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February 1999, Volume 397, Issue 6718
- 395-395 Powerful lighting
by David Jones - 396-396 Hans Oeschger (1927-98)
by Thomas Stocker - 397-398 Half-awake to the risk of predation
by Niels C. Rattenborg & Steven L. Lima & Charles J. Amlaner - 398-398 Pattern formation in semiconductors
by V. V. Bel'kov & J. Hirschinger & V. Novák & F.-J. Niedernostheide & S.D. Ganichev & W. Prettl - 398-399 UV-B damage amplified by transposons in maize
by Virginia Walbot - 400-400 Collective decisions and cognition in bees
by P. Kirk Visscher & Scott Camazine - 401-402 Japan's enthused individualists
by Rupert Goodwins - 402-403 A bestiary of chaos and biodiversity
by Paul H. Harvey - 403-404 Worth its salt
by Hervé This - 404-404 Science in culture
by Martin Kemp - 405-409 Female development in mammals is regulated by Wnt-4 signalling
by Seppo Vainio & Minna Heikkilä & Andreas Kispert & Norman Chin & Andrew P. McMahon - 410-412 Coherence and single-particle excitations in the high-temperature superconductors
by Guy Deutscher - 412-414 High-temperature weak ferromagnetism in a low-density free-electron gas
by D. P. Young & D. Hall & M. E. Torelli & Z. Fisk & J. L. Sarrao & J. D. Thompson & H.-R. Ott & S. B. Oseroff & R. G. Goodrich & R. Zysler - 414-417 Improved quantum efficiency for electroluminescence in semiconducting polymers
by Yong Cao & Ian D. Parker & Gang Yu & Chi Zhang & Alan J. Heeger - 417-420 Hybrid hydrogels assembled from synthetic polymers and coiled-coil protein domains
by Chun Wang & Russell J. Stewart & JindŘich KopeČek - 420-423 A complex clathrate hydrate structure showing bimodal guest hydration
by Konstantin A. Udachin & John A. Ripmeester - 423-425 Upward transport of oceanic nitrate by migrating diatom mats
by Tracy A. Villareal & Cynthia Pilskaln & Mark Brzezinski & Fredric Lipschultz & Mark Dennett & George B. Gardner - 425-428 Strain-induced magma fragmentation in explosive eruptions
by Paolo Papale - 428-430 A neuronal representation of the location of nearby sounds
by Michael S. A. Graziano & Lina A. J. Reiss & Charles G. Gross - 430-433 Perception's shadow: long-distance synchronization of human brain activity
by Eugenio Rodriguez & Nathalie George & Jean-Philippe Lachaux & Jacques Martinerie & Bernard Renault & Francisco J. Varela - 434-436 Coherence of gamma-band EEG activity as a basis for associative learning
by Wolfgang H. R. Miltner & Christoph Braun & Matthias Arnold & Herbert Witte & Edward Taub - 436-441 Origin of HIV-1 in the chimpanzee Pan troglodytes troglodytes
by Feng Gao & Elizabeth Bailes & David L. Robertson & Yalu Chen & Cynthia M. Rodenburg & Scott F. Michael & Larry B. Cummins & Larry O. Arthur & Martine Peeters & George M. Shaw & Paul M. Sharp & Beatrice H. Hahn - 441-446 Molecular characterization of mitochondrial apoptosis-inducing factor
by Santos A. Susin & Hans K. Lorenzo & Naoufal Zamzami & Isabel Marzo & Bryan E. Snow & Greg M. Brothers & Joan Mangion & Etienne Jacotot & Paola Costantini & Markus Loeffler & Nathanael Larochette & David R. Goodlett & Ruedi Aebersold & David P. Siderovski & Josef M. Penninger & Guido Kroemer - 446-450 The transcriptional cofactor complex CRSP is required for activity of the enhancer-binding protein Sp1
by Soojin Ryu & Sharleen Zhou & Andreas G. Ladurner & Robert Tjian
January 1999, Volume 397, Issue 6717
- 281-281 Sequence ‘terrorist genes’, says Venter
by Ehsan Masood - 281-282 Europe is urged to hold back on xenotransplant clinical trials
by Declan Butler - 282-282 UK women lead the way on interdisciplinary research
by Alison Mitchell - 283-283 Cancer body ‘must do more for minorities’
by Meredith Wadman - 283-283 German/Swedish venture creates plant biotechnology giant
by Quirin Schiermeier - 284-284 China clamps down on inaccurate warnings
by Asako Saegusa - 284-284 Japan to try to understand quakes, not predict them
by Asako Saegusa - 284-284 US life scientists seek 15 per cent rise to NIH research funds
by Meredith Wadman - 285-285 US unveils $366 million computing boost
by Natasha Loder - 285-285 Warning on pitfalls in measuring research
by Natasha Loder - 286-286 Hopes for reform rise as Spain replaces its hard-line minister
by Xavier Bosch - 286-286 UK gets the green light on modified crops
by Ehsan Masood - 287-287 ‘Inadequate science’ in US habitat plans
by Tony Reichhardt - 287-287 Australia battles to mine heritage site
by Peter Pockley - 290-290 Keele book sell-off squanders heritage
by David Singmaster - 290-290 Don't put research in a goal-based straitjacket
by Mike Berridge - 290-290 Green campaigners undermine the IWC
by Dan Goodman - 291-291 Who will mentor the mentors?
by Carl Djerassi - 293-294 The odds of losing at genetic roulette
by James F. Crow - 294-295 Lasing from a molecular sieve
by Stephen R. Forrest - 295-298 A new spin on handed asymmetry
by Kyle J. Vogan & Clifford J. Tabin - 298-299 Stress drives gas into a black hole
by Kartik Sheth & Peter J. Teuben - 299-301 Bromine explosion
by Paul Wennberg - 301-301 Visions of vortices
by Sarah Tomlin - 301-302 Colour renewal from space
by Raymond Sambrotto - 302-302 Ultra-light glazing
by David Jones - 303-306 Getting its from bits
by Frank Wilczek - 307-308 Genetic tracking of a protected whale
by Frank Cipriano & Stephen R. Palumbi - 308-309 Motion of vortices in superconductors
by A. Tonomura & H. Kasai & O. Kamimura & T. Matsuda & K. Harada & J. Shimoyama & K. Kishio & K. Kitazawa - 309-310 Role of the giant panda's ‘pseudo-thumb’
by Hideki Endo & Daishiro Yamagiwa & Yoshihiro Hayashi & Hiroshi Koie & Yoshiki Yamaya & Junpei Kimura - 310-310 Yeast cell-type regulation of DNA repair
by Stefan U. Åström & Sara M. Okamura & Jasper Rine - 311-312 The child of unfulfilled expectations
by Malcolm R. Dando - 312-313 Of rats and psychology students
by Adam Kuper - 313-314 From worms to prawns
by Diethard Tautz - 314-314 Remembering Big Blue and his kin
by Rupert Goodwins - 315-323 OPGL is a key regulator of osteoclastogenesis, lymphocyte development and lymph-node organogenesis
by Young-Yun Kong & Hiroki Yoshida & Ildiko Sarosi & Hong-Lin Tan & Emma Timms & Casey Capparelli & Sean Morony & Antonio J. Oliveira-dos-Santos & Gwyneth Van & Annick Itie & Wilson Khoo & Andrew Wakeham & Colin R. Dunstan & David L. Lacey & Tak W. Mak & William J. Boyle & Josef M. Penninger - 324-327 Magnetic field as a tracer of sheared gas flow in barred galaxies
by R. Beck & M. Ehle & V. Shoutenkov & A. Shukurov & D. Sokoloff - 327-329 Predicted signatures of rotating Bose–Einstein condensates
by D. A. Butts & D. S. Rokhsar - 329-332 Cluster-weighted modelling for time-series analysis
by N. Gershenfeld & B. Schoner & E. Metois - 333-335 Confirming the continuum theory of dynamic brittle fracture for fast cracks
by Eran Sharon & Jay Fineberg - 335-338 A controlled-release microchip
by John T. Santini & Michael J. Cima & Robert Langer - 338-341 Evidence for bromine monoxide in the free troposphere during the Arctic polar sunrise
by C. T. McElroy & C. A. McLinden & J. C. McConnell - 344-347 High genomic deleterious mutation rates in hominids
by Adam Eyre-Walker & Peter D. Keightley - 347-350 Monocular deprivation induces homosynaptic long-term depression in visual cortex
by Cynthia D. Rittenhouse & Harel Z. Shouval & Michael A. Paradiso & Mark F. Bear - 350-355 In vivo regulation of axon extension and pathfinding by growth-cone calcium transients
by Timothy M. Gomez & Nicholas C. Spitzer - 355-359 Secondary V(D)J recombination in B-1 cells
by Xiao-Feng Qin & Stephan Schwers & Wong Yu & Fotini Papavasiliou & Heikyung Suh & Andre Nussenzweig & Klaus Rajewsky & Michel C. Nussenzweig - 359-363 The 5-HT3B subunit is a major determinant of serotonin-receptor function
by Paul A. Davies & Marco Pistis & Michael C. Hanna & John A. Peters & Jeremy J. Lambert & Tim G. Hales & Ewen F. Kirkness - 363-368 TPL-2 kinase regulates the proteolysis of the NF-κB-inhibitory protein NF-κB1 p105
by Mônica P. Belich & Andrés Salmerón & Leland H. Johnston & Steven C. Ley - 369-370 Getting into automatic gear
by Brendan Horton
January 1999, Volume 397, Issue 6716
- 185-185 Insider trading alert over bioscience companies
by Sally Lehrman - 185-186 Embryonic stem-cell research exempt from ban, NIH is told
by Meredith Wadman - 186-186 Space station faces research cuts to cover risk of Russian default
by Tony Reichhardt - 187-187 French scientists offered time to set up companies
by Declan Butler - 187-187 Biochemistry panel dropped from UK quality review
by Natasha Loder - 188-188 Physicist's dual role could help with Japanese merger
by Asako Saegusa - 188-188 India approves use of genetically modified crops, despite critics
by K. S. Jayaraman - 189-189 Fossil dealer charged over Russian cache
by Alison Abbott - 189-189 Greens accept reprieve for neutron source
by Quirin Schiermeier - 190-190 Quebec's tax incentives act as a magnet to research companies
by David Spurgeon - 190-191 Plan to limit Cambridge high-tech growth
by Ehsan Masood - 191-191 Tough times set to continue for US biotech start-ups
by Sally Lehrman - 197-198 The writing is on the web for science journals in print
by Declan Butler - 201-201 Luddites must not block progress in genetics
by David Wood - 201-201 Close the South-North knowledge gap
by Vanderlei Canhos & Leslie Chan & Frances Giaquinto & Barbara Kirsop & Anthony ODonnell & Judy Ugonna - 201-202 Computers and the copyright conundrum
by Dennis S. Karjala - 202-202 German university reforms misguided
by Robin Ghosh - 202-202 Guard your knowledge ... and reap the rewards
by David Grant - 202-202 Who pays what in drug development
by James Love - 203-204 Prospecting for Jurassic slabs
by Mark A. Richards - 204-205 Molecular motors join forces
by Manfred Schliwa - 205-207 Deep-sea clams feel the heat
by Cindy Lee Van Dover - 207-208 Sculpting a wavepacket
by Wolfgang P. Schleich - 209-211 Translational control perks up
by Robert H. Silverman & Bryan R. G. Williams - 211-211 Monkey business in the aquarium
by Rory Howlett - 212-213 Ferroelectric ice
by Steven T. Bramwell - 213-214 Capping off the ends
by Carolyn Price - 214-215 Hydrogenase sophistication
by Richard Cammack - 215-216 A homeostatic switch
by Richard Miles - 216-216 Cogito in vitro
by David Jones - 217-217 Density-dependent warning coloration
by Gregory A. Sword - 218-218 Fas-mediated cell death promoted by opioids
by Deling Yin & R. Allan Mufson & Ruoxiang Wang & Yufang Shi - 219-219 Does global warming make Triton blush?
by Bonnie J. Buratti & Michael D. Hicks & Ray L. Newburn, Jr - 219-220 Shikimate pathway in apicomplexan parasites
by Patrick J. Keeling & Jeffrey D. Palmer & Robert G. K. Donald & David S. Roos & Ross F. Waller & Geoffrey I. McFadden - 220-220 Shikimate pathway in apicomplexan parasites
by Craig W. Roberts & John Finnerty & Jennifer J. Johnson & Fiona Roberts & Dennis E. Kyle & Tino Krell & John R Coggins & Graham H. Coombs & Wilbur K. Milhous & Saul Tzipori & David J. P. Ferguson & Debopam Chakrabarti & Rima McLeod - 221-222 Betwixt hagiography and debunking
by W. F. Bynum - 222-223 The face of the future
by David Gems - 223-223 Destruction and deliberation
by Claudio Vita-Finzi - 224-224 Antidote to angst
by Gerhard Neuweiler - 225-230 The large-scale smoothness of the Universe
by Kelvin K. S. Wu & Ofer Lahav & Martin J. Rees - 231-233 The generation of martian floods by the melting of ground ice above dykes
by Dan McKenzie & Francis Nimmo - 233-235 Controlling the shape of a quantum wavefunction
by T. C. Weinacht & J. Ahn & P. H. Bucksbaum - 236-238 Nanometre-scale rolling and sliding of carbon nanotubes
by M. R. Falvo & R. M. Taylor II & A. Helser & V. Chi & F. P. Brooks Jr & S. Washburn & R. Superfine - 238-241 Identifying the forces responsible for self-organization of nanostructures at crystal surfaces
by K. Pohl & M. C. Bartelt & J. de la Figuera & N. C. Bartelt & J. Hrbek & R. Q. Hwang - 241-243 Coordinated proton tunnelling in a cyclic network of four hydrogen bonds in the solid state
by Dermot F. Brougham & Roberto Caciuffo & Anthony J. Horsewill - 243-246 Possible predictability in overflow from the Denmark Strait
by Bob Dickson & Jens Meincke & Ian Vassie & Johann Jungclaus & Svein Østerhus - 246-249 Mesozoic subducted slabs under Siberia
by Rob Van der Voo & Wim Spakman & Harmen Bijwaard - 249-251 Can aposematic signals evolve by gradual change?
by Leena Lindström & Rauno V. Alatalo & Johanna Mappes & Marianna Riipi & Laura Vertainen - 251-255 The K+/Cl− co-transporter KCC2 renders GABA hyperpolarizing during neuronal maturation
by Claudio Rivera & Juha Voipio & John A. Payne & Eva Ruusuvuori & Hannele Lahtinen & Karri Lamsa & Ulla Pirvola & Mart Saarma & Kai Kaila - 255-259 Polyunsaturated fatty acids activate the Drosophila light-sensitive channels TRP and TRPL
by Sylwester Chyb & Padinjat Raghu & Roger C. Hardie - 259-263 Direct activation of human TRPC6 and TRPC3 channels by diacylglycerol
by Thomas Hofmann & Alexander G. Obukhov & Michael Schaefer & Christian Harteneck & Thomas Gudermann & Günter Schultz - 263-266 ICOS is an inducible T-cell co-stimulator structurally and functionally related to CD28
by Andreas Hutloff & Anna M. Dittrich & Katja C. Beier & Barbara Eljaschewitsch & Regine Kraft & Ionnis Anagnostopoulos & Richard A. Kroczek - 267-270 Direct interaction of microtubule- and actin-based transport motors
by Jian-Dong Huang & Scott T. Brady & Bruce W. Richards & David Stenoien & James H. Resau & Neal G. Copeland & Nancy A. Jenkins - 271-274 Protein translation and folding are coupled by an endoplasmic-reticulum-resident kinase
by Heather P. Harding & Yuhong Zhang & David Ron
January 1999, Volume 397, Issue 6715
- 91-91 Indian scientist sues over spying charge
by K. S. Jayaraman - 91-91 US biologists propose launch of electronic preprint archive
by Declan Butler - 92-92 Japanese centre will study the origins of the Universe
by Asako Saegusa - 92-92 Future of German neutron source hangs in the balance
by Alison Abbott - 93-93 Brazil brings in reforms of science funding agency
by Ricardo Bonalume Neto - 93-93 Energy department revises terms of Venter deal after complaints
by Colin Macilwain - 93-93 China signs up for participation in EU's Framework
by Alison Abbott - 94-94 Gene therapy pushes on, despite doubts
by Meredith Wadman - 94-94 Senator seeks reassurance on NIH budget
by Meredith Wadman - 95-95 US astronomers contest building project
by Tony Reichhardt - 96-96 Fuel additives put under scrutiny — again
by Tony Reichhardt - 96-96 Russian physicists may pay price of success
by Carl Levitin - 97-97 Global ‘eco-survey’ plan gets a rough ride
by Ehsan Masood - 101-101 Did agriculture cause the population explosion?
by Stephen G. Warren - 101-101 Did agriculture cause the population explosion?
by Roger Short - 101-101 French reforms would disrupt research
by Alain Bucheton - 101-101 Lab guidelines aim to prevent misconduct
by Torben Clausen - 103-104 Traffic lights at the Beringian crossroads
by Andrei Sher - 104-105 Checkpoint on the nuclear frontier
by Jonathon Pines - 105-108 A new twist in β-decay
by Wolfgang Stoeffl - 108-109 Modulation minimizes masking
by Brian C. J. Moore - 109-111 An anchor for activation
by Peter ten Dijke & Carl-Henrik Heldin - 111-111 A cultured brain
by David Jones - 112-112 Alan Hodgkin (1914-98)
by Trevor Lamb - 113-114 Lizards took express train to Polynesia
by Christopher C. Austin - 114-114 The first true inorganic fullerenes?
by P. A. Parilla & A. C. Dillon & K. M. Jones & G. Riker & D. L. Schulz & D. S. Ginley & M. J. Heben - 115-115 Length of tail streamers in barn swallows
by Anders Hedenström & Anders Pape Møller - 115-116 Length of tail streamers in barn swallows
by Matthew R. Evans - 116-116 Sign language ‘heard’ in the auditory cortex
by Hiroshi Nishimura & Kazuo Hashikawa & Katsumi Doi & Takako Iwaki & Yoshiyuki Watanabe & Hideo Kusuoka & Tsunehiko Nishimura & Takeshi Kubo - 117-118 Thinking about consciousness
by Paul E. Griffiths - 119-119 Ornithologist-watching
by John W. Fitzpatrick - 119-120 Mediaeval cures and casualties
by Vivian Nutton - 121-128 Electroluminescence in conjugated polymers
by R. H. Friend & R. W. Gymer & A. B. Holmes & J. H. Burroughes & R. N. Marks & C. Taliani & D. D. C. Bradley & D. A. Dos Santos & J. L. Brédas & M. Lögdlund & W. R. Salaneck - 129-134 A single myosin head moves along an actin filament with regular steps of 5.3 nanometres
by Kazuo Kitamura & Makio Tokunaga & Atsuko Hikikoshi Iwane & Toshio Yanagida - 135-137 The thermal imprint of galaxy formation on X-ray clusters
by Trevor J. Ponman & Damian B. Cannon & Julio F. Navarro - 137-139 Detection of environmental fine structure in the low-energy β-decay spectrum of 187Re
by F. Gatti & F. Fontanelli & M. Galeazzi & A. M. Swift & S. Vitale - 139-141 Lateral drag of spin coherence in gallium arsenide
by J. M. Kikkawa & D. D. Awschalom - 141-144 Entropic trapping of macromolecules by mesoscopic periodic voids in a polymer hydrogel
by Lei Liu & Pusheng Li & Sanford A. Asher - 144-146 A nanomechanical device based on the B–Z transition of DNA
by Chengde Mao & Weiqiong Sun & Zhiyong Shen & Nadrian C. Seeman - 146-149 Sulphidic Mediterranean surface waters during Pliocene sapropel formation
by Hilde F. Passier & Hendrik-Jan Bosch & Ivar A. Nijenhuis & Lucas J. Lourens & Michael E. Böttcher & Anke Leenders & Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté & Gert J. de Lange & Jan W. Leeuw - 149-151 Evidence for an early opening of the Bering Strait
by Louie Marincovich & Andrey Yu. Gladenkov - 151-154 Experimental variation in polyandry affects parasite loads and fitness in a bumble-bee
by Boris Baer & Paul Schmid-Hempel - 154-157 Responses of auditory-cortex neurons to structural features of natural sounds
by Israel Nelken & Yaron Rotman & Omer Bar Yosef - 157-160 Kainate receptors mediate synaptic transmission between cones and ‘Off’ bipolar cells in a mammalian retina
by Steven H. DeVries & Eric A. Schwartz - 161-164 Kainate-receptor-mediated sensory synaptic transmission in mammalian spinal cord
by Ping Li & Timothy J. Wilding & Susan J. Kim & Amelita A. Calejesan & James E. Huettner & Min Zhuo - 164-168 The oncogene and Polycomb-group gene bmi-1 regulates cell proliferation and senescence through the ink4a locus
by Jacqueline J. L. Jacobs & Karin Kieboom & Silvia Marino & Ronald A DePinho & Maarten van Lohuizen - 168-171 Robustness in bacterial chemotaxis
by U. Alon & M. G. Surette & N. Barkai & S. Leibler - 172-175 Nuclear localization of Cdc25 is regulated by DNA damage and a 14-3-3 protein
by Antonia Lopez-Girona & Beth Furnari & Odile Mondesert & Paul Russell - 176-180 Genomic-sequence comparison of two unrelated isolates of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori
by Richard A. Alm & Lo-See L. Ling & Donald T. Moir & Benjamin L. King & Eric D. Brown & Peter C. Doig & Douglas R. Smith & Brian Noonan & Braydon C. Guild & Boudewijn L. deJonge & Gilles Carmel & Peter J. Tummino & Anthony Caruso & Maria Uria-Nickelsen & Debra M. Mills & Cameron Ives & Rene Gibson & David Merberg & Scott D. Mills & Qin Jiang & Diane E. Taylor & Gerald F. Vovis & Trevor J. Trust
January 1999, Volume 397, Issue 6714
- 3-3 US universities create bridges between physics and biology
by Laura Garwin - 3-3 France questions Israeli research deal
by Haim Watzman - 4-4 Eastern Europe still strapped for cash⃛
by Alison Abbott - 4-4 ...but much Hungarian biology is world class
by Alison Abbott - 5-5 Software problem delays US spacecraft's meeting with asteroid
by Tony Reichhardt - 5-5 Japanese budget boosts science funding
by Asako Saegusa - 6-6 Taking knowledge to the poorest
by David Dickson - 6-7 World Bank invests in global science base
by Ehsan Masood - 7-8 US spirit is willing, but funds are still weak
by Colin Macilwain - 8-9 Science moves up Europe's aid agenda
by Alison Abbott - 9-9 Technology and tradition clash in India
by K. S. Jayaraman - 10-11 Internet may help bridge the gap
by Declan Butler - 13-13 Money talks louder than research quality
by Michael Lee - 13-13 AIDS decision threatens drugs trials
by Arthur J. Ammann - 13-14 Lysenko took a dismal view of Malthus
by Sean Nee - 14-14 Beauty and the Bart Simpson effect
by Thomas Getty - 14-14 English versus Spanish in science evaluation
by Jesús Rey-Rocha & M. José Martín-Sempere & Fernando Lopez-Vera & Jesus Martinez-Frias - 15-18 Eighteen-ninety-nine and all that
by J. L. Heilbron & W. F. Bynum - 19-20 Mother and father in surprise genetic agreement
by Mark Pagel - 20-21 May the force be with you
by Patrick S. Stayton - 21-23 A shrike for mobility
by Peter D. Moore - 23-24 Colloidal culprits in contamination
by Bruce D. Honeyman