by Paul L. E. Bodelier & Peter Roslev & Thilo Henckel & Peter Frenzel - 425-428 Activin- and Nodal-related factors control antero–posterior patterning of the zebrafish embryo
by Bernard Thisse & Christopher V. E. Wright & Christine Thisse - 428-430 Separable processing of consonants and vowels
by Alfonso Caramazza & Doriana Chialant & Rita Capasso & Gabriele Miceli - 430-434 Noradrenaline in the ventral forebrain is critical for opiate withdrawal-induced aversion
by J. M. Delfs & Y. Zhu & J. P. Druhan & G. Aston-Jones - 434-439 Nogo-A is a myelin-associated neurite outgrowth inhibitor and an antigen for monoclonal antibody IN-1
by Maio S. Chen & Andrea B. Huber & Marjan E. van der Haar & Marcus Frank & Lisa Schnell & Adrian A. Spillmann & Franziska Christ & Martin E. Schwab - 439-444 Identification of the Nogo inhibitor of axon regeneration as a Reticulon protein
by Tadzia GrandPré & Fumio Nakamura & Timothy Vartanian & Stephen M. Strittmatter - 444-447 Torque-generating units of the flagellar motor of Escherichia coli have a high duty ratio
by William S. Ryu & Richard M. Berry & Howard C. Berg - 447-451 The DExH protein NPH-II is a processive and directional motor for unwinding RNA
by Eckhard Jankowsky & Christian H. Gross & Stewart Shuman & Anna Marie Pyle - 451-456 DNA-bound structures and mutants reveal abasic DNA binding by APE1 DNA repair and coordination
by Clifford D. Mol & Tadahide Izumi & Sankar Mitra & John A. Tainer - 456-460 Design of single-layer β-sheets without a hydrophobic core
by Shohei Koide & Xiaolin Huang & Karl Link & Akiko Koide & Zimei Bu & Donald M. Engelman - 463-463 Passing the baton?
by Brendan Horton - 464-464 Creative fusion of many minds
by Brendan Horton - 464-464 Exploring the territory in tissue engineering
by Potter Wickware - 464-466 Bioengineering programmes rise to meet the challenge of a young science
by Brendan Horton - 466-466 Insiders advise on first steps to a career
by Potter Wickware - 466-466 Progress from a fragile start
by Potter Wickware
January 2000, Volume 403, Issue 6767
- 231-231 Celera genome licensing terms spark concerns over ‘monopoly’
by Declan Butler & Paul Smaglik - 232-232 Merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham creates pharmaceutical giant
by Alison Abbott - 232-232 NASA ponders termination of gamma-ray observatory
by Tony Reichhardt - 233-233 Diversity convention in the balance
by Colin Macilwain - 233-233 Global-warming sceptics left out in the cold
by Colin Macilwain - 234-234 DIY microarrayers promise DNA chips with everything
by Rex Dalton - 234-234 Australian university chiefs attack plans for research funding
by Peter Pockley - 235-235 Appointment of UK food standards chief under fire
by Natasha Loder - 235-235 Dutch institute forced to respond to crisis in recruitment of postdoctoral researchers
by Natasha Loder - 236-236 Mouse geneticists call for unified rules of exchange
by Alison Abbott - 236-236 Business lobby set to take EPA to court over data access
by Colin Macilwain - 237-237 NIH under fire over gene-therapy trials…
by Meredith Wadman - 237-237 …as panel seeks help for trial host nations
by Paul Smaglik - 241-241 Local data are vital to worldwide conservation
by Jon Paul Rodríguez & Gillian Ashenfelter & Franklin Rojas-Suárez & Juan Javier García Fernández & Luis Suárez & Andrew P. Dobson - 241-242 There's a place for the theory of everything
by John Ellis - 242-242 Cover adds fuel to the fire in evolution battle
by Editor - 242-242 ECT damage is easy to find if you look for it
by Peter Sterling - 242-242 Cover adds fuel to the fire in evolution battle
by Gary C. Harris & Martina Königer - 242-242 Full effects of oil rigs on corals are not yet known
by J. M. Roberts - 243-245 Seeking the great transition
by Gretchen C. Daily & Brian H. Walker - 247-248 Is the sky made from pi?
by Frank Wilczek - 248-249 Arctic antics
by Douglas Palmer - 249-250 The Osler magic revisited
by W. F. Bynum - 250-250 Seeing the world in a mote of dust
by Ralph Lewin - 251-251 Tycho and the ton of gold
by Owen Gingerich - 253-253 Cognitive ability and the light bulb
by Brian Aldiss - 255-256 A central control for cell growth
by Alan J. Whitmarsh & Roger J. Davis - 256-257 Engineering decoherence
by Wolfgang P. Schleich - 257-259 Finding the lost target
by Martin E. Schwab - 260-261 Better budgets for methyl halides?
by James H. Butler - 261-263 Protamine wars
by Andrew G. Clark & Alberto Civetta - 263-263 States of non-mind
by David Jones - 263-263 Erratum: A tale of ends
by Victoria Lundblad - 264-264 Robert A. Swanson (1947–99)
by David V. Goeddel & Arthur D. Levinson - 265-266 Ultrasonic hearing in nocturnal butterflies
by Jayne E. Yack & James H. Fullard - 266-267 Atomic structure of the quasicrystal Al72Ni20Co8
by Yanfa Yan & Stephen J. Pennycook - 267-267 Atomic structure of the quasicrystal Al72Ni20Co8
by Paul J. Steinhardt & H.-C. Jeong & K. Saitoh & M. Tanaka & E. Abe & A. P. Tsai - 267-268 Circadian clocks limited by noise
by Naama Barkai & Stanislas Leibler - 269-273 Decoherence of quantum superpositions through coupling to engineered reservoirs
by C. J. Myatt & B. E. King & Q. A. Turchette & C. A. Sackett & D. Kielpinski & W. M. Itano & C. Monroe & D. J. Wineland - 274-280 Direct protein–protein coupling enables cross-talk between dopamine D5 and γ-aminobutyric acid A receptors
by Fang Liu & Qi Wan & Zdenek B. Pristupa & Xian-Min Yu & Yu Tian Wang & Hyman B. Niznik - 281-283 Polarization rotation mechanism for ultrahigh electromechanical response in single-crystal piezoelectrics
by Huaxiang Fu & Ronald E. Cohen - 283-286 Dynamics of supercooled water in confined geometry
by R. Bergman & J. Swenson - 286-289 Molecular imprinting of bulk, microporous silica
by Alexander Katz & Mark E. Davis - 289-292 Biomimetic synthesis of ordered silica structures mediated by block copolypeptides
by Jennifer N. Cha & Galen D. Stucky & Daniel E. Morse & Timothy J. Deming - 292-295 Natural methyl bromide and methyl chloride emissions from coastal salt marshes
by Robert C. Rhew & Benjamin R. Miller & Ray F. Weiss - 295-298 A strong source of methyl chloride to the atmosphere from tropical coastal land
by Y. Yokouchi & Y. Noijiri & L. A. Barrie & D. Toom-Sauntry & T. Machida & Y. Inuzuka & H. Akimoto & H.-J. Li & Y. Fujinuma & S. Aoki - 298-301 Halocarbons produced by natural oxidation processes during degradation of organic matter
by F. Keppler & R. Eiden & V. Niedan & J. Pracht & H. F. Schöler - 301-304 Annual fluxes of carbon from deforestation and regrowth in the Brazilian Amazon
by R. A. Houghton & D. L. Skole & Carlos A. Nobre & J. L. Hackler & K. T. Lawrence & W H. Chomentowski - 304-309 Rapid evolution of male reproductive genes in the descent of man
by Gerald J. Wyckoff & Wen Wang & Chung-I Wu - 309-312 Voice-selective areas in human auditory cortex
by Pascal Belin & Robert J. Zatorre & Philippe Lafaille & Pierre Ahad & Bruce Pike - 312-316 Functional regeneration of sensory axons into the adult spinal cord
by Matt S. Ramer & John V. Priestley & Stephen B. McMahon - 316-321 Glutamate release in severe brain ischaemia is mainly by reversed uptake
by David J. Rossi & Takeo Oshima & David Attwell - 321-325 Blocker protection in the pore of a voltage-gated K+ channel and its structural implications
by Donato del Camino & Miguel Holmgren & Yi Liu & Gary Yellen - 325-328 KIR expression on self-reactive CD8+ T cells is controlled by T-cell receptor engagement
by Bertrand Huard & Lars Karlsson - 328-332 Regulation of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase by MAP kinase
by Lee M. Graves & Hedeel I. Guy & Piotr Kozlowski & Min Huang & Eduardo Lazarowski & R. Marshall Pope & Matthew A. Collins & Erik N. Dahlstrand & H. Shelton Earp & David R. Evans - 332-335 The joining of ribosomal subunits in eukaryotes requires eIF5B
by Tatyana V. Pestova & Ivan B. Lomakin & Joon H. Lee & Sang Ki Choi & Thomas E. Dever & Christopher U. T. Hellen - 335-338 A synthetic oscillatory network of transcriptional regulators
by Michael B. Elowitz & Stanislas Leibler - 339-342 Construction of a genetic toggle switch in Escherichia coli
by Timothy S. Gardner & Charles R. Cantor & James J. Collins
January 2000, Volume 403, Issue 6766
- 119-119 Celera turns to public genome data to speed up endgame..
by Paul Smaglik & Declan Butler - 119-120 ...as Internet fervour hits genomics
by David Dickson - 120-120 Inadequate optics 'threat to US laser facility'
by Colin Macilwain - 121-121 UK discussed ban on foreign job ads in 1960s
by Natasha Loder - 121-122 Bell Labs win superconductivity patent
by Colin Macilwain - 122-122 Genetics takes off in Naples as institute moves south
by Alison Abbott - 123-123 … as lobbyists anticipate more money for all
by Colin Macilwain & Paul Smaglik - 123-123 NIH seeks funding for neuroscience centre …
by Paul Smaglik - 124-124 Greenwich ‘could be symbolic timekeeper for electronic era’
by Natasha Loder - 124-124 Japanese support biotech start-ups
by Robert Triendl - 124-124 Brussels research chief backs European website proposal
by Declan Butler - 125-125 Biologists flock to ‘evo-devo’ in a quest to read the recipes of life
by Rex Dalton - 129-129 … or should private enterprise take over?
by Matthew Brown & Donald R. Leal - 129-129 Global bodies won't save the environment: it needs grass-roots efforts …
by Ignacio H. Chapela - 129-130 Proteins and the naked truth about e-commerce
by Dattatray Parasnis - 130-130 East German academics faced unfair hurdles
by Bernd Legler & Guy Moore - 130-130 Wherever HIV originated, polio vaccine is safe now
by Ka-Wing Wong - 130-130 Proteins and the naked truth about e-commerce
by Alex May - 130-130 EPA error risked halving India's rice harvest
by E. S. R. Gopal - 130-130 Proteins and the naked truth about e-commerce
by Alex May - 131-133 Sowing nuclear misconceptions
by Kurt Gottfried - 135-136 The truth is in here
by Henry Gee - 136-136 Simplicity out of complexity
by Jonathan R. Ellis - 137-138 Of pigs, poultry and permafrost
by David A. J. Tyrrell - 138-138 Science in culture
by Alison Abbott - 138-138 Integrals of disease
by Graham F. Medley - 139-139 Positioning the goalposts
by John Maddox - 141-141 Deep Ice and DNA languages
by Greg Bear - 143-144 DNA computing on a chip
by Mitsunori Ogihara & Animesh Ray - 144-145 From insects to microvehicles
by Robin Wootton - 145-148 Eyes wide shut
by David Jewitt - 148-149 Gateway to the chloroplast
by Kenneth Cline - 149-151 A tale of ends
by Victoria Lundblad - 151-151 More spins for protons
by Sarah Tomlin - 151-152 Jumping between liquid states
by Paul McMillan - 152-153 Fossil fish up for election
by Meemann Chang - 153-154 Internal model visualized
by Masao Ito - 154-154 Coal, air, fire and water
by David Jones - 155-156 A pygostyle from a non-avian theropod
by Rinchen Barsbold & Philip J. Currie & Nathan P. Myhrvold & Halszka Osmólska & Khishigjaw Tsogtbaatar & Mahito Watabe - 156-156 Tall men have more reproductive success
by B. Pawlowski & R. I. M. Dunbar & A. Lipowicz - 156-157 Eel fat stores are enough to reach the Sargasso
by Vincent J. T. van Ginneken & Guido E. E. J. M. van den Thillart - 157-158 Children learn an untaught rule of spelling
by Peter Bryant & Terezinha Nunes & Rowena Snaith - 158-158 Rapid chromosomal evolution in island mice
by Janice Britton-Davidian & Josette Catalan & Maria da Graça Ramalhinho & Guila Ganem & Jean-Christophe Auffray & Ruben Capela & Manuel Biscoito & Jeremy B. Searle & Maria da Luz Mathias - 159-164 MRT-2 checkpoint protein is required for germline immortality and telomere replication in C. elegans
by Shawn Ahmed & Jonathan Hodgkin - 165-166 A reduced estimate of the number of kilometre-sized near-Earth asteroids
by David Rabinowitz & Eleanor Helin & Kenneth Lawrence & Steven Pravdo - 166-170 Measurement of the spatial coherence of a trapped Bose gas at the phase transition
by I. Bloch & T. W. Hänsch & T. Esslinger - 170-173 A first-order liquid–liquid phase transition in phosphorus
by Yoshinori Katayama & Takeshi Mizutani & Wataru Utsumi & Osamu Shimomura & Masaaki Yamakata & Ken-ichi Funakoshi - 173-175 Nanoscopic channel lattices with controlled anisotropic wetting
by M. Gleiche & L. F. Chi & H. Fuchs - 175-179 DNA computing on surfaces
by Qinghua Liu & Liman Wang & Anthony G. Frutos & Anne E. Condon & Robert M. Corn & Lloyd M. Smith - 179-182 Evidence for enhanced mixing over rough topography in the abyssal ocean
by J. R. Ledwell & E. T. Montgomery & K. L. Polzin & L. C. St. Laurent & R. W. Schmitt & J. M. Toole - 182-184 Osmotic generation of ‘anomalous’ fluid pressures in geological environments
by C. E. Neuzil - 185-188 The most primitive osteichthyan braincase?
by Alison M. Basden & Gavin C. Young & Michael I. Coates & Alex Ritchie - 188-192 Molecular evidence regarding the origin of echolocation and flight in bats
by Emma C. Teeling & Mark Scally & Diana J. Kao & Michael L. Romagnoli & Mark S. Springer & Michael J. Stanhope - 192-195 Human cerebellar activity reflecting an acquired internal model of a new tool
by Hiroshi Imamizu & Satoru Miyauchi & Tomoe Tamada & Yuka Sasaki & Ryousuke Takino & Benno Pütz & Toshinori Yoshioka & Mitsuo Kawato - 196-199 A constitutively open potassium channel formed by KCNQ1 and KCNE3
by Björn C. Schroeder & Siegfried Waldegger & Susanne Fehr & Markus Bleich & Richard Warth & Rainer Greger & Thomas J. Jentsch - 199-203 Uptake of apoptotic cells drives the growth of a pathogenic trypanosome in macrophages
by Célio G. Freire-de-Lima & Danielle O. Nascimento & Milena B. P. Soares & Patricia T. Bozza & Hugo C. Castro-Faria-Neto & Fernando G. de Mello & George A. DosReis & Marcela F. Lopes - 203-207 The major protein import receptor of plastids is essential for chloroplast biogenesis
by Jörg Bauer & Kunhua Chen & Andreas Hiltbunner & Ernst Wehrli & Monika Eugster & Danny Schnell & Felix Kessler - 207-211 Interferon-γ elicits arteriosclerosis in the absence of leukocytes
by George Tellides & Denis A. Tereb & Nancy C. Kirkiles-Smith & Richard W. Kim & Jean H. Wilson & Jeffrey S. Schechner & Marc I. Lorber & Jordan S. Pober - 211-216 Negative regulation of lymphocyte activation and autoimmunity by the molecular adaptor Cbl-b
by Kurt Bachmaier & Connie Krawczyk & Ivona Kozieradzki & Young-Yun Kong & Takehiko Sasaki & Antonio Oliveira-dos-Santos & Sanjeev Mariathasan & Dennis Bouchard & Andrew Wakeham & Annick Itie & Jenny Le & Pamela S. Ohashi & Ildiko Sarosi & Hiroshi Nishina & Stan Lipkowitz & Josef M. Penninger - 216-220 Cbl-b regulates the CD28 dependence of T-cell activation
by Yungping J. Chiang & Hemanta K. Kole & Karen Brown & Mayumi Naramura & Shigetomo Fukuhara & Ren-Ju Hu & Ihn Kyung Jang & J. Silvio Gutkind & Ethan Shevach & Hua Gu - 220-223 Measurement of thermal contribution to photoreceptor sensitivity
by Ari Koskelainen & Petri Ala-Laurila & Nanna Fyhrquist & Kristian Donner - 223-226 Bioorganic synthesis of lipid-modified proteins for the study of signal transduction
by Benjamin Bader & Karsten Kuhn & David J. Owen & Herbert Waldmann & Alfred Wittinghofer & Jürgen Kuhlmann
January 2000, Volume 403, Issue 6765
- 3-3 Europe lifts patent embargo on transgenic plants and animals…
by Quirin Schiermeier & David Dickson - 3-3 …as US tightens up on ‘speculative’ claims
by Paul Smaglik - 4-4 Big gains for biology and IT in Japanese science budget
by Asako Saegusa - 4-4 Genomics companies boom on New York stock exchange
by Paul Smaglik - 5-6 ‘US politicians have fallen in love with basic research’
by Colin Macilwain - 6-7 The role of science is to illuminate political choices, not enforce them
by Declan Butler - 7-8 ‘Japan's scientists must learn to take action’
by David Swinbanks - 8-9 ‘I have reported on astonishing achievements in times of hardship’
by Alison Abbott - 9-9 ‘If knowledge is king, we may need a republican revolution’
by David Dickson - 12-12 How nature itself uses genetic modification
by Anthony Trewavas & Christopher Leaver - 12-12 Do we need a huge new centre to annotate the human genome?
by Jean-Michel Claverie - 13-16 Millennial highlights
by J. L. Heilbron & W. F. Bynum - 17-19 The waning of the Golden Age
by Walter Gratzer - 19-19 Beneficent squid
by Tomoyuki Takahashi - 19-20 Medicine's least respectable branch?
by Dylan Evans - 20-20 In retrospect: chosen by David Jones
by David Jones - 21-21 Making waves in physics
by Michael Berry - 23-23 How science saved the world
by Kim Stanley Robinson - 25-26 Optics adapt to the whole sky
by Brent Ellerbroek & François Rigaut - 26-29 Living on the edge
by Thomas Brooks - 29-30 Caspases find a new place to hide
by Huseyin Mehmet - 30-31 A bright future for dark matter
by Brad Hansen - 31-34 Taking the temperature of slabs
by Stephen H. Kirby - 34-35 Telomeric tethers
by Wai-Hong Tham & Virginia A. Zakian - 35-35 Taking the squeeze off sperm
by Tim Lincoln - 35-36 Durable catalysts for cleaner air
by Jon G. McCarty - 36-36 Depth of insight
by David Jones - 37-38 Marine iguanas shrink to survive El Niño
by Martin Wikelski & Corinna Thom - 38-38 Biogeography of the Indonesian coelacanths
by H. Fricke & K. Hissmann & J. Schauer & M. Erdmann & M. K. Moosa & R. Plante - 38-39 Extrapolating movement without retinal motion
by John Schlag & Rick H. Cai & Andrews Dorfman & Ali Mohempour & Madeleine Schlag-Rey - 39-40 Numerical memory span in a chimpanzee
by Nobuyuki Kawai & Tetsuro Matsuzawa - 40-40 Explaining the T-wave shape in the ECG
by Diego di Bernardo & Alan Murray - 41-45 The language of covalent histone modifications
by Brian D. Strahl & C. David Allis - 46-53 Crystal structure of the hereditary haemochromatosis protein HFE complexed with transferrin receptor
by Melanie J. Bennett & José A. Lebrón & Pamela J. Bjorkman - 54-56 Adaptive-optics corrections available for the whole sky
by Roberto Ragazzoni & Enrico Marchetti & Gianpaolo Valente - 57-59 Infrared spectrum of an extremely cool white-dwarf star
by S. T. Hodgkin & B. R. Oppenheimer & N. C. Hambly & R. F. Jameson & S. J. Smartt & I. A. Steele - 59-61 Tunnelling between the edges of two lateral quantum Hall systems
by W. Kang & H. L. Stormer & L. N. Pfeiffer & K. W. Baldwin & K. W. West - 62-64 Magnetic trapping of neutrons
by P. R. Huffman & C. R. Brome & J. S. Butterworth & K. J. Coakley & M. S. Dewey & S. N. Dzhosyuk & R. Golub & G. L. Greene & K. Habicht & S. K. Lamoreaux & C. E. H. Mattoni & D. N. McKinsey & F. E. Wietfeldt & J. M. Doyle - 65-67 Reverse microemulsion synthesis of nanostructured complex oxides for catalytic combustion
by Andrey J. Zarur & Jackie Y. Ying - 68-71 Forecasting Andean rainfall and crop yield from the influence of El Niño on Pleiades visibility
by Benjamin S. Orlove & John C. H. Chiang & Mark A. Cane - 71-74 Channelized fluid flow in oceanic crust reconciles heat-flow and permeability data
by A. T. Fisher & K. Becker - 74-77 A highly unsaturated fatty acid predicts carbon transfer between primary producers and consumers
by Dörthe C. Müller-Navarra & Michael T. Brett & Anne M. Liston & Charles R. Goldman - 77-80 The Santa Barbara Basin is a symbiosis oasis
by Joan M. Bernhard & Kurt R. Buck & Mark A. Farmer & Samuel S. Bowser - 80-84 Mortality of sea lions along the central California coast linked to a toxic diatom bloom
by Christopher A. Scholin & Frances Gulland & Gregory J. Doucette & Scott Benson & Mark Busman & Francisco P. Chavez & Joe Cordaro & Robert DeLong & Andrew De Vogelaere & James Harvey & Martin Haulena & Kathi Lefebvre & Tom Lipscomb & Susan Loscutoff & Linda J. Lowenstine & Roman Marin III & Peter E. Miller & William A. McLellan & Peter D. R. Moeller & Christine L. Powell & Teri Rowles & Paul Silvagni & Mary Silver & Terry Spraker & Vera Trainer & Frances M. Van Dolah - 84-86 Dynamic biogeography and conservation of endangered species
by Rob Channell & Mark V. Lomolino - 86-89 Reduced vas deferens contraction and male infertility in mice lacking P2X1 receptors
by K. Mulryan & D. P. Gitterman & C. J. Lewis & C. Vial & B. J. Leckie & A. L. Cobb & J. E. Brown & E. C. Conley & G. Buell & C. A. Pritchard & R. J. Evans - 89-93 Turning of nerve growth cones induced by localized increases in intracellular calcium ions
by James Q. Zheng - 93-98 Calcium signalling in the guidance of nerve growth by netrin-1
by Kyonsoo Hong & Makoto Nishiyama & John Henley & Marc Tessier-Lavigne & Mu-ming Poo - 98-103 Caspase-12 mediates endoplasmic-reticulum-specific apoptosis and cytotoxicity by amyloid-β
by Toshiyuki Nakagawa & Hong Zhu & Nobuhiro Morishima & En Li & Jin Xu & Bruce A. Yankner & Junying Yuan - 103-108 Anti-inflammatory cyclopentenone prostaglandins are direct inhibitors of IκB kinase
by Antonio Rossi & Pankaj Kapahi & Gioacchino Natoli & Takayuki Takahashi & Yi Chen & Michael Karin & M. Gabriella Santoro - 108-112 Nuclear pore complexes in the organization of silent telomeric chromatin
by Vincent Galy & Jean-Christophe Olivo-Marin & Harry Scherthan & Valerie Doye & Nadia Rascalou & Ulf Nehrbass - 112-115 Three-dimensional structure of the ion-coupled transport protein NhaA
by Karen A. Williams
December 1999, Volume 402, Issue 6764
- 845-845 Dissection banned in Israeli schools
by Haim Watzman - 845-846 Concern as Germany cuts funds to agricultural research centres
by Quirin Schiermeier & Rex Dalton & Colin Macilwain - 846-846 Japan to bring in mandatory tests for GM foods
by Yoriko Uozum - 846-846 NSF under fire in survey of customer satisfaction
by Paul Smaglik - 847-847 Geophysics union entices biologists with new section
by Rex Dalton - 847-847 Green light for neutrino beam to pass below the Alps
by Alison Abbott - 847-848 Scientists rally to defend schools against creationists
by Rex Dalton - 848-848 Spain's universities split over merits of performance table
by Xavier Bosch