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| | A modest step forward in New York 103
doi:10.1038/274103a0
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| | News |  |
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| | US regulators tread more warily on nuclear power 104
David Dickson reports on the growing strength of the antinuclear movementand a shift in strategy at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/274104a0
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| | Lack of basic energy research criticised 105
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/274105a0
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| | Decline in scientific knowledge among 17-year-olds 105
doi:10.1038/274105b0
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| | Can ESA members afford to fly on Spacelab? 106
Ian Ridpath
doi:10.1038/274106a0
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| | Space medicine: a Polish speciality 106
Vera Rich
doi:10.1038/274106b0
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| | Shcharanskii trial stirs new anti-Soviet protests 107
doi:10.1038/274107a0
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| | It's all in the mind ... 107
Vera Rich
doi:10.1038/274107b0
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| | HSE report offers little advice to UK universities 108
Judy Redfearn
doi:10.1038/274108a0
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| | Company's claim sparks fresh controversy over Seveso 108
Alastair Hay
doi:10.1038/274108b0
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| | Pakistan calls for new international institutions 109
Azim Kidwai
doi:10.1038/274109a0
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| | Correspondence |  |
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| | Greek universities 110
G. A. MOURKIDES
doi:10.1038/274110a0
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| | Conference ethics 110
SIDNEY B. LANG & SHLOMO HAVLIN
doi:10.1038/274110b0
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| | Conference ethics 110
GEORGES MATHÉ
doi:10.1038/274110c0
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| | News and Views |  |
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| | Holes in the microwave background? 111
M. Birkinshaw & S. F. Gull
doi:10.1038/274111a0
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| | Evolutionary conservation of gene linkage 112
E. H. R. Ford
doi:10.1038/274112a0
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| | Large-scale characteristics of the Galaxy 112
Victor Clube
doi:10.1038/274112b0
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| | Anaerobes and transferable drug resistance 113
J. R. Saunders
doi:10.1038/274113a0
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| | Extragalactic molecular hydrogen 114
C. G. Wynn-Williams
doi:10.1038/274114a0
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| | Clocks, pineals and compasses 115
J. Krebs
doi:10.1038/274115a0
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| | Progress in solar cells 116
P. T. Landsberg
doi:10.1038/274116a0
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| | Excitation of nuclear giant resonances by heavy ions 117
P. E. Hodgson
doi:10.1038/274117a0
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| | Rising magma 117
Peter J. Smith
doi:10.1038/274117b0
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| | Insect/host plant relationships 118
A Correspondent
doi:10.1038/274118a0
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| | A hundred years ago 118
doi:10.1038/274118b0
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| | Review Article |  |
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| | Pulsating aurora 119
A. D. Johnstone
doi:10.1038/274119a0
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| | Lateral magma flow within rifted Icelandic crust 126
Haraldur Sigurdsson & Stephen R. J. Sparks
doi:10.1038/274126a0
Abstract & References | PDF (576K)
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| | Jurassic basin evolution of East Greenland 130
F. Surlyk
doi:10.1038/274130a0
Abstract & References | PDF (459K)
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| | Quantum jumps of conductance during formation of membrane channels at cell−cell junction 133
W. R. Loewenstein, Y. Kanno & S. J. Socolar
doi:10.1038/274133a0
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| | Letters |  |
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| | Is HD26676 an unusual radio star? 137
DANIEL M. POPPER & BRUCE MARGON
doi:10.1038/274137a0
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| | Relative abundance of antiprotons and antihelium in the primary cosmic radiation 137
G. D. BADHWAR, R. L. GOLDEN, J. L. LACY, J. E. ZIPSE, R. R. DANIEL & S. A. STEPHENS
doi:10.1038/274137b0
First paragraph & References | PDF (279K)
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| | Predicted intensity of the solar maximum 139
R. P. KANE
doi:10.1038/274139a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (192K)
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| | Solar plages and the vorticity of the Earth's atmosphere 140
ROGER H. OLSON, WALTER ORR ROBERTS, HELEN DODSON PRINCE & E. RUTH HEDEMAN
doi:10.1038/274140a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (350K)
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| | Fragmentation requirements for detonating thermal explosions 142
P. D. PATEL & T. G. THEOFANOUS
doi:10.1038/274142a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (353K)
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| | Planar solar energy converter and concentrator based on uranyl-doped glass 144
RENATA REISFELD & SAMUEL NEUMAN
doi:10.1038/274144a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (209K)
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| | Roll cell mantle convection under the Pacific plate 145
KEVIN P. FURLONG & DAVID S. CHAPMAN
doi:10.1038/274145a0
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| | Behaviour of rare earth elements during submarine weathering of tholeiitic basalt 147
JOHN N. LUDDEN & GEOFFREY THOMPSON
doi:10.1038/274147a0
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| | Ionian Sea sapropel distribution and late Quaternary palaeoceanography in the eastern Mediterranean 149
DANIEL JEAN STANLEY
doi:10.1038/274149a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (544K)
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| | Contrasts between oceanic and continental 'unconformities' in the Oligocene of the Australian region 152
A. N. CARTER
doi:10.1038/274152a0
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| | Sunset and the orientation of a nocturnal migrant bird 154
FRANK R. MOORE
doi:10.1038/274154a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (330K)
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| | Evoked potential evidence of adaptation to spatial Fourier components in human vision 156
A. T. SMITH & D. A. JEFFREYS
doi:10.1038/274156a0
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| | Perceptual effect of pursuit eye movements in the absence of a target 158
ROGER WARD & MICHAEL J MORGAN
doi:10.1038/274158a0
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| | Light-regulated body ion balance in marine slug Elysia viridis (Montagu) 159
BENTE DEUTCH
doi:10.1038/274159a0
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| | Conservation of autosomal gene synteny groups in mouse and man 160
PETER. A. LALLEY, JOHN D. MINNA & UTA FRANCKE
doi:10.1038/274160a0
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| | Deletion mapping of the t complex of chromosome 17 of the mouse 163
ROBERT P. ERICKSON, SUSAN E. LEWIS & KAREN S. SLUSSER
doi:10.1038/274163a0
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| | Simian virus 40 T antigen binds to host cell chromosomes 164
ROSE M. D'ALISA & EDWARD L. GERSHEY
doi:10.1038/274164a0
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| | Influence of the major histocompatibility complex on lymphocyte interactions in antibody formation 166
H. WALDMANN, HEATHER POPE, L. BRENT & KATHERINE BIGHOUSE
doi:10.1038/274166a0
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| | Induction of macrophage production and proliferation by a purified colony stimulating factor 168
E. R. STANLEY, D.-M. CHEN & H.-S. LIN
doi:10.1038/274168a0
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| | Autoimmume and polyclonal B cell responses during murine malaria 170
YVONNE J. ROSENBERG
doi:10.1038/274170a0
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| | Oestrogen content of the embryonic rabbit ovary 172
FREDRICK W. GEORGE, LEON MILEWICH & JEAN D. WILSON
doi:10.1038/274172a0
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| | Inhibition of prolactin secretion by histidyl-proline-diketopiperazine 174
K. BAUER, H. KLEINKAUF, K. J. GRÄF, A. FAIVRE-BAUMAN, A. TIXIER-VIDAL & S. BEIER
doi:10.1038/274174a0
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| | Tricyclic antidepressants block histamine H1 receptors of mouse neuroblastoma cells 176
ELLIOTT RICHELSON
doi:10.1038/274176a0
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| | The nature of an initiator constitutive mutation in Aspergillus nidulans
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CLAUDIO SCAZZOCCHIO & HERBERT N. ARST JR
doi:10.1038/274177a0
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| | Transposition of Pseudomonas toluene-degrading genes and expression in Escherichia coli
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G. A. JACOBY, J. E. ROGERS, A. E. JACOB & R. W. HEDGES
doi:10.1038/274179a0
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| | Identification of a conjugative R plasmid in Bacteroides ochraceus capable of transfer to Escherichia coli
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DONALD G. GUINEY JR & CHARLES E. DAVIS
doi:10.1038/274181a0
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| | Dimethylnitrosamine inhibits enzymatic removal of O
6-methylguanine from DNA 182
ANTHONY E. PEGG
doi:10.1038/274182a0
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| | Electron microscopic location of protein thiol residues 184
MURRAY STEWART & VLADIMIR DIAKIW
doi:10.1038/274184a0
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| | Matters Arising |  |
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| | Oblique spreading and fracture zones 187
BASTIAAN J. COLLETTE & A. PETER SLOOTWEG
doi:10.1038/274187a0
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| | Oblique spreading and fracture zones 187
R. C. SEARLE
doi:10.1038/274187b0
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| | Oblique spreading and fracture zones (reply) 188
TANYA ATWATER
doi:10.1038/274188a0
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| | Benthic nutrient regeneration and high rate of primary production in continental shelf waters 188
EDWARD J. CARPENTER & JAMES J. McCARTHY
doi:10.1038/274188b0
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| | Benthic nutrient regeneration and high rate of primary production in continental shelf waters (reply) 189
G. T. ROWE
doi:10.1038/274189a0
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| | NH4Cl and other weak bases in the activation of sea urchin eggs 190
WALTER F. BORON, ALBERT ROOS & PAUL DE WEER
doi:10.1038/274190a0
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| | NH4Cl and other weak bases in the activation of sea urchin eggs (reply) 190
DAVID EPEL, MILES PAUL, ALINA LOPO & VICTOR D. VACQUIER
doi:10.1038/274190b0
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| | Nitrogen-fixing root nodules in Ulmaceae 190
A. D. L. AKKERMANS, S. ABDULKADIR & M. J. TRINICK
doi:10.1038/274190c0
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| | Processes of scientific intelligence 191
Edward Bullard reviews Most Secret War: British Scientific Intelligence, 1939-1945
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R. V. Jones
doi:10.1038/274191a0
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| | Laser and microwave techniques 192
Peter Knight reviews Laser and Coherence Spectroscopy
Edited by
Jeffrey I
doi:10.1038/274192a0
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| | Cellular recognition 192
Bob Michell reviews Receptors and Recognition
(Series A.) Vols 1−4. Edited by
P. Cuatrecasas & M. F. Greaves
doi:10.1038/274192b0
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| | Atmospheric physics and chemistry 193
J. T. Houghton reviews Energy and the Atmosphere: A Physical-Chemical Approach
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Ian M. Campbell
doi:10.1038/274193a0
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| | Physics of nuclei and elementary particles 194
R. J. Blin-Stoyle reviews Nuclei and Particles: An Introduction to Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics
By
Emilio Segré
doi:10.1038/274194a0
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| | Nature of the seabed in a median valley 194
A. S. Laughton reviews Photographic Atlas of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Rift Valley
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R. D. Ballard & J. G. Moore
doi:10.1038/274194b0
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| | Obituaries |  |
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| | C. A. J. Young 195
J. R. Halsall & J. D. Tallantire
doi:10.1038/274195a0
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| | J. W. McLeod 195
K. Zinnemann
doi:10.1038/274195b0
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| | J. A. Douglas 196
James M. Edmonds
doi:10.1038/274196a0
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| | Announcements |  |
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| | Announcements 197
doi:10.1038/274197a0
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