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doi:10.1038/277337a0
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| | US scientists to join Italians in dioxin study 338
An announcement is expected later this month of a joint scientific investigation into the health implications of exposure to dioxin. Alastair Hay reports on the protracted negotiations leading to this decision.
Alastair Hay
doi:10.1038/277338a0
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| | Hope for UNCSTD in New York 339
David Dickson reports from New York on the third meeting of the preparatory committee for the United Nations Conference on science and technology for development
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/277339a0
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| | US paper stresses modernisation and meeting basic human needs 339
doi:10.1038/277339b0
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| | Brazil bans conference on Amazon biology 340
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/277340a0
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| | Second thoughts on study of nuclear risk 340
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/277340b0
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| | HSE confident it can cope 341
doi:10.1038/277341a0
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| | UK tightens up on lab safety 341
Robin McKie
doi:10.1038/277341b0
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| | Switzerland to consider revised guidelines 341
Alastair Hay
doi:10.1038/277341c0
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| | Catch a falling Kosmos—and send the bill to Moscow 342
Vera Rich
doi:10.1038/277342a0
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| | News in Brief 343
doi:10.1038/277343a0
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| | Does the UK have a numeracy problem? 344
Joseph Schwartz Puts his own view of the controversy over the mathematical abilities of UK schoolchildren
Joseph Schwartz
doi:10.1038/277344a0
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| | GMAG should look to NIH 346
ALAN R. WILLIAMSON
doi:10.1038/277346a0
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| | The status of safety officers 346
M. R. BAILEY
doi:10.1038/277346b0
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O. MAYO
doi:10.1038/277346c0
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| | Periodical cicadas 347
Robert M. May
doi:10.1038/277347a0
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| | Testing quantum chromodynamics 349
Frank Close
doi:10.1038/277349a0
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| | Immunology of malaria 350
F. E. G. Cox
doi:10.1038/277350a0
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| | The surface photoelectric effect 351
John Pendry
doi:10.1038/277351a0
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| | Non-ideal plate tectonics 352
Ron Oxburgh
doi:10.1038/277352a0
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| | Life at low Reynold's number 353
Paul Colinvaux
doi:10.1038/277353a0
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doi:10.1038/277353b0
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| | Magnetics, climate and eccentricity 354
Peter J. Smith
doi:10.1038/277354a0
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| | Effect of climatic warming on the West Antarctic ice sheet 355
Robert H. Thomas, Timothy J. O. Sanderson & Keith E. Rose
doi:10.1038/277355a0
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| | Observations from the IDA network of attenuation and splitting during a recent earthquake 358
R. Buland, J. Berger & F. Gilbert
doi:10.1038/277358a0
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| | Evidence of a disrupted pulsar binary system 363
G. A. E. WRIGHT
doi:10.1038/277363a0
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| | Brightest members of clusters of galaxies 364
J. G. GODWIN & J. V. PEACH
doi:10.1038/277364a0
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| | Nucleation and growth studies by small angle neutron scattering and results for a glass ceramic 366
A. F. WRIGHT, J. TALBOT & B. E. F. FENDER
doi:10.1038/277366a0
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| | The structure of  '-copper phthalocyanine and its susceptibility to radiation damage 368
W. R. K. CLARK, J. N. CHAPMAN & R. P. FERRIER
doi:10.1038/277368a0
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| | Radiation pressure and 'aether drag' in a dispersive medium 370
R. V. JONES
doi:10.1038/277370a0
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| | Plasma convection in force-free magnetic fields as a mechanism for chemical separation in cosmical plasmas 370
G. T. MARKLUND
doi:10.1038/277370b0
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| | Persistence of rainfall anomalies in the central Pacific 371
PETER B. WRIGHT
doi:10.1038/277371a0
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| | Acoustic attenuation in Lake Tanganyika 374
R. H. MELLEN, D. G. BROWNING & V. P. SIMMONS
doi:10.1038/277374a0
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| | Glaciation in Bolivia before 3.27 Myr 375
C. M. CLAPPERTON
doi:10.1038/277375a0
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| | A stratified water column environmental model for the type Kimmeridge Clay 377
R. V. TYSON, R. C. L. WILSON & C. DOWNIE
doi:10.1038/277377a0
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| | Reduction of radiation damage in an electron microscope with a superconducting lens system 380
I. DIETRICH, H. FORMANEK, F. Fox, E. KNAPEK & R. WEYL
doi:10.1038/277380a0
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| | Recent archaeological findings at the Sterkfontein site 381
DANIEL STILES
doi:10.1038/277381a0
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| | Jackal helpers and pup survival 382
PATRICIA D. MOEHLMAN
doi:10.1038/277382a0
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| | Is intragenic recombination a factor in the maintenance of genetic variation in natural populations? 383
KENNETH MORGAN & CURTIS STROBECK
doi:10.1038/277383a0
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W. REINEKE & H.-J. KNACKMUSS
doi:10.1038/277385a0
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| | Selection of predation-resistant bacteria in continuous culture 386
MAZAL VARON
doi:10.1038/277386a0
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| | Unusual maternal−fetal blood glucose concentrations in Weddell seal 388
P. W. HOCHACHKA, B. MURPHY, G. C. LIGGINS, W. ZAPOL, R. CRENSY, M. SNIDER, R. SCHNEIDER & J. QUIST
doi:10.1038/277388a0
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| | Immunisation against gametes and asexual erythrocytic stages of a rodent malaria parasite 389
KAMINI N. MENDIS & G. A. T. TARGETT
doi:10.1038/277389a0
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| | Changes in ocular dominance induced in monocularly deprived lambs by stimulation with rotating gratings 391
K. A. C. MARTIN, V. S. RAMACHANDRAN, V. M. RAO & D. WHITTERIDGE
doi:10.1038/277391a0
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| | Dexamethasone-induced accumulation of a fibronectin and collagen extracellular matrix in transformed human cells 393
L. T. FURCHT, D. F. MOSHER, G. WENDELSCHAFER-CRABB, P. A. WOODBRIDGE & J. M. FOIDART
doi:10.1038/277393a0
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| | Possible behavioural function for noradrenaline−acetylcholine interaction in brain 396
S. T. MASON & H. C. FIBIGER
doi:10.1038/277396a0
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| | Reduction in benzodiazepine receptors associated with Purkinje cell degeneration in 'nervous' mutant mice 397
PHIL SKOLNICK, PETER J. SYAPIN, BETH A. PAUGH & STEVEN M. PAUL
doi:10.1038/277397a0
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| | Opiate antagonist reverses the cardiovascular effects of inhalation anaesthesia 399
J. O. ARNDT & E. FREYE
doi:10.1038/277399a0
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| | Local anaesthetics inhibit tension development and Nile blue fluorescence signals in frog muscle fibres 400
CARLO CAPUTO, JULIO VERGARA & FRANCISCO BEZANILLA
doi:10.1038/277400a0
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| | Pelvic structure and nature of reproduction in Multituberculata 402
ZOFIA KIELAN-JAWOROWSKA
doi:10.1038/277402a0
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| | Isolation of the human placenta receptor for epidermal growth factor-urogastrone 403
R. ALAN HOCK, EBBA NEXØ & MORLEY D. HOLLENBERG
doi:10.1038/277403a0
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WALTER S. DALLAS & STANLEY FALKOW
doi:10.1038/277406a0
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Escherichia coli lac operator mRNA affects translation initiation of  -galactosidase mRNA 407
VINCENT J. CANNISTRARO & DAVID KENNELL
doi:10.1038/277407a0
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| | Double-stranded DNA stereoselectively binds benzo(a)pyrene diol epoxides 410
T. MEEHAN & K. STRAUB
doi:10.1038/277410a0
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| | Hydrolysis of protein in vacuoles isolated from higher plant tissue 412
MIKIO NISHIMURA & HARRY BEEVERS
doi:10.1038/277412a0
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D. LONSDALE, J. E. PRATT & F. G. ALDSWORTH
doi:10.1038/277414a0
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| | A revaluation of all values 415
George Steiner reviews Science in a Free Society
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P. Feyerabend
doi:10.1038/277415a0
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| | Correlation of morphology with chemical composition 416
T. A. Hall reviews Electron Probe Microanalysis in Biology
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D. A. Erasmus
doi:10.1038/277416a0
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doi:10.1038/277416b0
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J. B. Finean reviews Cell Surface Reviews
Vol. 5: Membrane Fusion. Edited by
G. Poste & G. L. Nicholson
doi:10.1038/277416c0
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| | Transform techniques in chemistry 417
Ray Freeman reviews Transform Techniques in Chemistry
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P. R. Griffiths
doi:10.1038/277417a0
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M. J. Alexander reviews Soil Sampling and Soil Description
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J. M. Hodgson
doi:10.1038/277417b0
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| | Quantum chemistry 418
P. W. Atkins reviews Quantum Chemistry
(Reference Edition.) By
J. P. Lowe
doi:10.1038/277418a0
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J. S. Kennedy reviews Insect Behavior
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R. W. Matthews & J. R. Matthews
doi:10.1038/277418b0
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