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| | Abracadabra: watch it come down 273
doi:10.1038/260273a0
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| | News |  |
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| | Research on the rack? 274
Chris Sherwell looks at two government documents which do not bode well for Britain's research effort
Chris Sherwell
doi:10.1038/260274a0
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| | USSR: Broom at the top 276
Vera Rich
doi:10.1038/260276a0
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| | USA: Siting the sun set 277
In the United States, the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) has faced numerous complications over its solar energy plans. And, as Colin Norman reports from Washington, problems remain
Colin Norman
doi:10.1038/260277a0
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| | Canada: Eldorado radiates Hope 278
David Spurgeon reports from Ottawa on the Port Hope affair
David Spurgeon
doi:10.1038/260278a0
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| | Generating nuclear heat 278
The use of nuclear energy, as Wendy Barnaby indicates in this report from Stockholm, is a sensitive issue in Sweden
Wendy Barnaby
doi:10.1038/260278b0
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| | In Brief 279
doi:10.1038/260279a0
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| | My lady nicotine 279
THOMAS H. JUKES
doi:10.1038/260279b0
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| | Correspondence |  |
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| | Allergic reactions to laboratory animals 280
GEOFFREY TAYLOR CHMN., G. E. DAVIES SEC., R. E. C. ALTOUNYAN, H. MORROW BROWN, A. W. FRANKLAND, J. MORRISON SMITH & R. WINCH
doi:10.1038/260280a0
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| | Volume publishing 280
R. A. WEALE
doi:10.1038/260280b0
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| | Alternative refrigerants 280
F. A. COTTON
doi:10.1038/260280c0
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| | The pace of life 280
RALPH A. LEWIN
doi:10.1038/260280d0
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| | News and Views |  |
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| | Suppression of foreign synapses 281
Jeremy Brockes
doi:10.1038/260281a0
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| | Helping hand to nuclear technology 282
Andrew Holmes-Siedle
doi:10.1038/260282a0
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| | Filamentous phage assembly 283
P. J. G. Butler
doi:10.1038/260283a0
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| | A hundred years ago 283
doi:10.1038/260283b0
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| | Kelp, abalone and sea otters 284
Robert M. May
doi:10.1038/260284a0
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| | Glaciology's grand unsolved problem 284
J. Weertman
doi:10.1038/260284b0
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| | Metallic glazes 285
Robert W. Cahn
doi:10.1038/260285a0
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| | Errors in lipoprotein metabolism 286
A Correspondent
doi:10.1038/260286a0
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| | Who killed T7? 287
Rich Condit
doi:10.1038/260287a0
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| | Hormone and anti-hormone action at the target cell 288
Tom Blundell
doi:10.1038/260288a0
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| | Articles |  |
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| | Geological and palaeontological background of Hadar hominid site, Afar, Ethiopia 289
M. Taieb, D. C. Johanson, Y. Coppens & J. L. Aronson
doi:10.1038/260289a0
Abstract & References | PDF (629K)
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| | PlioPleistocene hominid discoveries in Hadar, Ethiopia 293
D. C. Johanson & M. Taieb
doi:10.1038/260293a0
Abstract & References | PDF (627K)
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| | Sequence of promoter for coat protein gene of bacteriophage fd 297
M. Takanami, K. Sugimoto, H. Sugisaki & T. Okamoto
doi:10.1038/260297a0
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| | Intracellular forms of Epstein−Barr virus DNA in human tumour cells in vivo
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Christine Kaschka-Dierich, Alice Adams, Tomas Lindahl, Georg W. Bornkamm, Gunnar Bjursell, George Klein, Beppino C. Giovanella & Surjit Singh
doi:10.1038/260302a0
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| | Letters |  |
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| | New H2O celestial sources associated with H II regions in the Southern Hemisphere 306
P. KAUFMANN, R. H. GAMMON, A. L. IBANEZ, J. R. D. LEPINE, P. MARQUES DOS SANTOS, M. H. PAES DE BARROS, E. SCALISE JR, R. E. SCHAAL, S. H. ZISK, J. C. CARTER, M. L. MEEKS & J. M. SOBOLEWSKI
doi:10.1038/260306a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (210K)
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| | Observations of Cyg X-1 from Aryabhata 307
U. R. RAO, K. KASTURIRANGAN, D. P. SHARMA & M. S. RADHA
doi:10.1038/260307a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (206K)
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| | Intrusions and double-diffusive convection 308
P. F. CRAPPER
doi:10.1038/260308a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (612K)
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| | New Zealand temperatures since 1300 AD
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M. J. SALINGER
doi:10.1038/260310a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (380K)
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| | Hydrodynamic instabilities in a lead acid battery 311
J. AUERBACH, B. GAVISH & S. REICH
doi:10.1038/260311a0
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| | Tungsten trioxide as a photoanode for a photoelectrochemical cell (PEC) 312
GARY HODES, DAVID CAHEN & JOOST MANASSEN
doi:10.1038/260312a0
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| | Effect of surface roughness on rolling friction and adhesion between elastic solids 313
G. A. D. BRIGGS & B. J. BRISCOE
doi:10.1038/260313a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (268K)
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| | Pitting corrosion as a stochastic process 315
T. SHIBATA & T. TAKEYAMA
doi:10.1038/260315a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (192K)
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| | Primary production of oxygen from irradiated water as an explanation for decreased radiobiological oxygen enhancement at high LET 316
K. F. BAVERSTOCK & W. G. BURNS
doi:10.1038/260316a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (321K)
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| | Ecdysone and the super tick 318
CHRISTINE MANGO, THOMAS R. ODHIAMBO & RACHEL GALUN
doi:10.1038/260318a0
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| | Transitory hemizygosity of paternally derived alleles in hybrid trout embryos 319
J. SCHMIDTKE, P. KUHL & W. ENGEL
doi:10.1038/260319a0
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| | Increased frequency of heterozygotes for
1 antitrypsin variants in individuals with either sex chromosome mosaicism or trisomy 21 320
ROBERT M. FINEMAN, KENNETH K. KIDD, A. MYRON JOHNSON & W. ROY BREG
doi:10.1038/260320a0
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| | Cytoplasmic factor responsible for germinal vesicle breakdown and meiotic maturation in starfish oocyte 321
TAKEO KISHIMOTO & HARUO KANATANI
doi:10.1038/260321a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (228K)
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| | Association of lipid oxidation with seed ageing and death 323
G. E. HARMAN & L. R. MATTICK
doi:10.1038/260323a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (235K)
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| | Enrichment of antigen-specific helper and suppressor T cells 324
ARIEH MAOZ, MARC FELDMANN & SIRKKA KONTIAINEN
doi:10.1038/260324a0
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| | Immunoglobulin-bearing cells in bone marrow of mice after prolonged treatment with anti-IgM antibodies 328
D. G. OSMOND, P. E. WHERRY, M. DAERON & J. GORDON
doi:10.1038/260328a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (255K)
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| | Soluble factors substitute for T−T-cell collaboration in generation of T-killer lymphocytes 329
JANET M. D. PLATE
doi:10.1038/260329a0
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| | Pharmacological effects of phosphatidylserine liposomes 331
A. BRUNI, G. TOFFANO, A. LEON & E. BOARATO
doi:10.1038/260331a0
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| | Bacterial membrane transport of -exotoxin, an anti-metabolite of RNA synthesis 333
DONOVAN E. JOHNSON
doi:10.1038/260333a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (341K)
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| | Role of mitochondria in control of calcium content of liver slices 335
G. D. V. VAN ROSSUM, KATHLEEN P. SMITH & PHYLLIS BEETON
doi:10.1038/260335a0
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| | Increasing intracellular sodium triggers calcium release from bound pools 337
D. A. LOWE, B. P. RICHARDSON, P. TAYLOR & P. DONATSCH
doi:10.1038/260337a0
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| | Interganglionic variation in cell body location of snail neurones does not affect synaptic connections or central axonal projections 338
P. R. BENJAMIN
doi:10.1038/260338a0
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| | Absence of a plateau in length−tension relationship of rabbit papillary muscle when internal shortening is prevented 340
FRED J. JULIAN, MICHAEL R. SOLLINS & RICHARD L. MOSS
doi:10.1038/260340a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (379K)
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| | Electrophysiological measurements of spectral sensitivity of central visual cells in eye of blowfly 342
PETER MEFFERT & ULRICH SMOLA
doi:10.1038/260342a0
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| | Membrane noise in Paramecium
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W. H. MOOLENAAR, J. DE GOEDE & A. A. VERVEEN
doi:10.1038/260344a0
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| | Antagonistic effects of GABA and benzodiazepines on vestibular and cerebellar neurones 346
F. A. STEINER & D. FELIX
doi:10.1038/260346a0
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| | Differentiation of L-aspartate and L-glutamate high-affinity binding sites in a protein fraction isolated from rat cerebral cortex 347
EDUARDO DE ROBERTIS & SARA FISZER DE PLAZAS
doi:10.1038/260347a0
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| | Comparison of -bungarotoxin binding to skeletal muscles after inactivity or denervation 349
P.-A. LAVOIE, B. COLLIER & A. TENENHOUSE
doi:10.1038/260349a0
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| | Suppression of transmission at foreign synapses in adult newt muscle involves reduction in quantal content 350
J. W. YIP & M. J. DENNIS
doi:10.1038/260350a0
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| | Effect of muscle disuse on acetylcholine receptors 352
ALAN PESTRONK, DANIEL B. DRACHMAN & JOHN W. GRIFFIN
doi:10.1038/260352a0
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| | Phospholipid exchange proteins in synaptosome and myelin fraction from rat brain 354
K. W. A. WIRTZ, J. JOLLES, J. WESTERMAN & F. NEYS
doi:10.1038/260354a0
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| | Independence of Moloney virus-induced cell-surface antigen and membrane-associated virion antigens in immunoselected lymphoma sublines 355
EVA MARIA FENYö & GEORGE KLEIN
doi:10.1038/260355a0
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| | Association of Epstein−Barr viral genomes with American Burkitt lymphoma 357
M. ANDERSSON, G. KLEIN, J. L. ZIEGLER & W. HENLE
doi:10.1038/260357a0
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| | Inhibition of the transition of a 40S ribosome−Met-tRNAi
Met complex to an 80S ribosome−Met-tRNAi
Met complex by 7-methylguanosine-5'-phosphate 359
RUTH ROMAN, JOHN D. BROOKER, SAMARENDRA N. SEAL & ABRAHAM MARCUS
doi:10.1038/260359a0
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| | Structure of the lactose operator 360
K. J. MARIANS & R. WU
doi:10.1038/260360a0
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| | Cycling of RNA-directed DNA polymerase on natural and synthetic RNA templates 363
LESLIE J. KRUEGER, GARY B. WEISS, WILLIAM C. MERRICK, MICHELE A. LLOYD & W.FRENCH ANDERSON
doi:10.1038/260363a0
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| | Polymorphism of a synthetic DNA in solution 365
FRITZ M. POHL
doi:10.1038/260365a0
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| | Concentration quenching in chlorophyll 366
G. S. BEDDARD & G. PORTER
doi:10.1038/260366a0
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| | Morphological transformation and chromosome aberrations produced by two hair dye components 368
WILLIAM F. BENEDICT
doi:10.1038/260368a0
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| | Mechanism of selective nonspecific cell-mediated cytotoxicity of virus-infected cells 369
BRACHA RAGER-ZISMAN, CHARLES GROSE & BARRY R. BLOOM
doi:10.1038/260369a0
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| | Matters Arising |  |
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| | Maze-learning ability of Drosophila melanogaster
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GERD BICKER & HANNS-CHRISTOF SPATZ
doi:10.1038/260371a0
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| | Maze-learning ability of Drosophila melanogaster (reply) 371
HAY
doi:10.1038/260371b0
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| | Comments on a closed galaxy model for cosmic-ray propagation 372
D. K. FRENCH & J. L. OSBORNE
doi:10.1038/260372a0
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| | Tide turns for fisheries research 373
Margaret Varley reviews Fish Communities in Tropical Fresh-waters: Their Distribution, Ecology and Evolution
By
R. H. Lowe-McConnell
doi:10.1038/260373a0
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| | Tide turns for fisheries research 373
J. H. S. Blaxter reviews Fisheries Resources of the Sea and their Management
(Science and Engineering Policy Series.) By
David Cushing
doi:10.1038/260373b0
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| | Tide turns for fisheries research 373
Derek Mills reviews Principles of Fishery Science
By
W. H. Everhart, A. W. Eipper & W. D. Youngs
doi:10.1038/260373c0
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| | Surface physics 374
Andrew Holmes-Siedle reviews Surface Physics
(Oxford Physics Series.) By
M. Prutton
doi:10.1038/260374a0
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| | Mexikanischer Vulkane 374
I. W. Cornwall reviews Studien zur jungquartären Glazialmorphologie mexikanischer Vulkane
(Mexiko-Projekt der deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft, Vol. VII.) Pp. 178. By
Klaus Heine
doi:10.1038/260374b0
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| | Hermetic dialogue 375
J. D. North reviews The Ash Wednesday Supper: La Cena de le Ceneri
By
Girdano Bruno
doi:10.1038/260375a0
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| | Porphyrins 375
S. B. Brown reviews Porphyrins and Metalloporphyrins
Edited by
K. M. Smith
doi:10.1038/260375b0
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| | Understanding information processing 375
Leslie Henderson reviews Understanding Language : An Information-Processing Analysis of Speech Perception, Reading and Psycholinguistics
Edited by
Dominic W. Massaro
doi:10.1038/260375c0
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| | Pure gold 376
A. C. Allison reviews Lysosomes in Biology and Pathology
, Volume 4. (North-Holland Research Monographs: Frontiers of Biology, Volume 43.) Edited by
J. T. Dingle & R. T. Dean
doi:10.1038/260376a0
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| | Starch structure 376
Roy L. Whistler reviews Starch and its Components
By
W. Banks & C. T. Greenwood
doi:10.1038/260376b0
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| | Amateur astronomers' Bible 376
Heather A. Couper reviews Astronomy: A Handbook
Edited by
G. D. Roth
doi:10.1038/260376c0
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| | Obituary |  |
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| | Rudolph Minkowski 377
Ivan R. King
doi:10.1038/260377a0
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| | Announcements |  |
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| | Announcements 377
doi:10.1038/260377b0
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| | Reports and Publications |  |
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| | Reports and publications 378
doi:10.1038/260378a0
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