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October 2007, Volume 449, Issue 7162
- 523-523 Market watch
by Colin Macilwain - 524-527 Russian science: The battle for Russia's brains
by Quirin Schiermeier - 532-534 Behavioural Genetics: A question of survival
by Alison Abbott - 535-535 Biometrics: still much too unreliable for everyday use
by David Moss - 535-535 Sic is not enough; historical wording should be changed
by Sanya Samac - 535-535 Ocean-drilling vessel should soon be afloat again
by Steve Bohlen - 535-535 Organic synthesis remains relevant in drug discovery
by Mukund M. Mehrotra - 535-535 Biometrics: easy to steal, hard to regain identity
by Andrew Watson - 536-537 Russian science: Breaking up is hard to do
by Boris G. Saltykov - 538-538 Russian science: A celebration of Sputnik's fiftieth birthday
by William E. Burrows - 539-539 Earth's fearful travelling companion
by Giovanni F. Bignami - 540-540 The perpetual dance of continents
by David Oldroyd - 541-541 A dog's life
by Martin Kemp - 542-542 The little ball made science bigger
by Alexei Kojevnikov - 543-543 How the mighty have fallen
by Richard Garwin - 545-546 A local route to pain relief
by Edwin W. McCleskey - 547-549 Cold meeting at a junction
by Charles A. Sackett - 549-550 Inflationary pressures
by David Bryant & Keith Mostov - 550-551 Colloidal crystals find new order
by F. Schüth & F. Marlow - 551-553 Skin deep but complex
by Nicole Baumgarth & Charles L. Bevins - 553-554 Harmonic pictures in a flash
by John Spence - 555-555 More charges against aggregation
by Michele Vendruscolo & Christopher M. Dobson - 557-563 Mesenchymal stem cells within tumour stroma promote breast cancer metastasis
by Antoine E. Karnoub & Ajeeta B. Dash & Annie P. Vo & Andrew Sullivan & Mary W. Brooks & George W. Bell & Andrea L. Richardson & Kornelia Polyak & Ross Tubo & Robert A. Weinberg - 564-569 Plasmacytoid dendritic cells sense self-DNA coupled with antimicrobial peptide
by Roberto Lande & Josh Gregorio & Valeria Facchinetti & Bithi Chatterjee & Yi-Hong Wang & Bernhard Homey & Wei Cao & Yui-Hsi Wang & Bing Su & Frank O. Nestle & Tomasz Zal & Ira Mellman & Jens-Michael Schröder & Yong-Jun Liu & Michel Gilliet - 570-575 Recognition of DNA damage by the Rad4 nucleotide excision repair protein
by Jung-Hyun Min & Nikola P. Pavletich - 576-578 Extremely fast acceleration of cosmic rays in a supernova remnant
by Yasunobu Uchiyama & Felix A. Aharonian & Takaaki Tanaka & Tadayuki Takahashi & Yoshitomo Maeda - 579-583 The a.c. and d.c. Josephson effects in a Bose–Einstein condensate
by S. Levy & E. Lahoud & I. Shomroni & J. Steinhauer - 584-587 Fluctuating superconductivity in organic molecular metals close to the Mott transition
by Moon-Sun Nam & Arzhang Ardavan & Stephen J. Blundell & John A. Schlueter - 588-590 Single artificial-atom lasing
by O. Astafiev & K. Inomata & A. O. Niskanen & T. Yamamoto & Yu. A. Pashkin & Y. Nakamura & J. S. Tsai - 591-594 Persistence of full glacial conditions in the central Pacific until 15,000 years ago
by P.-H. Blard & J. Lavé & R. Pik & P. Wagnon & D. Bourlès - 595-598 An epipodite-bearing crown-group crustacean from the Lower Cambrian
by Xi-guang Zhang & David J. Siveter & Dieter Waloszek & Andreas Maas - 599-602 Reconciling complexity with stability in naturally assembling food webs
by Anje-Margriet Neutel & Johan A. P. Heesterbeek & Johan van de Koppel & Guido Hoenderboom & An Vos & Coen Kaldeway & Frank Berendse & Peter C. de Ruiter - 603-606 Light adaptation in cone vision involves switching between receptor and post-receptor sites
by Felice A. Dunn & Martin J. Lankheet & Fred Rieke - 607-610 Inhibition of nociceptors by TRPV1-mediated entry of impermeant sodium channel blockers
by Alexander M. Binshtok & Bruce P. Bean & Clifford J. Woolf - 611-615 Snapshots of nuclear pore complexes in action captured by cryo-electron tomography
by Martin Beck & Vladan Lučić & Friedrich Förster & Wolfgang Baumeister & Ohad Medalia - 616-620 Crystal structure of T4 endonuclease VII resolving a Holliday junction
by Christian Biertümpfel & Wei Yang & Dietrich Suck - 621-624 The structural basis of Holliday junction resolution by T7 endonuclease I
by Jonathan M. Hadden & Anne-Cécile Déclais & Stephen B. Carr & David M. J. Lilley & Simon E. V. Phillips - 627-628 The personal side of genomics
by Nathan Blow - 633-633 Prospects
by Paul Smaglik - 634-634 Careers on the move
by Emilia Danilowicz - 634-634 Small advantages
by Moira Sheehan - 634-634 Ren Wang, director, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington DC
by Virginia Gewin - 636-636 ARGUS blinked
by Paul Di Filippo
September 2007, Volume 449, Issue 7161
- 382-383 Chemists poke holes in ozone theory
by Quirin Schiermeier - 383-383 Pressure for environmental disclosure increases
by Jeff Tollefson - 384-384 South African scheme lures in top talent
by Michael Cherry - 385-385 Q&A: King of the stem cells
by Alan Trounson - 387-387 Stem-cell fraudster 'is working in Thailand'
by David Cyranoski - 387-387 Dropping a line from space
by Katharine Sanderson - 388-388 Bacteria may be wiring up the soil
by Philip Ball - 389-389 Stem cells by any other name
by Monya Baker - 391-391 Passing the test
by David Goldston - 393-393 Copycat consolidation
by Meredith Wadman - 395-396 Bringing the past to life
by Brendan Maher - 398-402 Riding on the roof of the world
by Jane Qiu - 403-403 Conservationists could slip up in oil-palm enterprise
by Reuben Clements & Mary Rose C. Posa - 403-403 H-index: age and sex make it unreliable
by Clint D. Kelly & Michael D. Jennions - 403-403 Ocean pipes could help the Earth to cure itself
by James E. Lovelock & Chris G. Rapley - 403-403 H-index: however ranked, citations need context
by Michael C. Wendl - 405-405 Research funding in the twenty-first century
by Michael M. Crow - 406-406 Atlas on our shoulders
by Edvard I. Moser - 406-407 Ups and downs of a senator scientist
by Salvatore Coen - 407-408 Oceanography fathomed
by Arnold Gordon - 408-408 The invisible continent
by Emiliano Feresin - 409-410 Forests and floods
by William F. Laurance - 410-411 Changed destiny
by Huafeng Xie & Stuart H. Orkin - 411-413 A non-disappearing magic trick
by Ragnar Bengtsson & Peter Möller - 413-414 Development with a bite
by P. David Polly - 415-417 Qubits ride the photon bus
by Antti O. Niskanen & Yasunobu Nakamura - 417-417 Vine work
by Charles Wenz - 419-426 Taking dendritic cells into medicine
by Ralph M. Steinman & Jacques Banchereau - 427-432 Predicting evolutionary patterns of mammalian teeth from development
by Kathryn D. Kavanagh & Alistair R. Evans & Jukka Jernvall - 433-437 Enzymatic capture of an extrahelical thymine in the search for uracil in DNA
by Jared B. Parker & Mario A. Bianchet & Daniel J. Krosky & Joshua I. Friedman & L. Mario Amzel & James T. Stivers - 438-442 Coherent quantum state storage and transfer between two phase qubits via a resonant cavity
by Mika A. Sillanpää & Jae I. Park & Raymond W. Simmonds - 443-447 Coupling superconducting qubits via a cavity bus
by J. Majer & J. M. Chow & J. M. Gambetta & Jens Koch & B. R. Johnson & J. A. Schreier & L. Frunzio & D. I. Schuster & A. A. Houck & A. Wallraff & A. Blais & M. H. Devoret & S. M. Girvin & R. J. Schoelkopf - 448-451 Electronic and structural transitions in dense liquid sodium
by Jean-Yves Raty & Eric Schwegler & Stanimir A. Bonev - 452-455 Millennial-scale trends in west Pacific warm pool hydrology since the Last Glacial Maximum
by Judson W. Partin & Kim M. Cobb & Jess F. Adkins & Brian Clark & Diego P. Fernandez - 456-458 Metal saturation in the upper mantle
by Arno Rohrbach & Chris Ballhaus & Ute Golla–Schindler & Peter Ulmer & Vadim S. Kamenetsky & Dmitry V. Kuzmin - 459-462 Fire and flood management of coastal swamp enabled first rice paddy cultivation in east China
by Y. Zong & Z. Chen & J. B. Innes & C. Chen & Z. Wang & H. Wang - 468-472 Genetic variation in a human odorant receptor alters odour perception
by Andreas Keller & Hanyi Zhuang & Qiuyi Chi & Leslie B. Vosshall & Hiroaki Matsunami - 473-477 Conversion of mature B cells into T cells by dedifferentiation to uncommitted progenitors
by César Cobaleda & Wolfram Jochum & Meinrad Busslinger - 478-482 IgH class switching and translocations use a robust non-classical end-joining pathway
by Catherine T. Yan & Cristian Boboila & Ellen Kris Souza & Sonia Franco & Thomas R. Hickernell & Michael Murphy & Sunil Gumaste & Mark Geyer & Ali A. Zarrin & John P. Manis & Klaus Rajewsky & Frederick W. Alt - 483-486 Rag mutations reveal robust alternative end joining
by Barbara Corneo & Rebecca L. Wendland & Ludovic Deriano & Xiaoping Cui & Isaac A. Klein & Serre-Yu Wong & Suzzette Arnal & Abigail J. Holub & Geoffrey R. Weller & Bette A. Pancake & Sundeep Shah & Vicky L. Brandt & Katheryn Meek & David B. Roth - 487-491 Structural basis of Dscam isoform specificity
by Rob Meijers & Roland Puettmann-Holgado & Georgios Skiniotis & Jin-huan Liu & Thomas Walz & Jia-huai Wang & Dietmar Schmucker - 492-495 Crystal structure of the heterotrimer core of Saccharomyces cerevisiae AMPK homologue SNF1
by Gabriele A. Amodeo & Michael J. Rudolph & Liang Tong - 496-500 Structural basis for AMP binding to mammalian AMP-activated protein kinase
by Bing Xiao & Richard Heath & Peter Saiu & Fiona C. Leiper & Philippe Leone & Chun Jing & Philip A. Walker & Lesley Haire & John F. Eccleston & Colin T. Davis & Stephen R. Martin & David Carling & Steven J. Gamblin - 501-501 Prospects
by Paul Smaglik - 502-504 Enter the dragon
by David Cyranoski - 506-506 Alloy
by Marissa Lingen
September 2007, Volume 449, Issue 7160
- 267-267 Arctic melt opens Northwest passage
by Daniel Cressey - 270-270 Gene therapy might not have caused patient's death
by Meredith Wadman - 278-280 In the zone
by David Cyranoski - 281-281 Doping: drugs misused for sports put athletes at risk
by Piero Dolara - 281-281 Turning up the heat on scientific accuracy
by Alexandros Kiupakis - 281-281 Doping destroys the story at the heart of cycling
by Steven Riley - 281-281 Olduvai fossils need more than one research team
by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo & Audax Mabulla & Henry Bunn - 281-281 Life on Mars may be hidden like Earth's extremophiles
by Samuel Kounaves - 283-283 Real science on show
by John Durant - 284-285 Earth's green heroes
by Richard Fortey - 285-286 Science and the Supreme Court
by Henry T. Greely - 286-286 The real 'theory of everything'
by Mark Haw - 287-288 The wireless epidemic
by Jon Kleinberg - 288-291 From stem to stern
by Anne Brunet & Thomas A. Rando - 291-292 Homing in on early Homo
by Daniel E. Lieberman - 292-293 Raising the gold standard
by A. Stephen K. Hashmi - 293-294 Unexpected opening
by Cecilia M. Canessa - 294-296 Earth holds its breath
by Chris J. Ballentine - 296-297 Relaxation after a tight squeeze
by Ehud Altman & Eugene Demler - 297-298 Calcium's double punch
by Catherine Jessus & Olivier Haccard - 299-304 40Ar retention in the terrestrial planets
by E. Bruce Watson & Jay B. Thomas & Daniele J. Cherniak - 305-310 Postcranial evidence from early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia
by David Lordkipanidze & Tea Jashashvili & Abesalom Vekua & Marcia S. Ponce de León & Christoph P. E. Zollikofer & G. Philip Rightmire & Herman Pontzer & Reid Ferring & Oriol Oms & Martha Tappen & Maia Bukhsianidze & Jordi Agusti & Ralf Kahlke & Gocha Kiladze & Bienvenido Martinez-Navarro & Alexander Mouskhelishvili & Medea Nioradze & Lorenzo Rook - 311-315 Structural insight into filament formation by mammalian septins
by Minhajuddin Sirajuddin & Marian Farkasovsky & Florian Hauer & Dorothee Kühlmann & Ian G. Macara & Michael Weyand & Holger Stark & Alfred Wittinghofer - 316-323 Structure of acid-sensing ion channel 1 at 1.9 Å resolution and low pH
by Jayasankar Jasti & Hiroyasu Furukawa & Eric B. Gonzales & Eric Gouaux - 324-327 Non-equilibrium coherence dynamics in one-dimensional Bose gases
by S. Hofferberth & I. Lesanovsky & B. Fischer & T. Schumm & J. Schmiedmayer - 328-331 Generating single microwave photons in a circuit
by A. A. Houck & D. I. Schuster & J. M. Gambetta & J. A. Schreier & B. R. Johnson & J. M. Chow & L. Frunzio & J. Majer & M. H. Devoret & S. M. Girvin & R. J. Schoelkopf - 332-335 Increased terrestrial methane cycling at the Palaeocene–Eocene thermal maximum
by Richard D. Pancost & David S. Steart & Luke Handley & Margaret E. Collinson & Jerry J. Hooker & Andrew C. Scott & Nathalie V. Grassineau & Ian J. Glasspool - 336-340 Calcineurin is required to release Xenopus egg extracts from meiotic M phase
by Satoru Mochida & Tim Hunt - 341-345 Transient activation of calcineurin is essential to initiate embryonic development in Xenopus laevis
by Tomoko Nishiyama & Norio Yoshizaki & Takeo Kishimoto & Keita Ohsumi - 346-350 Generation of functional multipotent adult stem cells from GPR125+ germline progenitors
by Marco Seandel & Daylon James & Sergey V. Shmelkov & Ilaria Falciatori & Jiyeon Kim & Sai Chavala & Douglas S. Scherr & Fan Zhang & Richard Torres & Nicholas W. Gale & George D. Yancopoulos & Andrew Murphy & David M. Valenzuela & Robin M. Hobbs & Pier Paolo Pandolfi & Shahin Rafii - 351-355 Differential Notch signalling distinguishes neural stem cells from intermediate progenitors
by Ken-ichi Mizutani & Keejung Yoon & Louis Dang & Akinori Tokunaga & Nicholas Gaiano - 356-360 ZEITLUPE is a circadian photoreceptor stabilized by GIGANTEA in blue light
by Woe-Yeon Kim & Sumire Fujiwara & Sung-Suk Suh & Jeongsik Kim & Yumi Kim & Linqu Han & Karine David & Joanna Putterill & Hong Gil Nam & David E. Somers - 361-365 Loss of integrin αvβ8 on dendritic cells causes autoimmunity and colitis in mice
by Mark A. Travis & Boris Reizis & Andrew C. Melton & Emma Masteller & Qizhi Tang & John M. Proctor & Yanli Wang & Xin Bernstein & Xiaozhu Huang & Louis F. Reichardt & Jeffrey A. Bluestone & Dean Sheppard - 366-369 Insulin modulates gluconeogenesis by inhibition of the coactivator TORC2
by Renaud Dentin & Yi Liu & Seung-Hoi Koo & Susan Hedrick & Thomas Vargas & Jose Heredia & John Yates & Marc Montminy - 371-371 Prospects
by Gene Russo - 372-373 Raising Arizona
by Gene Russo - 374-374 Shinya Yamanaka, L.K. Whittier Foundation Investigator, Gladstone Institute, San Francisco
by Monya Baker - 374-374 Surviving public speaking
by Maria Ocampo-Hafalla - 374-374 Nurturing physician-scientists
by Albert Luo - 376-376 Only in your dreams
by Arran Frood
September 2007, Volume 449, Issue 7159
- 121-121 Borysiewicz to head UK medical council
by Michael Hopkin - 122-123 Russian scientists see red over clampdown
by Quirin Schiermeier - 124-124 Mystery ox finds its identity
by Ewen Callaway - 124-125 Long-held theory is in danger of losing its nerve
by Declan Butler - 127-127 Gorillas on the list
by Michael Hopkin - 133-135 The plasma revolution
by Navroz Patel - 136-138 Underground networking
by John Whitfield - 139-139 Cover story may obscure the plane truth
by Lawrence Sincich - 139-139 The Vietnam War added a motive to go on studying
by F. Christian Thompson - 139-139 Researchers' ethical duties are not to be outsourced
by Leonard H. Glantz - 139-139 Cover: choosing the right gecko is a sticky business
by Travis LaDuc - 139-139 Starstruck science should appreciate philosophy
by Mark Wexler & Stéphanie Dupouy - 141-142 Universities and the money fix
by Brian C. Martinson - 143-144 A challenge to Kyoto
by Partha Dasgupta - 144-145 Max in three dimensions
by Gregory A. Petsko - 145-146 One man and his molecule
by Ermanno Gherardi - 146-146 Heaven in grains of sand
by Martin Kemp - 147-148 The one that got away
by Jonathan Fortney - 148-149 Perceptive enzymes
by Anne C. Ferguson-Smith & John M. Greally - 149-151 Molecular socks in a drawer
by Michael D. Ward - 151-153 Scaling laws in the drier
by Ricard Solé - 153-155 A whiff of antimatter soup
by Clifford M. Surko - 155-155 You are what you ate
by Sadaf Shadan - 156-156 Ernst Otto Fischer (1918–2007)
by Wolfgang A. Herrmann - 157-157 Neglected Diseases
by David O'Connell - 158-159 Lost in translation
by Declan Butler - 160-163 A tough transition
by Peter A. Singer & Kathryn Berndtson & C. Shawn Tracy & Emma R. M. Cohen & Hassan Masum & James V. Lavery & Abdallah S. Daar - 164-165 The path to new medicines
by Bénédicte Callan & Iain Gillespie - 166-169 Mission possible
by Andrew L. Hopkins & Michael J. Witty & Solomon Nwaka - 170-172 A prescription for drug delivery
by Rebecca Affolder & Ivone Rizzo & Craig Burgess & Abdallah Bchir & Julian Lob-Levyt - 174-175 Patent sense
by Paul Herrling - 176-179 At what price?
by Patricia M. Danzon - 180-182 The road to recovery
by Carlos M. Morel & José R. Carvalheiro & Carmen N. P. Romero & Eduardo A. Costa & Paulo M. Buss - 183-188 MicroRNA control of Nodal signalling
by Graziano Martello & Luca Zacchigna & Masafumi Inui & Marco Montagner & Maddalena Adorno & Anant Mamidi & Leonardo Morsut & Sandra Soligo & Uyen Tran & Sirio Dupont & Michelangelo Cordenonsi & Oliver Wessely & Stefano Piccolo - 189-191 A giant planet orbiting the ‘extreme horizontal branch’ star V 391 Pegasi
by R. Silvotti & S. Schuh & R. Janulis & J.-E. Solheim & S. Bernabei & R. Østensen & T. D. Oswalt & I. Bruni & R. Gualandi & A. Bonanno & G. Vauclair & M. Reed & C.-W. Chen & E. Leibowitz & M. Paparo & A. Baran & S. Charpinet & N. Dolez & S. Kawaler & D. Kurtz & P. Moskalik & R. Riddle & S. Zola - 192-194 Dynamics of ice ages on Mars
by Norbert Schorghofer - 195-197 The production of molecular positronium
by D. B. Cassidy & A. P. Mills - 198-201 Coupling of surface temperatures and atmospheric CO2 concentrations during the Palaeozoic era
by Rosemarie E. Came & John M. Eiler & Ján Veizer & Karem Azmy & Uwe Brand & Christopher R. Weidman - 202-205 A link between large mantle melting events and continent growth seen in osmium isotopes
by D. G. Pearson & S. W. Parman & G. M. Nowell - 206-208 Placing late Neanderthals in a climatic context
by P. C. Tzedakis & K. A. Hughen & I. Cacho & K. Harvati - 209-212 Positive feedbacks promote power-law clustering of Kalahari vegetation
by Todd M. Scanlon & Kelly K. Caylor & Simon A. Levin & Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe - 213-217 Spatial vegetation patterns and imminent desertification in Mediterranean arid ecosystems
by Sonia Kéfi & Max Rietkerk & Concepción L. Alados & Yolanda Pueyo & Vasilios P. Papanastasis & Ahmed ElAich & Peter C. de Ruiter - 218-222 A general integrative model for scaling plant growth, carbon flux, and functional trait spectra
by Brian J. Enquist & Andrew J. Kerkhoff & Scott C. Stark & Nathan G. Swenson & Megan C. McCarthy & Charles A. Price - 223-227 Dscam diversity is essential for neuronal wiring and self-recognition
by Daisuke Hattori & Ebru Demir & Ho Won Kim & Erika Viragh & S. Lawrence Zipursky & Barry J. Dickson - 228-232 Glucose sensing by POMC neurons regulates glucose homeostasis and is impaired in obesity
by Laura E. Parton & Chian Ping Ye & Roberto Coppari & Pablo J. Enriori & Brian Choi & Chen-Yu Zhang & Chun Xu & Claudia R. Vianna & Nina Balthasar & Charlotte E. Lee & Joel K. Elmquist & Michael A. Cowley & Bradford B. Lowell - 233-237 The structural basis of yeast prion strain variants
by Brandon H. Toyama & Mark J. S. Kelly & John D. Gross & Jonathan S. Weissman - 238-242 Haematopoietic stem cells do not asymmetrically segregate chromosomes or retain BrdU
by Mark J. Kiel & Shenghui He & Rina Ashkenazi & Sara N. Gentry & Monica Teta & Jake A. Kushner & Trachette L. Jackson & Sean J. Morrison - 243-247 The structural basis for activation of plant immunity by bacterial effector protein AvrPto
by Weiman Xing & Yan Zou & Qun Liu & Jianing Liu & Xi Luo & Qingqiu Huang & She Chen & Lihuang Zhu & Ruchang Bi & Quan Hao & Jia-Wei Wu & Jian-Min Zhou & Jijie Chai - 248-251 Structure of Dnmt3a bound to Dnmt3L suggests a model for de novo DNA methylation
by Da Jia & Renata Z. Jurkowska & Xing Zhang & Albert Jeltsch & Xiaodong Cheng - 252-252 Erratum: An experimental test of non-local realism
by S. Gröblacher & T. Paterek & R. Kaltenbaek & Č. Brukner & M. Żukowski & M. Aspelmeyer & A. Zeilinger - 253-253 Hiking the ups and downs of the science trail
by Paul Smaglik - 254-255 Swedish strategies
by Quirin Schiermeier - 256-256 Dennis Choi, executive director, Comprehensive Neuroscience Initiative, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
by Virginia Gewin - 256-256 Keeping good scientists
by Peter Jordan - 256-256 A pipeline for Europe
by Tony Hyman & Kai Simons - 258-258 Safety critical
by John Gilbey
September 2007, Volume 449, Issue 7158
- 6-6 Genomes within genomes
by Ewen Callaway - 6-7 All about Craig: the first 'full' genome sequence
by Heidi Ledford - 7-7 DNA probe finds hints of human
by Rex Dalton - 8-8 Turkish physicists face accusations of plagiarism
by Geoff Brumfiel - 9-9 Biotech crop rules get rewrite
by Emma Marris - 9-9 Rare beef
by Michael Hopkin - 10-10 The dune chorus
by Philip Ball - 10-11 Crashing DNA's ultraconservative party
by Erika Check - 12-12 Chinese law aims to quell fear of failure
by Jane Qiu - 16-18 Year of the tiger
by Jerry Guo - 20-21 Time traps
by Rex Dalton