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August 2006, Volume 442, Issue 7102
- 510-510 Let's encourage gentler, more reflective scientists
by Peter A. Lawrence - 510-510 Holding the centre among the scatter-brained
by Donna L. Dierker - 510-510 Bias was built into research from the beginning
by Margaret M. McCarthy - 510-510 The gender debate: science promises an honest investigation of the world
by Steven Pinker - 511-512 Future perfect?
by Norman Myers - 512-513 The road less travelled
by Richard Akerman - 513-513 Sensitive to modern life
by Peter J. Barnes - 514-514 Science in Culture: Hearing colours, seeing sounds
by Martin Kemp & Colin Blakemore - 515-516 How to build a longer beak
by Nipam H. Patel - 516-517 A finer constant
by Andrzej Czarnecki - 517-518 Cutting out the middle man
by Tom W. Muir - 519-520 Polarity bites
by Richard Fehon - 520-521 A dwarf-eats-dwarf world
by James Liebert - 521-522 Hydrogen quick and clean
by Rich Masel - 522-523 Hot vibes
by Alex de Lozanne - 525-525 Bees associate warmth with floral colour
by Adrian G. Dyer & Heather M. Whitney & Sarah E. J. Arnold & Beverley J. Glover & Lars Chittka - 526-526 Drying transition of confined water
by Seema Singh & Jack Houston & Frank van Swol & C. Jeffrey Brinker - 527-532 P2X receptors as cell-surface ATP sensors in health and disease
by Baljit S. Khakh & R. Alan North - 533-538 Dissecting self-renewal in stem cells with RNA interference
by Natalia Ivanova & Radu Dobrin & Rong Lu & Iulia Kotenko & John Levorse & Christina DeCoste & Xenia Schafer & Yi Lun & Ihor R. Lemischka - 539-542 The removal of cusps from galaxy centres by stellar feedback in the early Universe
by Sergey Mashchenko & H. M. P. Couchman & James Wadsley - 543-545 Survival of a brown dwarf after engulfment by a red giant star
by P. F. L. Maxted & R. Napiwotzki & P. D. Dobbie & M. R. Burleigh - 546-550 Interplay of electron–lattice interactions and superconductivity in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ
by Jinho Lee & K. Fujita & K. McElroy & J. A. Slezak & M. Wang & Y. Aiura & H. Bando & M. Ishikado & T. Masui & J.-X. Zhu & A. V. Balatsky & H. Eisaki & S. Uchida & J. C. Davis - 551-554 Adaptive liquid microlenses activated by stimuli-responsive hydrogels
by Liang Dong & Abhishek K. Agarwal & David J. Beebe & Hongrui Jiang - 555-558 Plant litter decomposition in a semi-arid ecosystem controlled by photodegradation
by Amy T. Austin & Lucía Vivanco - 559-562 Record of mid-Archaean subduction from metamorphism in the Barberton terrain, South Africa
by Jean-François Moyen & Gary Stevens & Alexander Kisters - 563-567 The calmodulin pathway and evolution of elongated beak morphology in Darwin's finches
by Arhat Abzhanov & Winston P. Kuo & Christine Hartmann & B. Rosemary Grant & Peter R. Grant & Clifford J. Tabin - 568-571 Collinear activation of Hoxb genes during gastrulation is linked to mesoderm cell ingression
by Tadahiro Iimura & Olivier Pourquié - 572-575 Norm-based face encoding by single neurons in the monkey inferotemporal cortex
by David A. Leopold & Igor V. Bondar & Martin A. Giese - 576-579 Tumorigenic transformation by CPI-17 through inhibition of a merlin phosphatase
by Hongchuan Jin & Tobias Sperka & Peter Herrlich & Helen Morrison - 580-584 Spatial control of actin organization at adherens junctions by a synaptotagmin-like protein
by Fanny Pilot & Jean-Marc Philippe & Céline Lemmers & Thomas Lecuit - 585-589 The physical basis of how prion conformations determine strain phenotypes
by Motomasa Tanaka & Sean R. Collins & Brandon H. Toyama & Jonathan S. Weissman - 590-593 Rad54 protein promotes branch migration of Holliday junctions
by Dmitry V. Bugreev & Olga M. Mazina & Alexander V. Mazin - 594-594 Correction: Corrigendum: Titan Radar Mapper observations from Cassini's T3 fly-by
by C. Elachi & S. Wall & M. Janssen & E. Stofan & R. Lopes & R. Kirk & R. Lorenz & J. Lunine & F. Paganelli & L. Soderblom & C. Wood & L. Wye & H. Zebker & Y. Anderson & S. Ostro & M. Allison & R. Boehmer & P. Callahan & P. Encrenaz & E. Flamini & G. Francescetti & Y. Gim & G. Hamilton & S. Hensley & W. Johnson & K. Kelleher & D. Muhleman & G. Picardi & F. Posa & L. Roth & R. Seu & S. Shaffer & B. Stiles & S. Vetrella & R. West - 595-595 New EU nations are shedding talent to the West
by Paul Smaglik - 596-597 From bench to briefs
by Monya Baker - 600-600 Gordy gave me your name
by Jim Giles
July 2006, Volume 442, Issue 7101
- 334-334 Nigeria ready for huge science spend
by Jim Giles - 335-335 A long week in stem-cell politics..
by Meredith Wadman & Alison Abbott - 338-339 Wildlife caught in crossfire of US immigration battle
by Emma Marris - 340-340 Carbon credits for the Joneses
by Jim Giles - 344-347 The trouble with replication
by Jim Giles - 348-350 On border patrol
by Erika Check - 351-352 A little goes a long way
by Jenny Hogan - 353-353 Quest for seed immortality is mission impossible
by Andreas Graner & Andreas Börner - 353-353 Hungary: academy is not obsolete or discriminatory
by György Fábri - 353-353 No place for secrets in scientific research
by Clifford B. Saper - 353-353 Hungary: academy needs more than internal reform
by Csaba Szabo - 355-356 Design flaws
by John Tyler Bonner - 356-357 Diary of a weed
by Anthony Trewavas - 357-357 Playing the numbers game
by David Colquhoun - 359-360 Magnetic manipulations
by Nitin Samarth - 360-361 Inside the cage
by R. John Ellis - 362-363 Titan's exotic weather
by Caitlin A. Griffith - 363-364 The hole picture
by Keith Mostov & Fernando Martin-Belmonte - 364-365 Revealing flares
by J. Anthony Tyson - 365-366 A destructive switch for neurons
by Peter K. Jackson - 367-367 Lab on a chip
by Rosamund Daw & Joshua Finkelstein - 368-373 The origins and the future of microfluidics
by George M. Whitesides - 374-380 Scaling and the design of miniaturized chemical-analysis systems
by Dirk Janasek & Joachim Franzke & Andreas Manz - 381-386 Developing optofluidic technology through the fusion of microfluidics and optics
by Demetri Psaltis & Stephen R. Quake & Changhuei Yang - 387-393 Future lab-on-a-chip technologies for interrogating individual molecules
by Harold Craighead - 394-402 Control and detection of chemical reactions in microfluidic systems
by Andrew J. deMello - 403-411 Cells on chips
by Jamil El-Ali & Peter K. Sorger & Klavs F. Jensen - 412-418 Microfluidic diagnostic technologies for global public health
by Paul Yager & Thayne Edwards & Elain Fu & Kristen Helton & Kjell Nelson & Milton R. Tam & Bernhard H. Weigl - 419-424 Snapshots of tRNA sulphuration via an adenylated intermediate
by Tomoyuki Numata & Yoshiho Ikeuchi & Shuya Fukai & Tsutomu Suzuki & Osamu Nureki - 425-427 A low fraction of nitrogen in molecular form in a dark cloud
by S. Maret & E. A. Bergin & C. J. Lada - 428-431 Methane storms on Saturn's moon Titan
by R. Hueso & A. Sánchez-Lavega - 432-435 Methane drizzle on Titan
by Tetsuya Tokano & Christopher P. McKay & Fritz M. Neubauer & Sushil K. Atreya & Francesca Ferri & Marcello Fulchignoni & Hasso B. Niemann - 436-439 Atom-by-atom substitution of Mn in GaAs and visualization of their hole-mediated interactions
by Dale Kitchen & Anthony Richardella & Jian-Ming Tang & Michael E. Flatté & Ali Yazdani - 440-443 Widespread active detachment faulting and core complex formation near 13° N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
by Deborah K. Smith & Johnson R. Cann & Javier Escartín - 444-447 A ubiquitous thermoacidophilic archaeon from deep-sea hydrothermal vents
by Anna-Louise Reysenbach & Yitai Liu & Amy B. Banta & Terry J. Beveridge & Julie D. Kirshtein & Stefan Schouten & Margaret K. Tivey & Karen L. Von Damm & Mary A. Voytek - 448-452 Strategies for mitigating an influenza pandemic
by Neil M. Ferguson & Derek A. T. Cummings & Christophe Fraser & James C. Cajka & Philip C. Cooley & Donald S. Burke - 453-456 Endothelial tubes assemble from intracellular vacuoles in vivo
by Makoto Kamei & W. Brian Saunders & Kayla J. Bayless & Louis Dye & George E. Davis & Brant M. Weinstein - 457-460 Electrical signals control wound healing through phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase-γ and PTEN
by Min Zhao & Bing Song & Jin Pu & Teiji Wada & Brian Reid & Guangping Tai & Fei Wang & Aihua Guo & Petr Walczysko & Yu Gu & Takehiko Sasaki & Akira Suzuki & John V. Forrester & Henry R. Bourne & Peter N. Devreotes & Colin D. McCaig & Josef M. Penninger - 461-465 IL-23 promotes tumour incidence and growth
by John L. Langowski & Xueqing Zhang & Lingling Wu & Jeanine D. Mattson & Taiying Chen & Kathy Smith & Beth Basham & Terrill McClanahan & Robert A. Kastelein & Martin Oft - 466-470 ATM stabilizes DNA double-strand-break complexes during V(D)J recombination
by Andrea L. Bredemeyer & Girdhar G. Sharma & Ching-Yu Huang & Beth A. Helmink & Laura M. Walker & Katrina C. Khor & Beth Nuskey & Kathleen E. Sullivan & Tej K. Pandita & Craig H. Bassing & Barry P. Sleckman - 471-474 Degradation of Id2 by the anaphase-promoting complex couples cell cycle exit and axonal growth
by Anna Lasorella & Judith Stegmüller & Daniele Guardavaccaro & Guangchao Liu & Maria S. Carro & Gerson Rothschild & Luis de la Torre-Ubieta & Michele Pagano & Azad Bonni & Antonio Iavarone - 475-478 Molecular architecture of axonemal microtubule doublets revealed by cryo-electron tomography
by Haixin Sui & Kenneth H. Downing - 479-479 Looking for the best way to balance lab life and family
by Paul Smaglik - 480-481 Trial blazers
by Hannah Hoag - 482-482 Where are the physician-scientists?
by Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa - 482-482 Matthias Kleiner, president, DFG, Bonn, Germany
by Friederike Siegel - 482-482 Lab makeover
by Milan de Vries - 484-484 Golden year
by Igor Teper
July 2006, Volume 442, Issue 7100
- 5-6 Is earthquake rupture deterministic?
by Paul Rydelek & Shigeki Horiuchi - 6-6 Is earthquake rupture deterministic? (Reply)
by Erik L. Olson & Richard M. Allen - 228-229 Moving towards a graphene world
by Richard Van Noorden - 229-229 It's legal: Italian researchers defend their work with embryonic stem cells
by Jacopo Pasotti & Ned Stafford - 230-231 Concerns grow over secrecy of bubble-fusion inquiry
by Eugenie Samuel Reich - 232-232 From aircraft engineer to FBI suspect
by Geoff Brumfiel - 232-233 Dam project threatens living fossil
by Helen Pearson - 234-234 You can't have a mission without a camera
by Jenny Hogan - 238-240 Decoding our cousins
by Rex Dalton - 242-243 Safe and sound?
by Colin Macilwain - 244-244 New Orleans was prepared but it was overwhelmed
by Ezra Boyd - 244-244 Cells have long experience of dealing with UVC light
by James E. Cleaver - 244-244 Same colour, many different countries
by Zhen-Ling Sun - 245-246 Diversity without representation
by Michel Loreau & Alfred Oteng-Yeboah & M. T. K. Arroyo & D. Babin & R. Barbault & M. Donoghue & M. Gadgil & C. Häuser & C. Heip & A. Larigauderie & K. Ma & G. Mace & H. A. Mooney & C. Perrings & P. Raven & J. Sarukhan & P. Schei & R. J. Scholes & R. T. Watson. - 247-248 Wanted: an Australian Volvo
by Barry Jones - 248-249 Renaissance man
by Giorgio Parisi - 249-249 A drink from the magic well
by Francis L. W. Ratnieks - 251-252 Magma does the splits
by Freysteinn Sigmundsson - 252-253 Asymmetry and stability
by Robert D. Holt - 254-254 Clicks and chips
by Joshua M. Finkelstein - 254-255 Carbon sheet solutions
by Nicholas A. Kotov - 255-256 Proteins downhill all the way
by Jeffery W. Kelly - 257-257 Packing grains by thermal cycling
by K. Chen & J. Cole & C. Conger & J. Draskovic & M. Lohr & K. Klein & T. Scheidemantel & P. Schiffer - 259-264 Ecological networks and their fragility
by José M. Montoya & Stuart L. Pimm & Ricard V. Solé - 265-269 Structural asymmetry and the stability of diverse food webs
by Neil Rooney & Kevin McCann & Gabriel Gellner & John C. Moore - 270-275 Mechanism of DNA translocation in a replicative hexameric helicase
by Eric J. Enemark & Leemor Joshua-Tor - 276-278 An X-ray-emitting blast wave from the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi
by J. L. Sokoloski & G. J. M. Luna & K. Mukai & Scott J. Kenyon - 279-281 An asymmetric shock wave in the 2006 outburst of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi
by T. J. O'Brien & M. F. Bode & R. W. Porcas & T. W. B. Muxlow & S. P. S. Eyres & R. J. Beswick & S. T. Garrington & R. J. Davis & A. Evans - 282-286 Graphene-based composite materials
by Sasha Stankovich & Dmitriy A. Dikin & Geoffrey H. B. Dommett & Kevin M. Kohlhaas & Eric J. Zimney & Eric A. Stach & Richard D. Piner & SonBinh T. Nguyen & Rodney S. Ruoff - 287-290 Seismic reflection images of the Moho underlying melt sills at the East Pacific Rise
by S. C. Singh & A. J. Harding & G. M. Kent & M. C. Sinha & V. Combier & S. Bazin & C. H. Tong & J. W. Pye & P. J. Barton & R. W. Hobbs & R. S. White & J. A. Orcutt - 291-294 Magma-maintained rift segmentation at continental rupture in the 2005 Afar dyking episode
by Tim J. Wright & Cindy Ebinger & Juliet Biggs & Atalay Ayele & Gezahegn Yirgu & Derek Keir & Anna Stork - 295-298 An RNA-dependent RNA polymerase is required for paramutation in maize
by Mary Alleman & Lyudmila Sidorenko & Karen McGinnis & Vishwas Seshadri & Jane E. Dorweiler & Joshua White & Kristin Sikkink & Vicki L. Chandler - 299-302 Kruppel-like factor 2 regulates thymocyte and T-cell migration
by Corey M. Carlson & Bart T. Endrizzi & Jinghai Wu & Xiaojie Ding & Michael A. Weinreich & Elizabeth R. Walsh & Maqsood A. Wani & Jerry B. Lingrel & Kristin A. Hogquist & Stephen C. Jameson - 303-306 TBC-domain GAPs for Rab GTPases accelerate GTP hydrolysis by a dual-finger mechanism
by Xiaojing Pan & Sudharshan Eathiraj & Mary Munson & David G. Lambright - 307-311 The putative oncogene GASC1 demethylates tri- and dimethylated lysine 9 on histone H3
by Paul A. C. Cloos & Jesper Christensen & Karl Agger & Alessio Maiolica & Juri Rappsilber & Torben Antal & Klaus H. Hansen & Kristian Helin - 312-316 The transcriptional repressor JHDM3A demethylates trimethyl histone H3 lysine 9 and lysine 36
by Robert J. Klose & Kenichi Yamane & Yangjin Bae & Dianzheng Zhang & Hediye Erdjument-Bromage & Paul Tempst & Jiemin Wong & Yi Zhang - 317-321 Atom-by-atom analysis of global downhill protein folding
by Mourad Sadqi & David Fushman & Victor Muñoz - 323-323 Outsourcing and European biotech companies
by Paul Smaglik - 324-325 Making a move
by Kendall Powell - 326-326 Lost and found
by Katja Bargum - 326-326 From student to entrepreneur
by Christopher Loose - 326-326 Anne Glover, chief scientific adviser for Scotland
by Virginia Gewin - 328-328 From the desk of Jarrod Foster
by Biren Shah
July 2006, Volume 442, Issue 7099
- 3-4 Does prepatterning occur in the mouse egg?
by Takashi Hiiragi & Sophie Louvet-Vallée & Davor Solter & Bernard Maro - 4-4 Does prepatterning occur in the mouse egg? (Reply)
by Berenika Plusa & Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis & Dionne Gray & Karolina Piotrowska-Nitsche & Agnieszka Jedrusik & Virginia E. Papaioannou & David M. Glover & Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz - 114-115 Family tragedy spotlights flu mutations
by Declan Butler - 115-115 Genomics luminary weighs in on US faith debate
by Erika Check - 118-119 PS I want all the rights
by Emma Marris - 119-119 City state hopes research cash will buy global status
by Ichiko Fuyuno & David Cyranoski - 120-120 Is India's 'patent factory' squandering funds?
by K. S. Jayaraman - 123-123 Market watch
by Colin Macilwain - 125-127 In search of the sixth sense
by Alison Abbott - 128-131 The start of the world as we know it
by Alexandra Witze - 132-132 Speaking for Taiwan about colours, maps and politics
by Michael Chen - 132-132 Rushed decision on collider would limit useful options
by Robert Aymar - 132-132 Misconduct: China needs university ethics courses
by Qizhi Wang - 132-132 Misconduct: forum should not be used to settle scores
by Guosheng Wu - 133-136 Does gender matter?
by Ben A. Barres - 137-137 God is bred
by Crispin Tickell - 138-138 Keep it in the family
by Svenn Torgersen - 139-139 Throwaway culture
by John Emsley - 139-140 The politics of space
by Steven Beckwith - 140-140 Science in Culture
by Martin Kemp - 141-142 Converting thoughts into action
by Stephen H. Scott - 143-145 New spin on the Hall effect
by Andrew D. Kent - 145-146 Radicals follow the Sun
by Paul O. Wennberg - 146-147 A ghost with a bite
by Stefan Bengtson - 147-149 Supersolid simulations
by Dieter Jaksch - 149-149 Calculated tones
by Richard Webb - 150-150 Raymond Davis Jr (1914–2006)
by James R. Distel - 151-151 An atom-sorting machine
by Yevhen Miroshnychenko & Wolfgang Alt & Igor Dotsenko & Leonid Förster & Mkrtych Khudaverdyan & Dieter Meschede & Dominik Schrader & Arno Rauschenbeutel - 153-158 Clarifying the mechanics of DNA strand exchange in meiotic recombination
by Matthew J. Neale & Scott Keeney - 159-163 A soft-bodied mollusc with radula from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale
by Jean-Bernard Caron & Amélie Scheltema & Christoffer Schander & David Rudkin - 164-171 Neuronal ensemble control of prosthetic devices by a human with tetraplegia
by Leigh R. Hochberg & Mijail D. Serruya & Gerhard M. Friehs & Jon A. Mukand & Maryam Saleh & Abraham H. Caplan & Almut Branner & David Chen & Richard D. Penn & John P. Donoghue - 172-175 Energy input and response from prompt and early optical afterglow emission in γ-ray bursts
by W. T. Vestrand & J. A. Wren & P. R. Wozniak & R. Aptekar & S. Golentskii & V. Pal'shin & T. Sakamoto & R. R. White & S. Evans & D. Casperson & E. Fenimore - 176-179 Direct electronic measurement of the spin Hall effect
by S. O. Valenzuela & M. Tinkham - 180-183 Ultrasensitive solution-cast quantum dot photodetectors
by Gerasimos Konstantatos & Ian Howard & Armin Fischer & Sjoerd Hoogland & Jason Clifford & Ethan Klem & Larissa Levina & Edward H. Sargent - 184-187 Strong correlation between levels of tropospheric hydroxyl radicals and solar ultraviolet radiation
by Franz Rohrer & Harald Berresheim - 188-191 Low-frequency earthquakes in Shikoku, Japan, and their relationship to episodic tremor and slip
by David R. Shelly & Gregory C. Beroza & Satoshi Ide & Sho Nakamula - 192-194 Isolation of a novel acidiphilic methanogen from an acidic peat bog
by Suzanna L. Bräuer & Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz & Erika Yashiro & Joseph B. Yavitt & Stephen H. Zinder - 195-198 A high-performance brain–computer interface
by Gopal Santhanam & Stephen I. Ryu & Byron M. Yu & Afsheen Afshar & Krishna V. Shenoy - 199-202 A germline-specific class of small RNAs binds mammalian Piwi proteins
by Angélique Girard & Ravi Sachidanandam & Gregory J. Hannon & Michelle A. Carmell - 203-207 A novel class of small RNAs bind to MILI protein in mouse testes
by Alexei Aravin & Dimos Gaidatzis & Sébastien Pfeffer & Mariana Lagos-Quintana & Pablo Landgraf & Nicola Iovino & Patricia Morris & Michael J. Brownstein & Satomi Kuramochi-Miyagawa & Toru Nakano & Minchen Chien & James J. Russo & Jingyue Ju & Robert Sheridan & Chris Sander & Mihaela Zavolan & Thomas Tuschl - 208-211 Three-dimensional structure of the myosin V inhibited state by cryoelectron tomography
by Jun Liu & Dianne W. Taylor & Elena B. Krementsova & Kathleen M. Trybus & Kenneth A. Taylor - 212-215 The cargo-binding domain regulates structure and activity of myosin 5
by Kavitha Thirumurugan & Takeshi Sakamoto & John A. Hammer & James R. Sellers & Peter J. Knight - 217-217 Being a good scientist means finding a balance between efficiency and enjoyment
by Paul Smaglik - 218-219 Physical exercise
by Virginia Gewin - 220-220 Bowled over (but not out)
by Mhairi Dupre - 220-220 Jim Peacock, chief scientist, Canberra, Australia
by Virginia Gewin - 220-220 Science without the red tape
by Gene Russo - 222-222 The Republic of George's Island
by Donna McMahon
July 2006, Volume 442, Issue 7098
- 1-1 Is there a sex difference in IQ scores?
by Paul Irwing & Richard Lynn - 1-2 Is there a sex difference in IQ scores? (Reply)
by Steve Blinkhorn - 6-6 Planet-hunters seek cheap missions
by Geoff Brumfiel - 7-7 Venus by day and night
by Jenny Hogan - 8-8 Sociologist fools physics judges
by Jim Giles - 11-11 Simple recipe gives adult cells embryonic powers
by Erika Check - 12-12 Doing conservation by numbers
by Rex Dalton - 13-13 Should conservation biologists push policies?
by Emma Marris - 18-21 The next nuke
by Geoff Brumfiel - 22-25 Harvest of hope
by Sarah Tomlin - 26-26 Reviewers' reports should in turn be peer reviewed
by Alexandra List - 26-26 Unpredictable Sun leaves researchers in the dark
by Steven Tobias & David Hughes & Nigel Weiss - 26-26 Second thoughts on who goes where in author lists
by William F. Laurance - 26-26 Judge a paper on its own merits, not its journal's
by Shu-Dong Zhang - 27-28 Changing our minds
by Paul Bloom - 28-29 A turbulent history
by Roddam Narasimha - 29-29 Science in Culture
by Philip J. Kilner - 30-30 Floral attraction
by Sebsebe Demissew - 30-30 The maths mentor
by Rhian Parker - 31-32 A finger on the mark
by Peter B. Becker - 32-33 Superfluidity in the picture
by J. E. Thomas - 33-34 Micro mystery solution
by Bill Sugden - 35-35 X-ray nanovision
by Eric D. Isaacs