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December 1998, Volume 396, Issue 6710
- 493-494 Problem solving for the whole Earth
by Potter Wickware - 494-496 A risk proposition
by Brendan Horton - 496-496 Water and welfare: hydrology options
by Potter Wickware
November 1998, Volume 396, Issue 6709
- 293-293 Germany restores funds to grant agencies
by Quirin Schiermeier - 293-293 Personal computers spur drive to keep control over copyright
by Rex Dalton - 294-294 ⃛but nuclear work and fusion research lose out
by Alison Abbott - 294-294 Framework deal boosts life sciences⃛
by Alison Abbott - 295-295 Radical changes urged in UK curriculum
by Ehsan Masood - 295-295 ‘Soft option’ for women gets sharp riposte
by Ehsan Masood - 296-296 NSF board is urged to act more openly⃛
by Colin Macilwain - 296-296 ⃛as head seeks to spread the word on grants
by Colin Macilwain - 297-297 French supplies law threatens research
by Eric Glover - 297-297 Human genome declaration looks set for United Nations approval
by Declan Butler - 298-298 Budget cuts mean tough times ahead for Brazilian researchers
by Ricardo Bonalume Neto - 298-298 South African official quits ministry post
by Michael Cherry - 299-299 ‘Science summit’ sets ambitious agenda
by David Dickson - 299-299 Indian anger at promotion ‘caste system’
by K. S. Jayaraman - 303-304 Back on track: the rebirth of human genetics in China
by David Dickson - 307-307 Radical reform needed to aid junior scientists
by Gerard Vassiliou - 307-307 Growing pains of a genomics industry
by G. Matthew Huang - 307-307 Combat climate change by reducing fertility
by Stuart R. Gaffin & Brian C. O'Neill - 309-310 Cryptic clues revealed
by Andrew Cossins - 311-311 Do not adjust your set
by Sarah Tomlin - 311-313 Rumbling geysers (and volcanoes)
by Bruce R. Julian - 313-314 Cheap date
by Caroline J. Small & Stephen R. Bloom - 314-315 Nutrient consequences of salmon spread
by Peter D. Moore - 315-316 Ancient inclinations
by Jean-Pierre Valet & Yves Gallet - 317-318 Support for the lever arm
by A. F. Huxley - 318-318 Fat is a feminist issue
by David Jones - 319-319 Graphic gropings
by Martin Kemp - 321-322 Is beauty in the eye of the beholder?
by Douglas W. Yu & Glenn H. Shepard - 322-323 A developmental model for thalidomide defects
by Clifford J. Tabin - 323-323 Mistakes not necessary for Müllerian mimicry
by Michael P. Speed - 323-324 Encapsulated C60 in carbon nanotubes
by Brian W. Smith & Marc Monthioux & David E. Luzzi - 324-324 How does xenon produce anaesthesia?
by N. P. Franks & R. Dickinson & S. L. M. de Sousa & A. C. Hall & W. R. Lieb - 325-326 When is a dog a DOG?
by Jerry Fodor - 327-328 When maps cost lives
by Janet Browne - 328-328 To party, or don the anorak?
by Jim Bennett - 329-335 The relationship between liquid, supercooled and glassy water
by Osamu Mishima & H. Eugene Stanley - 336-342 Hsp90 as a capacitor for morphological evolution
by Suzanne L. Rutherford & Susan Lindquist - 343-345 Protostellar jets irradiated by massive stars
by Bo Reipurth & John Bally & Robert A. Fesen & David Devine - 345-348 Spin domains in ground-state Bose–Einstein condensates
by J. Stenger & S. Inouye & D. M. Stamper-Kurn & H.-J. Miesner & A. P. Chikkatur & W. Ketterle - 348-350 Observation of smectic and moving-Bragg-glass phases in flowing vortex lattices
by F. Pardo & F. de la Cruz & P. L. Gammel & E. Bucher & D. J. Bishop - 350-353 A multiwavelength semiconductor laser
by Alessandro Tredicucci & Claire Gmachl & Federico Capasso & Deborah L. Sivco & Albert L. Hutchinson & Alfred Y. Cho - 353-356 Delaminated zeolite precursors as selective acidic catalysts
by A. Corma & V. Fornes & S. B. Pergher & Th. L. M. Maesen & J. G. Buglass - 356-359 Spontaneous movement of ions through calcite at standard temperature and pressure
by S. L. S. Stipp & J. Konnerup-Madsen & K. Franzreb & A. Kulik & H. J. Mathieu - 359-362 Large variations in vent fluid CO2/3He ratios signal rapid changes in magma chemistry at Loihi seamount, Hawaii
by D. R. Hilton & G. M. McMurtry & F. Goff - 362-366 Neuronal synchrony does not represent texture segregation
by Victor A. F. Lamme & Henk Spekreijse - 366-369 Ethanol consumption and resistance are inversely related to neuropeptide Y levels
by Todd E. Thiele & Donald J. Marsh & Linda Ste. Marie & Ilene L. Bernstein & Richard D. Palmiter - 370-373 Control of neural crest cell fate by the Wnt signalling pathway
by Richard I. Dorsky & Randall T. Moon & David W. Raible - 373-376 Proto-oncogene PML controls genes devoted to MHC class I antigen presentation
by Pan Zheng & Yong Guo & Qingtian Niu & David E. Levy & Jacqueline A. Dyck & Shengli Lu & Lori A. Sheiman & Yang Liu - 377-380 Interdomain communication regulating ligand binding by PPAR-γ
by Dalei Shao & Shamina M. Rangwala & Shannon T. Bailey & Samuel L. Krakow & Mauricio J. Reginato & Mitchell A. Lazar - 380-383 Swing of the lever arm of a myosin motor at the isomerization and phosphate-release steps
by Yoshikazu Suzuki & Takuo Yasunaga & Reiko Ohkura & Takeyuki Wakabayashi & Kazuo Sutoh - 383-387 Elastic bending and active tilting of myosin heads during muscle contraction
by Ian Dobbie & Marco Linari & Gabriella Piazzesi & Massimo Reconditi & Natalia Koubassova & Michael A. Ferenczi & Vincenzo Lombardi & Malcolm Irving - 387-390 New pathway to polyketides in plants
by Stefan Eckermann & Gudrun Schröder & Jürgen Schmidt & Dieter Strack & Ru A. Edrada & Yrjö Helariutta & Paula Elomaa & Mika Kotilainen & Ilkka Kilpeläinen & Peter Proksch & Teemu H. Teeri & Joachim Schröder - 390-390 Retraction Note to: Identification and role of adenylyl cyclase in auxin signalling in higher plants
by Takanari Ichikawa & Yoshihito Suzuki & Inge Czaja & Carla Schommer & Angela Leßnick & Jeff Schell & Richard Walden - 390-390 Crystal structure of the complex of the cyclin D-dependent kinase Cdk6 bound to the cell-cycle inhibitor p19INK4d
by Deborah H. Brotherton & Venugopal Dhanaraj & Scott Wick & Leonardo Brizuela & Peter J. Domaille & Elena Volyanik & Xu Xu & Emilio Parisini & Brian O. Smith & Sharon J. Archer & Manuel Serrano & Stephen L. Brenner & Tom L. Blundell & Ernest D. Laue
November 1998, Volume 396, Issue 6708
- 201-201 US researchers push network of massive spectrometers
by Colin Macilwain - 201-201 Climate conference agrees action plan
by Ehsan Masood - 202-202 Interdisciplinary research ‘being stifled’
by Declan Butler - 202-202 NSF boss champions need for teamworking
by Declan Butler - 203-203 NIH promises funds to help biologists to use beamlines
by Colin Macilwain - 203-203 European reactor accepts US demands on fuel shift
by Alison Abbott - 204-204 Berlin university shakes off radical past⃛
by Alison Abbott - 204-204 ⃛ and hopes for the gift of a new home
by Alison Abbott - 205-205 Economic package will boost R&D infrastructure
by Asako Saegusa - 205-205 Private deal puts Japanese researcher in hot water
by Asako Saegusa - 206-206 Cannabis laws ‘threaten validity of trials’
by Ehsan Masood - 206-206 India and Pakistan face more US sanctions
by K. S. Jayaraman - 207-207 Tight deadlines and data gaps fan fight on pesticide safety
by Tony Reichhardt - 210-210 Clear need to act on global warming
by Susan Hassol - 210-210 Subtle error on sea floor
by Richard N. Hey - 210-210 Region-based citation bias in science
by Gianmarco Paris & Giulio De Leo & Paolo Menozzi & Marino Gatto - 211-212 The greening of the green revolution
by David Tilman - 212-213 Prospecting for hotspot roots
by Cecily J. Wolfe - 213-216 Old-timer makes a comeback
by Paul M. Vanhoutte - 216-217 Competition exposed by knight?
by Peter R. Grant - 217-219 An atomic dimmer switch
by Philip H. Bucksbaum - 219-221 First class way to develop a brain
by Jonathan Howard & Ian Thompson - 221-222 A crystal clear view
by Andreas Engel - 222-222 Fossil knowledge
by David Jones - 222-222 Shipping forecast is partly cloudy
by Magdalena Helmer - 223-223 Merian's metamorphoses
by Martin Kemp - 225-225 Clostridium used in mediaeval dyeing
by A. Nikki Padden & Vivian M. Dillon & Philip John & John Edmonds & M. David Collins & Nerea Alvarez - 225-226 Scale of mast-seeding and tree-ring growth
by Walter D. Koenig & Johannes M. H. Knops - 226-228 Niche adaptation in ocean cyanobacteria
by Michael J. Ferris & Brian Palenik - 228-228 Why people gesture when they speak
by Jana M. Iverson & Susan Goldin-Meadow - 229-230 Careers down the tubes
by Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent - 230-231 As the pigeon flies
by Nicola S. Clayton - 231-232 Chips off the old block
by John Robb - 232-232 Happy endings?
by John Galloway - 233-236 The optical counterparts of γ-ray bursts
by Bernard J. McNamara & Thomas E. Harrison - 237-239 A meteorite from the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary
by Frank T. Kyte - 239-242 Coherent quantum control of two-photon transitions by a femtosecond laser pulse
by Doron Meshulach & Yaron Silberberg - 242-245 Observation of a square flux-line lattice in the unconventional superconductor Sr2RuO4
by T. M. Riseman & P. G. Kealey & E. M. Forgan & A. P. Mackenzie & L. M. Galvin & A. W. Tyler & S. L. Lee & C. Ager & D. McK. Paul & C. M. Aegerter & R. Cubitt & Z. Q. Mao & T. Akima & Y. Maeno - 245-248 Surface-promoted replication and exponential amplification of DNA analogues
by A. Luther & R. Brandsch & G. von Kiedrowski - 248-251 Iron acquisition by photosynthetic marine phytoplankton from ingested bacteria
by R. Maranger & D. F. Bird & N. M. Price - 251-255 Seismic evidence that the source of the Iceland hotspot lies at the core–mantle boundary
by D. V. Helmberger & L. Wen & X. Ding - 255-258 Seismic evidence for small-scale dynamics in the lowermost mantle at the root of the Hawaiian hotspot
by Sara A. Russell & Thorne Lay & Edward J. Garnero - 258-261 Sauropod dinosaur embryos from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia
by Luis M. Chiappe & Rodolfo A. Coria & Lowell Dingus & Frankie Jackson & Anusuya Chinsamy & Marilyn Fox - 262-265 Legume-based cropping systems have reduced carbon and nitrogen losses
by L. E. Drinkwater & P. Wagoner & M. Sarrantonio - 265-268 Motion integration in a thalamic visual nucleus
by Lotfi Merabet & Alex Desautels & Karine Minville & Christian Casanova - 269-272 K+ is an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor in rat arteries
by G. Edwards & K. A. Dora & M. J. Gardener & C. J. Garland & A. H. Weston - 272-276 Fringe is essential for mirror symmetry and morphogenesis in the Drosophila eye
by Kyung-Ok Cho & Kwang-Wook Choi - 276-278 A dorsal/ventral boundary established by Notch controls growth and polarity in the Drosophila eye
by María Domínguez & Jose F. de Celis - 279-282 Energy transduction in the F1 motor of ATP synthase
by Hongyun Wang & George Oster - 283-286 Three-dimensional structure of the plant photosystem II reaction centre at 8 Å resolution
by Kyong-Hi Rhee & Edward P. Morris & James Barber & Werner Kühlbrandt
November 1998, Volume 396, Issue 6707
- 99-99 Lifting the lid on a mediaeval mystery
by Alison Abbott - 99-100 US court backs authors in fight over article reproduction rights
by Rex Dalton - 100-100 UK initiatives aim to boost high-tech investment
by Ehsan Masood - 101-101 Changes in store for Japan's vet colleges
by Asako Saegusa - 101-101 Private observatories seek public funding
by Colin Macilwain - 102-102 Italian charity offers an alternative to the concorsi
by Alison Abbott - 102-102 India agrees to conduct AIDS vaccine trials
by K. S. Jayaraman - 102-102 NASA is urged to use less home grown technology
by Tony Reichhardt - 103-103 Highbrow ‘club’ seeks the common touch
by Ehsan Masood - 103-103 UN climate organization faces criticism
by Ehsan Masood - 104-104 Company seeks strict controls on access
by Declan Butler - 104-104 Breakthrough stirs US embryo debate⃛
by Declan Butler - 105-105 ⃛while Europe contemplates funding ban
by Declan Butler - 105-105 Swiss to vote on ban on in vitro fertilization
by Ulrich Bahnsen - 108-108 Coordinating European public health
by Michel Tibayrenc - 108-108 No rustling at Roslin
by Grahame Bulfield - 108-108 Argentinian science down but not out
by J. Raul Grigera - 108-108 Time to take a healthier view of history
by Ibrahim C. Haznedaroglu - 109-110 Rickettsia, typhus and the mitochondrial connection
by Michael W. Gray - 110-111 Mesoscopic magnetism
by Manfred Sigrist - 111-113 Life and death of a signal peptide
by Gunnar von Heijne - 113-113 Friday XIII
by Stephen Battersby - 114-115 The Sun at small scales
by John H. Thomas - 115-117 Too much sex is bad for males
by Amanda Swain & Robin Lovell-Badge - 117-117 Glass is for ever
by David Jones - 118-118 Demetrios Papahadjopoulos (1934-98)
by Claude Nicolau & Gregory Gregoriadis - 119-119 Cell suicide for beginners
by Martin Raff - 123-123 Visible viruses
by Martin Kemp - 125-126 Glutamate-receptor genes in plants
by Hon-Ming Lam & Joanna Chiu & Ming-Hsiun Hsieh & Lee Meisel & Igor C. Oliveira & Michael Shin & Gloria Coruzzi - 127-128 Hotspotting called into question
by Paul Wessel & Loren Kroenke - 128-128 Music training improves verbal memory
by Agnes S. Chan & Yim-Chi Ho & Mei-Chun Cheung - 129-129 How many more eurekas in the bath?
by Carl Zimmer - 130-130 Governing talk
by Elaine Showalter - 130-131 Eat or be eaten
by John R. G. Turner - 131-132 Good in parts
by H. S. Torrens - 132-132 Written by the right hemisphere
by Chris McManus - 133-140 The genome sequence of Rickettsia prowazekii and the origin of mitochondria
by Siv G. E. Andersson & Alireza Zomorodipour & Jan O. Andersson & Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén & U. Cecilia M. Alsmark & Raf M. Podowski & A. Kristina Näslund & Ann-Sofie Eriksson & Herbert H. Winkler & Charles G. Kurland - 141-142 Discovery of a young nearby supernova remnant
by Bernd Aschenbach - 142-144 Emission from 44Ti associated with a previously unknown Galactic supernova
by A. F. Iyudin & V. Schönfelder & K. Bennett & H. Bloemen & R. Diehl & W. Hermsen & G. G. Lichti & R. D. van der Meulen & J. Ryan & C. Winkler - 144-146 Paramagnetic Meissner effect in small superconductors
by A. K. Geim & S. V. Dubonos & J. G. S. Lok & M. Henini & J. C. Maan - 147-149 Phonon density of states and negative thermal expansion in ZrW2O8
by G. Ernst & C. Broholm & G. R. Kowach & A. P. Ramirez - 149-152 Five parametric resonances in a microelectromechanical system
by Kimberly L. Turner & Scott A. Miller & Peter G. Hartwell & Noel C. MacDonald & Steven H. Strogatz & Scott G. Adams - 152-155 Generalized syntheses of large-pore mesoporous metal oxides with semicrystalline frameworks
by Peidong Yang & Dongyuan Zhao & David I. Margolese & Bradley F. Chmelka & Galen D. Stucky - 155-159 Low interannual variability in recent oceanic uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide
by Kitack Lee & Rik Wanninkhof & Taro Takahashi & Scott C. Doney & Richard A. Feely - 159-161 Seismic and hydrothermal evidence for a cracking event on the East Pacific Rise crest at 9° 50′ N
by Robert A Sohn & Daniel J. Fornari & Karen L. Von Damm & John A. Hildebrand & Spahr C. Webb - 161-164 Navigation through vector addition
by A. S. Etienne & R. Maurer & J. Berlie & B. Reverdin & T. Rowe & J. Georgakopoulos & V. Séguinot - 165-168 State-dependent receptive-field restructuring in the visual cortex
by Florentin Wörgötter & Katrin Suder & Yongqiang Zhao & Nicolas Kerscher & Ulf T. Eysel & Klaus Funke - 168-173 The nuclear hormone receptor SEX-1 is an X-chromosome signal that determines nematode sex
by Ilil Carmi & Jennifer B. Kopczynski & Barbara J. Meyer - 173-177 Late embryonic lethality and impaired V (D)J recombination in mice lacking DNA ligase IV
by Karen M. Frank & JoAnn M. Sekiguchi & Katherine J. Seidl & Wojciech Swat & Gary A. Rathbun & Hwei-Ling Cheng & Laurie Davidson & Landy Kangaloo & Frederick W. Alt - 177-180 The murine gene p27Kip1 is haplo-insufficient for tumour suppression
by Matthew L. Fero & Erin Randel & Kay E. Gurley & James M. Roberts & Christopher J. Kemp - 180-183 The protein kinase Pak3 positively regulates Raf-1 activity through phosphorylation of serine 338
by Alastair J. King & Huaiyu Sun & Bruce Diaz & Darlene Barnard & Wenyan Miao & Shubha Bagrodia & Mark S. Marshall - 184-186 Histone acetyltransferase activity of CBP is controlled by cycle-dependent kinases and oncoprotein E1A
by S. Ait-Si-Ali & S. Ramirez & F.-X. Barre & F. Dkhissi & L. Magnaghi-Jaulin & J. A. Girault & P. Robin & M. Knibiehler & L. L. Pritchard & B. Ducommun & D. Trouche & A. Harel-Bellan - 186-190 Crystal structure of a bacterial signal peptidase in complex with a β-lactam inhibitor
by Mark Paetzel & Ross E. Dalbey & Natalie C. J. Strynadka - 190-190 Deciphering the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the complete genome sequence
by S. T. Cole & R. Brosch & J. Parkhill & T. Garnier & C. Churcher & D. Harris & S. V. Gordon & K. Eiglmeier & S. Gas & C. E. Barry & F. Tekaia & K. Badcock & D. Basham & D. Brown & T. Chillingworth & R. Connor & R. Davies & K. Devlin & T. Feltwell & S. Gentles & N. Hamlin & S. Holroyd & T. Hornsby & K. Jagels & A. Krogh & J. McLean & S. Moule & L. Murphy & K. Oliver & J. Osborne & M. A. Quail & M.-A. Rajandream & J. Rogers & S. Rutter & K. Seeger & J. Skelton & R. Squares & S. Squares & J. E. Sulston & K. Taylor & S. Whitehead & B. G. Barrell - 190-190 Reconciling the spectrum of Sagittarius A* with a two-temperature plasma model
by Rohan Mahadevan
November 1998, Volume 396, Issue 6706
- 3-3 Dutch universities keep research control
by Alison Abbott - 3-4 UK's physical scientists are left disappointed by budget choices
by Ehsan Masood - 4-4 Synchrotron report backs steps to efficient usage
by Alison Abbott - 5-5 Gore wins approval for his Triana satellite
by Tony Reichhardt - 5-5 Berkeley teams up with Novartis in $50m plant genomics deal
by Colin Macilwain - 6-6 Asian states link to popularize science⃛
by Ehsan Masood - 6-6 ⃛and India's young get a taste for research
by Ehsan Masood - 7-7 Recalcitrant institutes face cuts in Japan
by Asako Saegusa - 7-7 US and Europe set to clash over emissions
by Colin Macilwain - 8-8 ⃛and warns of need for more neutron sources
by Declan Butler - 8-8 ‘Big science’ forum gets a broader role⃛
by David Dickson - 9-9 Industrial links still face opposition in Japan's universities
by Asako Saegusa - 12-12 Generation of young scientists in peril
by Stephanie Seiler & Keith Alverson - 12-12 Fishing for compliments
by Sidney Holt - 12-12 On the world stage
by Jean-François Stuyck-Taillandier - 12-12 Wronged by Crookes
by Kenneth B. Chiacchia - 13-14 Founding father
by Eric S. Lander & Joseph J. Ellis - 14-15 From tilings to coverings
by Knut W. Urban - 15-17 A new target for aspirin
by Edward A. O'Neill - 17-18 A question of litter quality
by Richard J. Norby & M. Francesca Cotrufo - 18-19 Sending all the right signals
by Norbert Perrimon & Joseph B. Duffy - 21-22 Jamming is not just cool any more
by Andrea J. Liu & Sidney R. Nagel - 22-23 Plants on the web
by David Read - 23-24 Bumps on the road to immortality
by Robert A. Weinberg - 24-24 Smokeless microwaves
by David Jones - 25-25 Vincian Velcro
by Martin Kemp - 27-28 Jefferson fathered slave's last child
by Eugene A. Foster & M. A. Jobling & P. G. Taylor & P. Donnelly & P. de Knijff & Rene Mieremet & T. Zerjal & C. Tyler-Smith - 28-29 Coherent light scattering by blue feather barbs
by Richard O. Prum & Rodolfo H. Torres & Scott Williamson & Jan Dyck - 29-30 A lower jaw from a Cretaceous parrot
by Thomas A. Stidham - 30-30 Hydrologic cycle explains the evaporation paradox
by W. Brutsaert & M. B. Parlange - 31-33 Crude weapons of science's ‘friends’
by Jonathan Rée - 33-34 Wondrous correctness
by Gillian Beer - 34-35 The unread menace
by Roy Porter - 35-36 Not black and white
by Jerry A. Coyne - 36-36 More than meets the eye
by John C. Marshall - 37-38 Footing the bill
by Anne Crowther