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| | Carter's nuclear moves 665
doi:10.1038/266665a0
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| | Geos: Europe's satellite for science 666
Geos, the ESA's purely scientific satellite, is launched this week. Stuart Sharrock, now in Florida, reports
Stuart Sharrock
doi:10.1038/266666a0
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| | A partial triumph 668
Vera Rich assesses the Moscow Seminar, which celebrates its fifth anniversary this month
Vera Rich
doi:10.1038/266668a0
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| | USA: Geophysics stakes its claim 670
A draft report proposing a massive deep sea research programme is now circulating among US earth scientists. Colin Norman reports from Washington
Colin Norman
doi:10.1038/266670a0
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| | Netherlands: Dutch go ahead on DNA 671
Casper Schuuring reports from the Netherlands on moves to control recombinant DNA research there
Casper Schuuring
doi:10.1038/266671a0
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| | Europe: Wanted: a science policy 672
Chris Sherwell reports on a European science policy symposium held in Brussels last week
Chris Sherwell
doi:10.1038/266672a0
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| | West Germany: The cost of maintenance 673
Werner Gries reports from Bonn on West Germany's funding for science
Werner Gries
doi:10.1038/266673a0
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| | Sweden: A catalytic note 673
Wendy Barnaby reports from Stockholm on Sweden's recently established Energy Institute
Wendy Barnaby
doi:10.1038/266673b0
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| | In Brief 674
doi:10.1038/266674a0
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| | Consumer revolt 674
THOMAS H. JUKES
doi:10.1038/266674b0
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| | Correspondence | |
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| | Rights of scientists 675
GOSTA WRANGLEN
doi:10.1038/266675a0
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| | The Tacoma Bridge collapse 675
A. C. WALKER & P. G. SIBLY
doi:10.1038/266675b0
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| | Another optical pulsar 676
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
doi:10.1038/266676a0
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| | Correction 676
doi:10.1038/266676b0
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| | Synaptic memory in the hippocampus 677
Shin-Ho Chung
doi:10.1038/266677a0
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| | Anti-anxiety receptors in the brain? 678
Leslie Iversen
doi:10.1038/266678a0
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| | A hundred years ago 678
doi:10.1038/266678b0
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| | SIN and the muon-electron puzzle 679
F. E. Close
doi:10.1038/266679a0
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| | Spin waves in superfluid 3He 680
P. V. E. McClintock
doi:10.1038/266680a0
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| | Complementary genetics 681
M. J. Hobart
doi:10.1038/266681a0
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| | Progress in coronaviruses 682
David J. Garves
doi:10.1038/266682a0
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| | Accretion torques in X-ray pulsars 683
S. Rappaport & P. C. Joss
doi:10.1038/266683a0
Abstract & References | PDF (345K)
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| | Formation of intense magnetic fields near the surface of the Sun 686
D. J. Galloway, M. R. E. Proctor & N. O. Weiss
doi:10.1038/266686a0
Abstract & References | PDF (462K)
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| | Discovery of the Hadrynian Polar Track and further study of the Grenville problem 689
W. A. Morris & J. L. Roy
doi:10.1038/266689a0
Abstract & References | PDF (515K)
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| | Letters | |
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| | Detection of optical pulses from the Vela pulsar 692
P. T. WALLACE, B. A. PETERSON, P. G. MURDIN, I. J. DANZIGER, R. N. MANCHESTER, A. G. LYNE, W. M. Goss, F. G. SMITH, M. J. DISNEY, K. F. HARTLEY, D. H. P. JONES & G. W. WELLGATE
doi:10.1038/266692a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (380K)
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| | Search for  -ray bursts with coincident balloon flights 694
T. L. CLINE, U. D. DESAI, W. K. H. SCHMIDT & B. J. TEEGARDEN
doi:10.1038/266694a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (316K)
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| | Possible -ray line from the Crab Nebula 696
M. LEVENTHAL, C. J. MACCALLUM & A. C. WATTS
doi:10.1038/266696a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (301K)
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| | Interpretation of observed cosmic microwave background radiation 698
HANNES ALFVEN & ASOKA MENDIS
doi:10.1038/266698a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (240K)
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| | Radiative acceleration of gas above a luminous disk 699
VINCENT ICKE
doi:10.1038/266699a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (330K)
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| | Magnetic field amplification in interstellar collisionless shock waves 701
ROGER A. CHEVALIER
doi:10.1038/266701a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (270K)
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| | Lack of dust in quasar absorption line systems 702
M. JURA
doi:10.1038/266702a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (259K)
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| | Relationship between atmospheric electricity and microwave radio propagation 703
D. P. HAWORTH, N. J. McEWAN & P. A. WATSON
doi:10.1038/266703a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (213K)
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| | Decomposition of silicate glasses in alkaline solutions 704
T. M. EL-SHAMY & C. G. PANTANO
doi:10.1038/266704a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (356K)
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| | A near perfect shape-memory ceramic material 706
K. E. SCHURCH & K. H. G. ASHBEE
doi:10.1038/266706a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (246K)
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| | The use and misuse of pure water PVT properties for lake waters 707
CHEN-TUNG CHEN & FRANK J. MILLERO
doi:10.1038/266707a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (199K)
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| | Raman scattering and the characterisation of atmospheric aerosol particles 708
H. ROSEN & T. NOVAKOV
doi:10.1038/266708a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (297K)
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| | Fluctuations of seismicity before major earthquakes 710
F. F. EVISON
doi:10.1038/266710a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (317K)
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| | Muon production of 92,94Nb in the Earth's crust 712
DONALD D. CLAYTON & JOHN A. MORGAN
doi:10.1038/266712a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (269K)
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| | Particulate organic carbon in Atlantic surface waters 713
S. KRISHNASWAMI & D. LAL
doi:10.1038/266713a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (678K)
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| | Nickel in komatiites 716
R. GRANT CAWTHORN & J. R. MCIVER
doi:10.1038/266716a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (319K)
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| | Rhythm perception in early infancy 718
LAURENT DEMANY, BERYL MCKENZIE & ELIANE VURPILLOT
doi:10.1038/266718a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (217K)
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| | The whalebill is a stork 719
ALAN FEDUCCIA
doi:10.1038/266719a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (274K)
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| | Early viral functions of in (ts)-1501 temperature-sensitive SV40 mutant 720
MICHAEL P. LOCKWOOD, HENRY ROTHSCHILD & MERLIN WILSON
doi:10.1038/266720a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (371K)
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| | Contiguity to male foetuses affects morphology and behaviour of female mice 722
RONALD GANDELMAN, FREDERICK S. VOM SAAL & JUNE M. REINISCH
doi:10.1038/266722a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (340K)
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| | Mutagenicity and toxicity of visible fluorescent light to cultured mammalian cells 724
MATTHEWS O. BRADLEY & NANCY A. SHARKEY
doi:10.1038/266724a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (335K)
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| | Skin fibroblasts from a D-deletion type retinoblastoma patient are abnormally X-ray sensitive 726
RALPH R. WEICHSELBAUM, JOHN NOVE & JOHN B. LITTLE
doi:10.1038/266726a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (228K)
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| | Inhibition by sera and soluble antigens of T-cell-mediated cytotoxicity against leukaemia-associated antigens 727
CHOU-CHIK TING & MICHAEL J. ROGERS
doi:10.1038/266727a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (332K)
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| | Active site of bovine factor XI (plasma thromboplastin antecedent) 729
TAKEHIKO KOIDE, MARK A. HERMODSON & EARL W. DAVIE
doi:10.1038/266729a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (250K)
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| | Depression: a new animal model sensitive to antidepressant treatments 730
R. D. PORSOLT, M. LE PICHON & M. JALFRE
doi:10.1038/266730a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (302K)
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| | Benzodiazepine receptors in rat brain 732
RICHARD F. SQUIRES & CLAUS BRAESTRUP
doi:10.1038/266732a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (365K)
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| | Axotomy causes loss of muscarinic receptors and loss of synaptic contacts in the hypoglossal nucleus 734
A. ROTTER, N. J. M. BIRDSALL, A. S. V. BURGEN, P. M. FIELD & G. RAISMAN
doi:10.1038/266734a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (523K)
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| | Specific long-lasting potentiation of synaptic transmission in hippocampal slices 736
P. ANDERSEN, S. H. SUNDBERG, O. SVEEN & H. WIGSTRÖM
doi:10.1038/266736a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (207K)
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| | Heterosynaptic depression: a postsynaptic correlate of long-term potentiation 737
G. S. LYNCH, T. DUNWIDDIE & V. GRIBKOFF
doi:10.1038/266737a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (324K)
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| | Ethanol reduces excitatory postsynaptic current duration at a crustacean neuromuscular junction 739
D. J. ADAMS, P. W. GAGE & O. P. HAMILL
doi:10.1038/266739a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (345K)
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| | Asymmetrical currents and sodium currents in Ranvier nodes exposed to DDT 741
J. M. DUBOIS & C. BERGMAN
doi:10.1038/266741a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (237K)
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| | Effect of transplantation of pancreas on development of hypothalamic obesity 742
SHUJI INOUE, GEORGE A. BRAY & YOKO S. MULLEN
doi:10.1038/266742a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (416K)
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| | Comparable complex rearrangements involving 8;21 and 9;22 translocations in leukaemia 744
VALERIE LINDGREN & JANET D. ROWLEY
doi:10.1038/266744a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (342K)
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| | Derepression of E. coli trp operon on interfamilial transfer 745
KENJI NAGAHARI, YUMIKO SANO & KENJI SAKAGUCHI
doi:10.1038/266745a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (252K)
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| | Correlation between the X-ray structure of melanostatin and its conformation in solution 746
ROXANNE DESLAURIERS, R. L. SOMORJAI & EVELYN RALSTON
doi:10.1038/266746a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (309K)
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| | Errata | |
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| | Erratum 748
doi:10.1038/266748a0
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| | Erratum 748
doi:10.1038/266748b0
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| | Corrigendum | |
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| | Corrigendum 748
doi:10.1038/266748c0
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| | Matters Arising | |
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| | The 17-d periodicity of Cygnus X-3 749
A. J. OWENS
doi:10.1038/266749a0
References | PDF (99K)
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| | The 17-d periodicity of Cygnus X-3 (reply) 749
S. S. HOLT
doi:10.1038/266749b0
References | PDF (99K)
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| | No new limit on size distribution of -ray bursts 749
T. L. CLINE & W. K. H. SCHMIDT
doi:10.1038/266749c0
References | PDF (224K)
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| | No new limit on size distribution of -ray bursts (reply) 750
J. C. CARTER, A. J. DEAN, R. K. MANCHANDA & D. RAMSDEN
doi:10.1038/266750a0
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| | Nutrition and the developing brain 751
John Dobbing reviews Malnutrition and Intellectual Development
Edited by
J. D. Lloyd-Still
doi:10.1038/266751a0
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| | Electrons in liquid ammonia 751
Neil R. Kestner reviews Electrons in Liquid Ammonia
By
J. C. Thompson
doi:10.1038/266751b0
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| | Human immunology 752
Michael Edidin reviews Immunology of Human Reproduction
Edited by
J. S. Scott & W. R. Jones
doi:10.1038/266752a0
PDF (129K)
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| | Volcanic picture book 752
J. E. Guest reviews Volcanoes and Impact Craters on the Moon and Mars
Pp. 463. By
P. Leonardi
doi:10.1038/266752b0
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| | Membrane enzymes 753
Roger Coleman reviews The Enzymes of Biological Membranes
Vol. 1: Physical and Chemical Techniques. Pp. xiii + 257. �10.50; $20. Vol. 2: Biosynthesis of Cell Components. Pp. xvii + 654. �28; $55. Vol. 3: Membrane Transport. Pp. xv + 459. �21; $39. Vol. 4: Electron Transport Systems and Receptors. Pp. xv + 431. �20; $37. Edited by
A. Martonosi
doi:10.1038/266753a0
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| | Disease resistance in plants 753
J. A. Bailey reviews Defence Mechanisms of Plants
By
B. J. Deverall
doi:10.1038/266753b0
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| | Atmospheric chemistry 754
R. A. Cox reviews Atmospheric Chemistry
By
J. Heicklen
doi:10.1038/266754a0
PDF (135K)
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| | Ion cyclotron resonance spectrometry 754
K. R. Jennings reviews Ion Cyclotron Resonance Spectrometry
By
T. A. Lehman & M. M. Bursey
doi:10.1038/266754b0
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| | Recent Scientific and Technical Books | |
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| | Recent scientific and technical books 755
doi:10.1038/266755a0
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| | Obituaries | |
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| | Sir Gerard Thornton 757
P. S. Nutman
doi:10.1038/266757a0
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| | D. E. Wheeler 757
D. W. Adamson
doi:10.1038/266757b0
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| | Announcements | |
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| | Announcements 758
doi:10.1038/266758a0
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