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January 1998, Volume 391, Issue 6662
- 3-3 Agreement likely on Framework budget
by Alison Abbott - 3-3 UK insurers oppose moratorium plea on use of genetic data
by Ehsan Masood - 4-4 Court affirms judges’ right to reject ‘junk science’
by Tony Reichhardt - 4-4 Council resigns as ANZAAS wind-up fails
by Peter Pockley - 4-4 CERN celebrates end to a period of uncertainty
by Alison Abbott - 5-6 Post-war ideals trip over modern reality
by Alison Abbott & Quirin Schiermeier - 6-7 Battle to boost the status of French universities
by Declan Butler & Eric Glover - 7-7 Britain faces research funding dilemma
by David Dickson - 8-8 Reforms get a rough ride in italy
by Alison Abbott - 8-9 US universities are in flux, not crisis
by Colin Macilwain - 9-9 Japan faces problem of science recruits
by Asako Saegusa - 12-12 Spotlight needed on Italian policy
by Peter Ayres - 12-12 Life, love and soil
by Gregory J. Retallack - 12-12 Spotlight needed on Italian policy
by Giulio de Leo & Gianmarco Paris & Marino Gatto & Paolo Menozzi - 13-16 Eighteen-ninety-eight and all that
by J. L. Heilbron & W. F. Bynum - 17-18 How black holes stay black
by Reinhard Genzel - 18-19 The analytical bend of the leech
by L. F. Abbott - 19-20 New tricks with nanotubes
by M. S. Dresselhaus - 20-21 An endonuclease at last
by Andrew Wyllie - 21-21 The science of the lambs
by Alison Mitchell - 22-22 The physiology of the hunted deer
by Georgia Mason - 23-24 Density and destiny
by David Branch - 24-25 Coupling herpesvirus to angiogenesis
by Chris Boshoff - 25-26 Condensate forced out of hiding
by Allan Griffin - 26-26 The Brain-cleaner
by David Jones - 27-27 Dali's dimensions
by Martin Kemp - 29-29 False teeth of the Roman world
by Eric Crubzy & Pascal Murail & Louis Girard & Jean-Pierre Bernadou - 29-30 Breeding phenology and climate⃛
by Mads C. Forchhammer & Eric Post & Nils Chr. Stenseth - 30-31 ⃛temperature and egg-laying trends
by R. H. McCleery & C. M. Perrins - 31-32 Synchronized courtship in fiddler crabs
by Patricia Backwell & Michael Jennions & Neville Passmore & John Christy - 32-32 Connexin mutations and hearing loss
by Daryl A. Scott & Michelle L. Kraft & Edwin M. Stone & Val C. Sheffield & Richard J.H. Smith - 33-34 Time and its milestones
by E. G. Richards - 34-35 Centrepieces
by Emmanuel Lellouch - 35-36 How we feel
by Ray Dolan - 36-36 Shadow history
by Peter Harman - 37-42 Earthquakes and friction laws
by Christopher H. Scholz - 43-50 A caspase-activated DNase that degrades DNA during apoptosis, and its inhibitor ICAD
by Masato Enari & Hideki Sakahira & Hideki Yokoyama & Katsuya Okawa & Akihiro Iwamatsu & Shigekazu Nagata - 51-54 Discovery of a supernova explosion at half the age of the Universe
by S. Perlmutter & G. Aldering & M. Della Valle & S. Deustua & R. S. Ellis & S. Fabbro & A. Fruchter & G. Goldhaber & D. E. Groom & I. M. Hook & A. G. Kim & M. Y. Kim & R. A. Knop & C. Lidman & R. G. McMahon & P. Nugent & R. Pain & N. Panagia & C. R. Pennypacker & P. Ruiz-Lapuente & B. Schaefer & N. Walton - 54-56 The inner edge of the accretion disk around a supermassive black hole
by B. C. Bromley & W. A. Miller & V. I. Pariev - 56-59 Evidence for a Bose–Einstein condensate in liquid 4He from quantum evaporation
by Adrian F. G. Wyatt - 59-62 Electronic structure of atomically resolved carbon nanotubes
by Jeroen W. G. Wilder & Liesbeth C. Venema & Andrew G. Rinzler & Richard E. Smalley & Cees Dekker - 62-64 Atomic structure and electronic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes
by Teri Wang Odom & Jin-Lin Huang & Philip Kim & Charles M. Lieber - 65-68 Deglacial changes in ocean circulation from an extended radiocarbon calibration
by Konrad A. Hughen & Jonathan T. Overpeck & Scott J. Lehman & Michaele Kashgarian & John Southon & Larry C. Peterson & Richard Alley & Daniel M. Sigman - 69-72 The effect of loading rate on static friction and the rate of fault healing during the earthquake cycle
by Chris Marone - 72-76 Biodiversity inventories, indicator taxa and effects of habitat modification in tropical forest
by J. H. Lawton & D. E. Bignell & B. Bolton & G. F. Bloemers & P. Eggleton & P. M. Hammond & M. Hodda & R. D. Holt & T. B. Larsen & N. A. Mawdsley & N. E. Stork & D. S. Srivastava & A. D. Watt - 76-79 A neuronal network for computing population vectors in the leech
by John E. Lewis & William B. Kristan - 79-82 The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ is a negative regulator of macrophage activation
by Mercedes Ricote & Andrew C. Li & Timothy M. Willson & Carolyn J. Kelly & Christopher K. Glass - 82-86 PPAR-γ agonists inhibit production of monocyte inflammatory cytokines
by Chengyu Jiang & Adrian T. Ting & Brian Seed - 86-89 G-protein-coupled receptor of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus is a viral oncogene and angiogenesis activator
by Carlos Bais & Bianca Santomasso & Omar Coso & Leandros Arvanitakis & Elizabeth Geras Raaka & J. Silvio Gutkind & Adam S. Asch & Ethel Cesarman & Marvin C. Gerhengorn & Enrique A. Mesri - 90-92 Activating Smoothened mutations in sporadic basal-cell carcinoma
by Jingwu Xie & Maximilien Murone & Shiuh-Ming Luoh & Anne Ryan & Qimin Gu & Chaohui Zhang & Jeannette M. Bonifas & Ching-Wan Lam & Mary Hynes & Audrey Goddard & Arnon Rosenthal & Ervin H Epstein & Frederic J. de Sauvage - 93-96 Induction of filopodium formation by a WASP-related actin-depolymerizing protein N-WASP
by Hiroaki Miki & Takuya Sasaki & Yoshimi Takai & Tadaomi Takenawa - 96-99 Cleavage of CAD inhibitor in CAD activation and DNA degradation during apoptosis
by Hideki Sakahira & Masato Enari & Shigekazu Nagata - 99-102 Poly(A)- and poly(U)-specific RNA 3′ tail shortening by E. coli ribonuclease E
by Hongjin Huang & Jian Liao & Stanley, N. Cohen - 103-106 Structure of IRF-1 with bound DNA reveals determinants of interferon regulation
by Carlos R. Escalante & Junming Yie & Dimitris Thanos & Aneel K. Aggarwal
December 1997, Volume 390, Issue 6661
- 649-649 Battling for science takes its toll on UN climate panel stalwarts
by Ehsan Masood - 649-650 Kyoto agreement creates new agenda for climate research
by Ehsan Masood - 650-650 Minister's near miss at the final curtain
by Asako Saegusa - 650-650 Faith, hope and tact needed for US ratification
by Colin Macilwain - 651-651 New Zealand imports technology foresight
by Peter Pockley - 651-651 National Institutes of Health sets up its own bioethics panel
by Meredith Wadman - 651-651 Energy labs urged to boost supercomputing capability
by Colin Macilwain - 652-652 Germany proposes guidelines for good practice
by Alison Abbott - 652-652 Researcher sues over ‘fraud’ sanction
by Alison Abbott - 653-653 Inquiry looks into Indian cancer deaths
by K. S. Jayaraman - 653-653 Japan's research spending rises again
by Robert Triendl - 656-656 Quid pro quo
by John A. Davis - 656-656 Time for change in Portuguese science
by Adelino V. M. Canario - 657-658 Plant cyclic AMP comes in from the cold
by Anthony J. Trewavas - 658-659 Remedies for windy camels
by Adrian M. Lister - 659-659 100 and 50 years ago
by N. W. Pirie - 659-661 Colour takes the field
by Frank Wilczek - 661-662 Frozen light
by Sajeev John - 662-663 B lymphocytes and neuroinvasion
by Paul Brown - 663-663 Music with everything
by David Jones - 665-665 Palissy's philosophical pots
by Martin Kemp - 667-668 Archaeological frankincense
by R. P. Evershed & P. F. van Bergen & T. M. Peakman & E. C. Leigh-Firbank & M. C. Horton & D. Edwards & M. Biddle & B. Kjølbye-Biddle & P. A. Rowley-Conwy - 668-668 How pine cones open
by Colin Dawson & Julian F. V. Vincent & Anne-Marie Rocca - 669-670 Managing clinical uncertainty
by John Harley Warner - 670-670 Molecular thriller
by Maxine Clarke - 671-673 Localization of light in a disordered medium
by Diederik S. Wiersma & Paolo Bartolini & Ad Lagendijk & Roberto Righini - 674-676 Microscopic patterning of orientated mesoscopic silica through guided growth
by M. Trau & N. Yao & E. Kim & Y. Xia & G. M. Whitesides & I. A. Aksay - 676-680 A resonance in the Earth's obliquity and precession overthe past 20 Myr drivenbymantle convection
by Alessandro M. Forte & Jerry X. Mitrovica - 680-683 Regeneration of adult axons in white matter tracts of the central nervous system
by Stephen J. A. Davies & Michael T. Fitch & Stacey P. Memberg & Alison K. Hall & Geoffrey Raisman & Jerry Silver - 684-687 The cellular prion protein binds copper in vivo
by David R. Brown & Kefeng Qin & Jochen W. Herms & Axel Madlung & Jean Manson & Robert Strome & Paul E. Fraser & Theo Kruck & Alex von Bohlen & Walter Schulz-Schaeffer & Armin Giese & David Westaway & Hans Kretzschmar - 687-690 A crucial role for B cells in neuroinvasive scrapie
by Michael A. Klein & Rico Frigg & Eckhard Flechsig & Alex J. Raeber & Ulrich Kalinke & Horst Bluethmann & Frank Bootz & Marc Suter & Rolf M. Zinkernagel & Adriano Aguzzi - 691-694 Neuregulin-β induces expression of an NMDA-receptor subunit
by Miwako Ozaki & Michael Sasner & Ryoji Yano & Hsieng S. Lu & Andres Buonanno - 694-698 Cyclic-nucleotide-gated channels mediate synaptic feedback by nitric oxide
by Alexei Savchenko & Steven Barnes & Richard H. Kramer - 698-701 RETRACTED ARTICLE: Identification and role of adenylyl cyclase in auxin signalling in higher plants
by Takanari Ichikawa & Yoshihito Suzuki & Inge Czaja & Carla Schommer & Angela LeBnick & Jeff Schell & Richard Walden
December 1997, Volume 390, Issue 6660
- 539-540 $40m plant genome sequencing effort targets the best science
by Colin Macilwain - 540-540 Greenwich observatory's fate hangs in the balance
by Ehsan Masood - 541-541 UK accused over risk of CJD in plasma⃛
by Declan Butler - 541-541 ⃛and latest BSE beef ban ‘comes too late’
by Declan Butler - 542-542 Geologist fails to overturn Creationist judgement
by Peter Pockley - 542-542 Dispute blocks agreement on Europe's fusion funds
by Alison Abbott - 543-543 Science board seeks priority agreement
by Colin Macilwain - 543-543 US wins access to Framework programme
by Colin Macilwain - 544-544 Taiwan looks to the skies for a boost to its basic research
by Richard Nathan - 544-544 Asia/Pacific ‘bionetwork’ comes to life
by David Swinbanks - 545-545 CERN deal ‘historic and path-breaking’
by Colin Macilwain - 545-545 Kyoto meeting bridges gaps, though differences remain
by Ehsan Masood - 545-545 Australia lifts budget threats to public research
by Peter Pockley - 547-547 Red grouse and their predators
by Simon Thirgood & Steve Redpath - 547-547 Exaggeration or underestimate?
by George M. Woodwell - 548-548 Open access to data
by Henry Rishbeth - 548-548 A little learning
by Gareth Griffiths - 549-549 An early warning of the risks of rocketry
by Paul Tunbridge - 549-549 Nuclear agency's research misjudged
by Catherine Cesarsky - 550-550 Standards for safety cabinets
by Raymond P. Clark - 550-550 How to evaluate journal impact factors
by Johannes Stegmann - 551-552 The fastest way from A to B
by Tony Sudbery - 552-553 Never fear, LTP is hear
by Robert C. Malenka & Roger A. Nicoll - 553-554 New tricks of tick-borne pathogen
by Alan G. Barbour & Wolfram R. Zückert - 555-556 Clocks within the hourglass
by Mario Livio - 556-557 A star is born
by Stephen R. Palumbi - 557-559 The painless synergism of aspirin and opium
by John T. Williams - 559-560 Sounds from the cochlea
by Karen B. Avraham - 560-561 Ringing the changes
by Andrew Holmes - 561-561 Payment in advance
by David Jones - 562-564 The past and the future of El Niño
by Peter J. Webster & Timothy N. Palmer - 565-565 Callan's canyons
by Martin Kemp - 567-568 An E2F-like repressor of transcription
by M. Morkel & J. Wenkel & A. J. Bannister & T. Kouzarides & Christian Hagemeier - 568-568 Ribonuclease inhibits Kaposi's sarcoma
by Suzanne J. Griffiths & David J. Adams & Simon J. Talbot - 569-569 Mosaicism in Turner's syndrome
by David Skuse & Patricia Jacobs - 569-569 Mosaicism in Turner's syndrome
by Wolfram Henn & Klaus D. Zang - 569-570 Detoxifying aluminium with buckwheat
by Jian Feng Ma & Shao Jian Zheng & Hideaki Matsumoto & Syuntaro Hiradate - 571-572 In for a penny, off for a pound
by Richard Davenport-Hines - 572-572 Elementary history
by Robert Hedges - 573-573 Insects bite back
by Lawrence M. Hanks - 573-574 Reliable recipes
by Richard D. Wood - 575-579 Experimental quantum teleportation
by Dik Bouwmeester & Jian-Wei Pan & Klaus Mattle & Manfred Eibl & Harald Weinfurter & Anton Zeilinger - 580-586 Genomic sequence of a Lyme disease spirochaete, Borrelia burgdorferi
by Claire M. Fraser & Sherwood Casjens & Wai Mun Huang & Granger G. Sutton & Rebecca Clayton & Raju Lathigra & Owen White & Karen A. Ketchum & Robert Dodson & Erin K. Hickey & Michelle Gwinn & Brian Dougherty & Jean-Francois Tomb & Robert D. Fleischmann & Delwood Richardson & Jeremy Peterson & Anthony R. Kerlavage & John Quackenbush & Steven Salzberg & Mark Hanson & Rene van Vugt & Nanette Palmer & Mark D. Adams & Jeannine Gocayne & Janice Weidman & Teresa Utterback & Larry Watthey & Lisa McDonald & Patricia Artiach & Cheryl Bowman & Stacey Garland & Claire Fujii & Matthew D. Cotton & Kurt Horst & Kevin Roberts & Bonnie Hatch & Hamilton O. Smith & J. Craig Venter - 587-589 Increasing X-ray emissions and periodic outbursts from the massive star η Carinae
by Michael F. Corcoran & Kazunori Ishibashi & Jean H. Swank & Kris Davidson & Robert Petre & Jurgen H. M. M. Schmitt - 589-591 Controlling the sign of quantum interference by tunnelling from quantum wells
by Jérôme Faist & Federico Capasso & Carlo Sirtori & Ken W. West & L. N. Pfeiffer - 591-594 Emergence of symbiosis in peptide self-replication through a hypercyclic network
by David H. Lee & Kay Severin & Yohei Yokobayashi & M. Reza Ghadiri - 594-596 Kinetic limitations on droplet formation in clouds
by P. Y. Chuang & R. J. Charlson & J. H. Seinfeld - 596-599 Vanishing atomic migration barrier in SiO2
by Michael J. Aziz & Susan Circone & Carl B. Agee - 599-602 Nonlinear ground-motion amplification by sediments during the 1994 Northridge earthquake
by Edward H. Field & Paul A. Johnson & Igor A. Beresnev & Yuehua Zeng - 602-604 Absence of contour linking in peripheral vision
by Robert F. Hess & Steven C. Dakin - 604-607 Fear conditioning induces associative long-term potentiation in the amygdala
by Michael T. Rogan & Ursula V. Stäubli & Joseph E. LeDoux - 607-611 Fear conditioning induces a lasting potentiation of synaptic currents in vitro
by M. G. McKernan & P. Shinnick-Gallagher - 611-614 How opioids inhibit GABA-mediated neurotransmission
by C. W. Vaughan & S. L. Ingram & M. A. Connor & M. J. Christie - 614-618 A Schwann cell mitogen accompanying regeneration of motor neurons
by Frederick J. Livesey & John A. O'Brien & Meng Li & Austin G. Smith & Liam J. Murphy & Stephen P. Hunt - 618-622 Role of cytosolic phospholipase A2 in allergic response and parturition
by Naonori Uozumi & Kazuhiko Kume & Takahide Nagase & Noriaki Nakatani & Satoshi Ishii & Fumi Tashiro & Yoshinori Komagata & Kazushige Maki & Koichi Ikuta & Yasuyoshi Ouchi & Jun-ichi Miyazaki & Takao Shimizu - 622-625 Reduced fertility and postischaemic brain injury in mice deficient in cytosolic phospholipase A2
by Joseph V. Bonventre & Zhihong Huang & M. Reza Taheri & Eileen O'Leary & En Li & Michael A. Moskowitz & Adam Sapirstein - 625-629 Miranda directs Prospero to a daughter cell during Drosophila asymmetric divisions
by Hiroko Ikeshima-Kataoka & James B. Skeath & Yo-ichi Nabeshima & Chris Q. Doe & Fumio Matsuzaki - 629-632 Antiproliferative action of interferon-α requires components of T-cell-receptor signalling
by Emanuel F. Petricoin & Satoshi Ito & Brandi L. Williams & Susette Audet & Louis F. Stancato & Ana Gamero & Kathleen Clouse & Philip Grimley & Arthur Weiss & Judy Beeler & David S. Finbloom & Elizabeth W. Shores & Robert Abraham & Andrew C. Larner - 632-636 Cdc42 and Rac1 induce integrin-mediated cell motility and invasiveness through PI(3)K
by Patricia J. Keely & John K. Westwick & Ian P. Whitehead & Channing J. Der & Leslie V. Parise - 636-639 An extended microtubule-binding structure within the dynein motor domain
by Melissa A. Gee & John E. Heuser & Richard B. Vallee - 639-643 Structure of the proteasome activator REGα (PA28α)
by J. Randolph Knowlton & Steven C. Johnston & Frank G. Whitby & Claudio Realini & Zhiguo Zhang & Martin Rechsteiner & Christopher P. Hill - 643-643 CTL induction by a tumour-associated antigen octapeptide derived from a murine lung carcinoma
by Ofer Mandelboim & Gideon Berke & Mati Fridkin & Michael Feldman & Miriam Eisenstein & Lea Eisenbach - 644-646 Imaging is not everything
by Brendan Horton
December 1997, Volume 390, Issue 6659
- 429-429 US offers possible compromise at start of climate treaty talks
by Asako Saegusa & Ehsan Masood - 429-429 Transgenic patents a step closer in Europe
by Alison Abbott - 430-430 ⃛while US students own up to cheating
by Ehsan Masood - 430-430 Germany tightens grip on misconduct⃛
by Alison Abbott - 431-431 Female scientists wanted — apply to UK research councils
by David Dickson - 431-431 NASA looks to extended balloon flights
by Tony Reichhardt - 432-432 Canadian inquiry calls for ‘safety first’ blood agency
by David Spurgeon - 432-432 Governments and environmentalists split over forests
by Ehsan Masood - 433-433 Seven-year watch on transgenic maize
by Declan Butler - 433-433 European grants to face ethics scrutiny
by Declan Butler - 434-434 Yeltsin voices concern over ‘brain-drain’
by Carl Levitin - 434-434 US air base in Japan increases monitoring of local dioxin threat
by Asako Saegusa - 435-435 Staff resist ‘streamlining’ at top Australian institute
by Peter Pockley - 435-435 UK plans for coping with plutonium waste fail to impress
by Ehsan Masood - 438-438 The hole truth
by Bob Wells - 438-438 No evidence of sexism in peer review
by Jonathan Grant & Simon Burden & Gillian Breen - 439-440 Multi-ringed revelation
by H. J. Melosh - 440-441 Be diverse, be predictable
by Ilkka Hanski - 441-443 Twice in a blue moon
by Jane Luu - 443-444 The enzyme at the end of the food chain
by Richard Cammack - 445-445 Climate's carbonate cypher
by Philip Newton - 445-447 Going halves over Hudson Bay
by Jerry X. Mitrovica - 447-448 Do males rely on female hormones?
by Richard M. Sharpe - 448-449 Big storms make little storms
by George Siscoe - 449-450 Poor prospects for oiled birds
by Chris Mead - 450-450 The ultimate Sun-block
by David Jones - 451-451 Albers's abstracts
by Martin Kemp - 453-453 Caterpillar kinematics
by John Brackenbury - 454-455 No ‘nanofossils’ in martian meteorite
by J. P. Bradley & R. P Harvey & H. Y. McSween & Everett Gibson & Kathie Thomas-Keprta & H. Vali - 455-456 No ‘nanofossils’ in martian meteorite
by David S. McKay - 456-456 Travelling waves in vole population dynamics
by Esa Ranta & Veijo Kaitala - 457-458 Second careers of the Nazis' doctors
by Marco Finetti - 458-459 Emotional displays
by Stuart Sutherland - 459-460 The steeple people
by David Ritson - 460-460 In retrospect chosen by Kevin Padian
by Kevin Padian - 461-464 Real-time seismology and earthquake hazard mitigation
by Hiroo Kanamori & Egill Hauksson & Thomas Heaton - 465-471 TGF-β signalling from cell membrane to nucleus through SMAD proteins
by Carl-Henrik Heldin & Kohei Miyazono & Peter ten Dijke - 472-476 Size and morphology of the Chicxulub impact crater
by Jo Morgan & Mike Warner & the Chicxulub Working Group & John Brittan & Richard Buffler & Antonio Camargo & Gail Christeson & Paul Denton & Alan Hildebrand & Richard Hobbs & Hamish Macintyre & Graeme Mackenzie & Peter Maguire & Luis Marin & Yosio Nakamura & Mark Pilkington & Virgil Sharpton & Dave Snyder & Gerardo Suarez & Alberto Trejo - 477-484 A conserved RNA-binding protein that regulates sexual fates in the C. elegans hermaphrodite germ line
by Beilin Zhang & Maria Gallegos & Alessandro Puoti & Eileen Durkin & Stanley Fields & Judith Kimble & Marvin P. Wickens - 485-487 The Evershed effect in sunspots as a siphon flow along a magnetic flux tube
by Benjamín Montesinos & John H. Thomas - 487-490 Critical currents approaching the depairing limit at a twin boundary in YBa2Cu3O7−δ
by Ivan Maggio-Aprile & Christophe Renner & Andreas Erb & Eric Walker & Øystein Fischer - 490-492 Femtosecond time-resolved X-ray diffraction from laser-heated organic films
by Christian Rischel & Antoine Rousse & Ingo Uschmann & Pierre-Antoine Albouy & Jean-Paul Geindre & Patrick Audebert & Jean-Claude Gauthier & Eckhart Fröster & Jean-Louis Martin & André Antonetti - 493-494 Observation of magneto-chiral dichroism
by G. L. J. A. Rikken & E. Raupach - 495-497 Complex pathways in dissociative adsorption of oxygen on platinum
by T. Zambelli & J. V. Barth & J. Wintterlin & G. Ertl - 497-500 Effect of seawater carbonate concentration on foraminiferal carbon and oxygen isotopes
by Howard J. Spero & Jelle Bijma & David W. Lea & Bryan E. Bemis - 500-504 Localization of the gravity field and the signature of glacial rebound
by Mark Simons & Bradford H. Hager - 504-507 Cosmopolitanism among Gondwanan Late Cretaceous mammals
by David W. Krause & G. V. R. Prasad & Wighart von Koenigswald & Ashok Sahni & Frederick E. Grine