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May 2001, Volume 411, Issue 6835
- 228-228 Epidemiology gains an ally in bioweapons surveillance project
by Jonathan Knight - 228-228 Array system promises global atmospheric monitoring
by David Cyranoski - 229-229 Physicists put a value that matters on the standard model
by Josette Chen - 229-229 Fresh funding offers lifeline to bioinformatics centre
by Declan Butler & Alison Abbott - 229-229 Resuscitated 'alien' microbes stir up an Italian storm
by Alison Abbott - 232-235 The bugs of war
by Carina Dennis - 236-236 A fine set of threads
by David Adam - 237-237 Hero or villain? Stasi archives shed light on Russian scientist
by Uwe Hossfeld & Mark Walker - 237-237 Sorting out the Smiths
by Andrew Bradbury - 237-237 Health-funding boost not enough for Canada
by Ronald N. McElhaney - 239-240 Why science and religion need to talk
by Charles L. Harper - 240-241 Hopping through the Mathiverse
by Lisa Lehrer Dive & Andrew Irvine - 241-242 Affairs of the mind
by Steven Rose - 242-242 Science in culture
by Martin Kemp - 243-243 Sense and sensibility
by Robert Simmons - 245-245 Ecological forecasts
by Gretchen C. Daily - 247-248 Leaf sensor for CO2 in deep time
by Wolfram M. Kürschner - 248-249 Why is the cortex a slow learner?
by John Lisman & Richard Morris - 249-249 100 and 50 years ago
by Max Born - 251-252 A stellar performance
by Kevin B. Marvel - 252-252 Strain against the machine
by Josette Chen - 252-255 Snails, synapses and smokers
by Dennis A. Dougherty & Henry A. Lester - 255-256 Making head or tail of Dickkopf
by Roel Nusse - 256-256 Watching the wind
by David Jones - 257-258 Sex differences in vocal learning in birds
by Ayako Yamaguchi - 258-258 Phosphorus solubilization in rewetted soils
by Benjamin L. Turner & Philip M. Haygarth - 258-259 Foot-and-mouth disease under control in the UK
by Mark Woolhouse & Margo Chase-Topping & Daniel Haydon & John Friar & Louise Matthews & Gareth Hughes & Darren Shaw & John Wilesmith & Alex Donaldson & Stephen Cornell & Matthew Keeling & Bryan Grenfell - 259-260 Annotation of the Drosophila genome
by Samuel Karlin & Aviv Bergman & Andrew J. Gentles - 261-268 A glia-derived acetylcholine-binding protein that modulates synaptic transmission
by August B. Smit & Naweed I. Syed & Dick Schaap & Jan van Minnen & Judith Klumperman & Karel S. Kits & Hans Lodder & Roel C. van der Schors & René van Elk & Bertram Sorgedrager & KatjuS̆a Brejc & Titia K. Sixma & Wijnand P. M. Geraerts - 269-276 Crystal structure of an ACh-binding protein reveals the ligand-binding domain of nicotinic receptors
by KatjuS̆a Brejc & Willem J. van Dijk & Remco V. Klaassen & Mascha Schuurmans & John van der Oost & August B. Smit & Titia K. Sixma - 277-280 Spherical episodic ejection of material from a young star
by J. M. Torrelles & N. A. Patel & J. F. Gómez & P. T. P. Ho & L. F. Rodríguez & G. Anglada & G. Garay & L. Greenhill & S. Curiel & J. Cantó - 280-283 Observation of the ideal Josephson effect in superfluid 4He
by Kalyani Sukhatme & Yury Mukharsky & Talso Chui & David Pearson - 283-287 Conversion of silicon carbide to crystalline diamond-structured carbon at ambient pressure
by Yury Gogotsi & Sascha Welz & Daniel A. Ersoy & Michael J. McNallan - 287-290 A 300-million-year record of atmospheric carbon dioxide from fossil plant cuticles
by Gregory J. Retallack - 290-293 Strong coherence between solar variability and the monsoon in Oman between 9 and 6 kyr ago
by U. Neff & S. J. Burns & A. Mangini & M. Mudelsee & D. Fleitmann & A. Matter - 293-296 Metamorphic devolatilization of subducted marine sediments and the transport of volatiles into the Earth's mantle
by D. M. Kerrick & J. A. D. Connolly - 296-298 Adjustment to climate change is constrained by arrival date in a long-distance migrant bird
by Christiaan Both & Marcel E. Visser - 298-302 Endosymbiotic sulphate-reducing and sulphide-oxidizing bacteria in an oligochaete worm
by Nicole Dubilier & Caroline Mülders & Tim Ferdelman & Dirk de Beer & Annelie Pernthaler & Michael Klein & Michael Wagner & Christer Erséus & Frank Thiermann & Jens Krieger & Olav Giere & Rudolf Amann - 302-305 Reproductive isolation caused by colour pattern mimicry
by Chris D. Jiggins & Russell E. Naisbit & Rebecca L. Coe & James Mallet - 305-309 Lesions of the human amygdala impair enhanced perception of emotionally salient events
by Adam K. Anderson & Elizabeth A. Phelps - 309-313 α-CaMKII-dependent plasticity in the cortex is required for permanent memory
by Paul W. Frankland & Cara O'Brien & Masuo Ohno & Alfredo Kirkwood & Alcino J. Silva - 313-317 A new role for cryptochrome in a Drosophila circadian oscillator
by Balaji Krishnan & Joel D. Levine & M. Kathlea S. Lynch & Harold B. Dowse & Pablo Funes & Jeffrey C. Hall & Paul E. Hardin & Stuart E. Dryer - 317-321 Integrins mediate functional pre- and postsynaptic maturation at a hippocampal synapse
by Pascale Chavis & Gary Westbrook - 321-325 LDL-receptor-related protein 6 is a receptor for Dickkopf proteins
by Bingyu Mao & Wei Wu & Yan Li & Dana Hoppe & Peter Stannek & Andrei Glinka & Christof Niehrs - 325-330 The status of Wnt signalling regulates neural and epidermal fates in the chick embryo
by Sara Wilson & Anna Rydström & Tolleiv Trimborn & Karl Willert & Roel Nusse & Thomas M. Jessell & Thomas Edlund - 330-334 Mae mediates MAP kinase phosphorylation of Ets transcription factors in Drosophila
by David A. Baker & Blandine Mille-Baker & S. Mark Wainwright & David Ish-Horowicz & Nicholas J. Dibb - 335-335 Cancer
by Bernd Pulverer & Lesley Anson & Chris Surridge & Liz Allen - 336-341 Cancer genetics
by Bruce A. J. Ponder - 342-348 Proliferation, cell cycle and apoptosis in cancer
by Gerard I. Evan & Karen H. Vousden - 349-354 The Hedgehog and Wnt signalling pathways in cancer
by Jussi Taipale & Philip A. Beachy - 355-365 Oncogenic kinase signalling
by Peter Blume-Jensen & Tony Hunter - 366-374 Genome maintenance mechanisms for preventing cancer
by Jan H. J. Hoeijmakers - 375-379 The microenvironment of the tumour–host interface
by Lance A. Liotta & Elise C. Kohn - 380-384 Progress in human tumour immunology and immunotherapy
by Steven A. Rosenberg - 385-389 Haematopoietic cell transplantation as immunotherapy
by Frederick R. Appelbaum - 390-395 Cancer epidemiology in the last century and the next decade
by Julian Peto - 396-396 AstraZeneca and Cancer discovery from a global perspective
by Les Hughes
May 2001, Volume 411, Issue 6834
- 3-3 Women physicists needed
by Paul Smaglik - 4-5 High-energy physics
by Alexander Hellemans - 119-119 Reprieve for Smithsonian centre
by Corie Lok - 119-120 Stem-cell research in doubt as funders clash with government
by Alison Abbott - 120-120 Birthday meeting bemoans low profile of science office
by Steve Nadis - 120-120 Plans for missile defence system perturb physicists
by Irwin Goodwin - 121-121 Dissent grows over Helmholtz proposals
by Alison Abbott - 121-121 Mouse genome effort 'on course'
by Jonathan Knight - 122-122 Inquiry set up into Porton Down nerve-gas death
by David Adam - 122-122 Canada stakes claim on fusion energy project
by Rex Dalton - 123-123 Record donation from Silicon Valley pioneer goes to Stanford
by Jonathan Knight - 123-123 Europe brings experiments on chimpanzees to an end
by Sally Goodman - 126-128 Decisions, decisions..
by Bas Kast - 129-130 Private investigations
by Rex Dalton - 131-131 Particle physicists need a common objective
by Albrecht Wagner - 131-131 Science should help teach children the meaning of humanity
by Greg Kontos - 131-132 No campaign to strip Baltimore of his Nobel
by James D. Watson - 132-132 Philanthropists are paying their dues
by Ben A. Barres - 132-132 How inbreeding affects productivity in Europe
by Manuel Soler - 133-134 The hidden meanings of maps
by Catherine Delano-Smith - 134-135 Telling it like it really is
by David L. Hull - 135-136 Voyager's treasures lost and found
by John Gascoigne - 136-136 Mastermind of the bird world
by Matthias Glaubrecht - 137-137 Floral tributes
by H. W. Lack - 139-139 A light and a dark side
by Thomas Elbert & Sabine Heim - 141-142 Evolving ideas of brain evolution
by Jon H. Kaas & Christine E. Collins - 142-143 The Indonesian valve
by James D. Wright - 143-145 Developmental circuits rewired
by Eörs Szathmáry - 145-146 Young stars go cruising by
by Gibor Basri - 147-149 Hip-hopping out of control
by David E. Symer & Judith Bender - 149-150 Sex and the X
by Laurence D. Hurst - 150-151 Shock delay
by Elizabeth Harding Hearn - 151-152 Beyond the spherical cow
by John Doyle - 152-152 The art of spinning
by David Jones - 153-154 Spiny lobsters stick and slip to make sound
by Sheila N. Patek - 154-154 Signals from mature to new leaves
by J. A. Lake & W. P. Quick & D. J. Beerling & F. I. Woodward - 155-155 How old are bacteria from the Permian age?
by Robert M. Hazen & Edwin Roedder - 155-156 How old are bacteria from the Permian age?
by Dennis W. Powers & Russell H. Vreeland & William D. Rosenzweig - 156-156 Different behaviour of North and Irish Sea cod
by David Righton & Julian Metcalfe & Paul Connolly - 157-162 Closing of the Indonesian seaway as a precursor to east African aridification around 3–4 million years ago
by Mark A. Cane & Peter Molnar - 163-166 Evidence for planet engulfment by the star HD82943
by G. Israelian & N. C. Santos & M. Mayor & R. Rebolo - 166-170 A complementarity experiment with an interferometer at the quantum–classical boundary
by P. Bertet & S. Osnaghi & A. Rauschenbeutel & G. Nogues & A. Auffeves & M. Brune & J. M. Raimond & S. Haroche - 170-174 Semiconducting non-molecular nitrogen up to 240 GPa and its low-pressure stability
by Mikhail I. Eremets & Russell J. Hemley & Ho-kwang Mao & Eugene Gregoryanz - 174-176 A prototype storage ring for neutral molecules
by Floris M.H. Crompvoets & Hendrick L. Bethlem & Rienk T. Jongma & Gerard Meijer - 176-180 Evidence against dust-mediated control of glacial–interglacial changes in atmospheric CO2
by B. A. Maher & P. F. Dennis - 180-183 Delayed triggering of the 1999 Hector Mine earthquake by viscoelastic stress transfer
by Andrew M. Freed & Jian Lin - 183-186 Emperor penguins and climate change
by Christophe Barbraud & Henri Weimerskirch - 186-189 Host recognition by the tobacco hornworm is mediated by a host plant compound
by Marta L. del Campo & Carol I. Miles & Frank C. Schroeder & Caroline Mueller & Ronald Booker & J. Alan Renwick - 189-193 Scalable architecture in mammalian brains
by Damon A. Clark & Partha P. Mitra & Samuel S.-H. Wang - 193-195 An evolutionary scaling law for the primate visual system and its basis in cortical function
by Charles F. Stevens - 195-199 Interocular rivalry revealed in the human cortical blind-spot representation
by Frank Tong & Stephen A. Engel - 199-204 Linkage disequilibrium in the human genome
by David E. Reich & Michele Cargill & Stacey Bolk & James Ireland & Pardis C. Sabeti & Daniel J. Richter & Thomas Lavery & Rose Kouyoumjian & Shelli F. Farhadian & Ryk Ward & Eric S. Lander - 204-207 The Ph1 locus is needed to ensure specific somatic and meiotic centromere association
by Enrique Martinez-Perez & Peter Shaw & Graham Moore - 207-211 Phagocytosis and clearance of apoptotic cells is mediated by MER
by Rona S. Scott & Eileen J. McMahon & Shannon M. Pop & Elizabeth A. Reap & Roberto Caricchio & Philip L. Cohen & H. Shelton Earp & Glenn K. Matsushima - 212-214 Mobilization of transposons by a mutation abolishing full DNA methylation in Arabidopsis
by Asuka Miura & Shoji Yonebayashi & Koichi Watanabe & Tomoko Toyama & Hiroaki Shimada & Tetsuji Kakutani - 215-219 The structural basis of Arfaptin-mediated cross-talk between Rac and Arf signalling pathways
by C. Tarricone & B. Xiao & N. Justin & P. A. Walker & K. Rittinger & S. J. Gamblin & S. J. Smerdon - 219-219 Erratum: Drought-induced guard cell signal transduction involves sphingosine-1-phosphate
by Carl K.-Y. Ng & Kathryn Carr & Martin R. McAinsh & Brian Powell & Alistair M. Hetherington - 219-219 Erratum: BRI1 is a critical component of a plasma-membrane receptor for plant steroids
by Zhi-Yong Wang & Hideharu Seto & Shozo Fujioka & Shigeo Yoshida & Joanne Chory
May 2001, Volume 411, Issue 6833
- 3-3 Bills threaten total US ban on human cloning
by Meredith Wadman - 3-3 Active solutions for PhDs
by Paul Smaglik - 3-4 Study says authors are averse to declaring conflicts of interest
by Jonathan Knight - 4-4 Pasteur turns to biotech firms in bid to revitalize research
by Sally Goodman - 4-4 Congress hints at brighter outlook for physical science
by Irwin Goodwin - 5-5 Dispute over digital music muzzles academic
by Corie Lok - 5-5 Electronic ink for current issues
by Declan Butler - 6-6 Funding crisis could spell the end for millimetre telescope
by Rex Dalton - 6-6 Professors facing power cuts in German university reforms
by Marco Jäger & Quirin Schiermeier - 7-7 Researchers strike back in animal-rights row
by David Adam - 7-7 Fungus fingered as dogwood disappears from forests
by Mark Schrope - 10-12 On the trail of the neutrino
by Dan Falk - 13-14 The youth team
by Josette Chen - 15-15 Who will fill the gap by making nucleic synthesizers now?
by David M. J. Lilley & Michael Gait & Fritz Eckstein - 15-15 Outbreak needs lab tests and clinical diagnosis
by Hugh M. Pirie - 15-15 Fossil hunters in dispute over Ethiopian sites
by Horst Seidler - 17-19 What is 'dangerous' climate change?
by Stephen H. Schneider - 21-22 Volcanic irony
by William I. Rose - 22-22 Too faint a flavour?
by Peter Waterman - 23-24 Who guards the guardians?
by Nicholas Zarimpas & Jean Pascal Zanders & Zdzislaw Lachowski - 24-24 Science in culture
by Philip Ball - 25-25 Newton in Japan
by Scott L. Montgomery - 27-27 Here be no dragons
by David Ruelle - 29-30 Wiping out dirty displays
by Jos van Haaren - 30-31 Unspinning the web
by Jeff Hasty & James J. Collins - 31-33 A new twist on neutron stars
by Chris Fryer & Stan Woosley - 33-33 Asymmetry in action
by Amanda Tromans - 34-35 Hybrid costs avoided
by Dennis Hasselquist - 35-38 Dopamine receptors get a boost
by Francis J. White - 38-39 Hard-cored continents
by Andrew A. Nyblade - 39-40 Resistance of a perfect wire
by Albert M. Chang - 40-40 Scroll-reading
by David Jones - 41-42 Lethality and centrality in protein networks
by H. Jeong & S. P. Mason & A.-L. Barabási & Z. N. Oltvai - 42-43 Progenitor cells from human brain after death
by Theo D. Palmer & Philip H. Schwartz & Philippe Taupin & Brian Kaspar & Stuart A. Stein & Fred H. Gage - 43-43 Refraction of a particle beam
by Patric Muggli & Seung Lee & Thomas Katsouleas & Ralph Assmann & Franz-Joseph Decker & Mark J. Hogan & Richard Iverson & Pantaleo Raimondi & Robert H. Siemann & Dieter Walz & Brent Blue & Christopher E. Clayton & Evan Dodd & Ricardo A. Fonseca & Roy Hemker & Chandrashekhar Joshi & Kenneth A. Marsh & Warren B. Mori & Shoquin Wang - 44-44 Chaperonin turned insect toxin
by Naofumi Yoshida & Kenji Oeda & Eijiro Watanabe & Toshiyuki Mikami & Yoshikazu Fukita & Keiichiro Nishimura & Koichiro Komai & Kazuhiko Matsuda - 45-50 Hybridization and adaptive mate choice in flycatchers
by Thor Veen & Thomas Borge & Simon C. Griffith & Glenn-Peter Saetre & Stanislav Bures & Lars Gustafsson & Ben C. Sheldon - 51-54 Four-terminal resistance of a ballistic quantum wire
by R. de Picciotto & H. L. Stormer & L. N. Pfeiffer & K. W. Baldwin & K. W. West - 54-56 Superconductivity in the non-oxide perovskite MgCNi3
by T. He & Q. Huang & A. P. Ramirez & Y. Wang & K. A. Regan & N. Rogado & M. A. Hayward & M. K. Haas & J. S. Slusky & K. Inumara & H. W. Zandbergen & N. P. Ong & R. J. Cava - 56-59 Atomic-beam alignment of inorganic materials for liquid-crystal displays
by P. Chaudhari & James Lacey & James Doyle & Eileen Galligan & Shui-Chi Alan Lien & Alesandro Callegari & Gareth Hougham & Norton D. Lang & Paul S. Andry & Richard John & Kei-Hsuing Yang & Minhua Lu & Chen Cai & James Speidell & Sampath Purushothaman & John Ritsko & Mahesh Samant & Joachim Stöhr & Yoshiki Nakagawa & Yoshimine Katoh & Yukito Saitoh & Kazumi Sakai & Hiroyuki Satoh & Shuichi Odahara & Hiroki Nakano & Johji Nakagaki & Yasuhiko Shiota - 59-62 Size-dependent control of the binding of biotinylated proteins to streptavidin using a polymer shield
by Zhongli Ding & Robin B. Fong & Cynthia J. Long & Patrick S. Stayton & Allan S. Hoffman - 62-66 Evolution of Asian monsoons and phased uplift of the Himalaya–Tibetan plateau since Late Miocene times
by An Zhisheng & John E. Kutzbach & Warren L. Prell & Stephen C. Porter - 66-69 Phosphorus limitation of nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium in the central Atlantic Ocean
by Sergio A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy & Adam B. Kustka & Christopher J. Gobler & David A. Hutchins & Min Yang & Kamazima Lwiza & James Burns & Douglas G. Capone & John A. Raven & Edward J. Carpenter - 69-73 Preservation of ancient and fertile lithospheric mantle beneath the southwestern United States
by Cin-Ty Lee & Qingzhu Yin & Roberta L. Rudnick & Stein B. Jacobsen - 73-77 Consistent patterns and the idiosyncratic effects of biodiversity in marine ecosystems
by Mark C. Emmerson & Martin Solan & Chas Emes & David M. Paterson & Dave Raffaelli - 77-80 Larval dispersal potential of the tubeworm Riftia pachyptila at deep-sea hydrothermal vents
by Adam G. Marsh & Lauren S. Mullineaux & Craig M. Young & Donal T. Manahan - 80-86 Foci of orientation plasticity in visual cortex
by Valentin Dragoi & Casto Rivadulla & Mriganka Sur - 86-89 BDNF controls dopamine D3 receptor expression and triggers behavioural sensitization
by Olivier Guillin & Jorge Diaz & Patrick Carroll & Nathalie Griffon & Jean-Charles Schwartz & Pierre Sokoloff - 90-94 Membrane protein diffusion sets the speed of rod phototransduction
by P. D. Calvert & V. I. Govardovskii & N. Krasnoperova & R. E. Anderson & J. Lem & C. L. Makino - 94-98 Translational repression determines a neuronal potential in Drosophila asymmetric cell division
by Masataka Okabe & Takao Imai & Mitsuhiko Kurusu & Yasushi Hiromi & Hideyuki Okano - 98-102 Exploitation of syndecan-1 shedding by Pseudomonas aeruginosa enhances virulence
by Pyong Woo Park & Gerald B. Pier & Michael T. Hinkes & Merton Bernfield - 102-107 Initiation of a G2/M checkpoint after ultraviolet radiation requires p38 kinase
by Dmitry V. Bulavin & Yuichiro Higashimoto & Ian J. Popoff & William A. Gaarde & Venkatesha Basrur & Olga Potapova & Ettore Appella & Albert J. Fornace - 107-110 Microarrays of cells expressing defined cDNAs
by Junaid Ziauddin & David M. Sabatini - 110-114 An aminoacyl tRNA synthetase whose sequence fits into neither of the two known classes
by Carme Fàbrega & Mark A. Farrow & Biswarup Mukhopadhyay & Valérie de Crécy-Lagard & Angel R. Ortiz & Paul Schimmel
April 2001, Volume 410, Issue 6832
- 3-3 Physics comes full circle
by Paul Smaglik - 1011-1011 Russia needs help to fend off potato famine, researchers warn
by Quirin Schiermeier - 1011-1011 Smithsonian closure plan under fire
by Josette Chen - 1012-1012 Reef gets off the starting blocks
by David Adam - 1012-1012 Standards needed for foot-and-mouth tests
by Sally Goodman - 1013-1013 South Africa may keep door closed to generic AIDS drugs
by Michael Cherry - 1013-1013 Japan speeds up mission to unravel genetic diseases
by David Cyranoski - 1014-1014 US administration tries to repair green image
by Mark Schrope - 1014-1014 Tenure-track plan aims to end university inbreeding
by Xavier Bosch - 1015-1015 Astronomers bargain for use of 'sacred' site
by Tony Reichhardt - 1015-1015 Weapons lab seeks Mexican link
by Rex Dalton - 1018-1020 Cinderella goes to the ball
by Phyllida Brown - 1021-1021 Even 'free access' is still beyond the means of most scholars in Africa
by Paul Keese - 1021-1021 Precarious life in Spain
by Manuel J. Pérez Mendoza for Precarios - 1021-1021 Entropy illustrates the flexibility of Chinese
by Jian Feng - 1021-1021 Let's reward innovative action against poverty
by Arnoldo Ventura - 1023-1024 Publishing on the semantic web
by Tim Berners-Lee & James Hendler - 1024-1025 The self-archiving initiative
by Stevan Harnad - 1026-1026 Setting logical priorities
by Ira Mellman - 1027-1027 An instant in time
by Daniel Kleppner - 1028-1029 When space and time conspire
by Michael F. Shlesinger - 1029-1029 Thinking the unthinkable
by Richard Gregory - 1030-1030 Measuring the past
by Michael Vickers - 1031-1031 Scientist's birthright
by Dennis Danielson - 1033-1033 The genomic cosmos
by Mark C. Fishman - 1035-1036 Polio vaccines exonerated
by Robin A. Weiss - 1036-1037 Ruffling feathers
by Hans-Dieter Sues - 1037-1040 Holograms of atoms
by John Spence - 1040-1041 A grin without a cat
by Paul R. Gilson & Geoffrey I. McFadden