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| | A quiet case for European science 493
doi:10.1038/278493a0
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| | Recombinant DNA research: private actions raise public eyebrows 494
Rival scientific groups, often working towards common goals, share a close network of financial supporters. David Dickson reports
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/278494a0
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| | COGENE plays up benefits, plays down risks 496
Robert Walgate
doi:10.1038/278496a0
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| | GMAG states the position on 'self-closing' 496
doi:10.1038/278496b0
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| | UK minister criticises COGENE meeting 496
doi:10.1038/278496c0
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| | European physicists discuss the "great projects" 497
Judy Redfearn
doi:10.1038/278497a0
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| | Harrisburg leak 'the worst accident in nuclear history' 497
doi:10.1038/278497b0
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| | Finland turns to wood and peat for energy 498
Vera Rich
doi:10.1038/278498a0
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| | Hungary's careful use of pesticides for plant protection 498
doi:10.1038/278498b0
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| | News in Brief | |
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| | News in Brief 499
doi:10.1038/278499a0
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| | Swiss go to polls again on nuclear issue 500
Local democracy continues to block nuclear power in Switzerland. Geoff Milnes explains the latest debate over waste disposal
Geoff Milnes
doi:10.1038/278500a0
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| | What the geologists say about where to bury the waste 500
doi:10.1038/278500b0
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| | Correspondence | |
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| | Energy unit for global use 502
P. T. LANDSBERG
doi:10.1038/278502a0
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| | Military structure is off-target for science jobs 502
MICK KADLUBOWSKI
doi:10.1038/278502b0
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| | Sergei Kovalev: remember a colleague 502
JAMES R. SPOTILA
doi:10.1038/278502c0
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| | Testing solar cells in space 503
Andrew Holmes-Siedle
doi:10.1038/278503a0
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| | Have quarks been found? 504
P. I. P. Kalmus
doi:10.1038/278504a0
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| | Fluctuations in abundance of tropical insects 505
Robert M. May
doi:10.1038/278505a0
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| | Third age of quantum chemistry 507
Graham Richards
doi:10.1038/278507a0
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| | What's special about actin? 507
Michael Geisow
doi:10.1038/278507b0
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| | Polymer mixtures 508
Paul Calvert
doi:10.1038/278508a0
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| | Complexities of vitamin D metabolism still increasing 509
Alastair Hay
doi:10.1038/278509a0
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| | A hundred years ago 510
doi:10.1038/278510a0
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| | Ancient crustal metamorphism at low p
H2O:charnockite formation at Kabbaldurga, south India 511
A. S. Janardhan, R. C. Newton & J. V. Smith
doi:10.1038/278511a0
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| | High magnesia liquids as the parental magma for ocean floor basalts 514
Don Elthon
doi:10.1038/278514a0
Abstract & References | PDF (544K)
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| | Palaeoclimatic inferences from former glaciers in Scotland and the Lake District 518
J. B. Sissons
doi:10.1038/278518a0
Abstract & References | PDF (434K)
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| | Transmission of allosteric effects in DNA 521
M. Hogan, N. Dattagupta & D. M. Crothers
doi:10.1038/278521a0
Abstract & References | PDF (393K)
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| | Construction of a site-specific, deletion-frameshift mutation in an essential gene of bacteriophage  X174 524
M. Zafri Humayun & Robert W. Chambers
doi:10.1038/278524a0
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| | A search for X-ray pulsations from the Galactic Centre 529
F. A. CÓRDOVA, G. P. GARMIRE & W. H. G. LEWIN
doi:10.1038/278529a0
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| | The angular size of the high-redshift quasar Q0000−398 530
J. J. CONDON, MARLENE A. BUCKMAN & MALCOLM G. SMITH
doi:10.1038/278530a0
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| | Martian extratropical cyclones 531
GARRY E. HUNT & PHILIP B. JAMES
doi:10.1038/278531a0
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| | Differential aeolian redistribution rates on Mars 533
R. ARVIDSON, E. GUINNESS & S. LEE
doi:10.1038/278533a0
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| | Gravitational magnetism 535
SAUL-PAUL SIRAG
doi:10.1038/278535a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (660K)
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| | Low-level air flow over the western Indian Ocean as seen from METEOSAT 538
D. CADET & M. DESBOIS
doi:10.1038/278538a0
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| | Stratospheric aerosol optical thickness measurements at 35°S 540
S. A. YOUNG & W. G. ELFORD
doi:10.1038/278540a0
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| | Anomalous results for tidal flow through the Pentland Firth 541
D. PRANDLE
doi:10.1038/278541a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (226K)
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| | A simple approach for identifying and measuring acidification of freshwater 542
A. HENRIKSEN
doi:10.1038/278542a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (473K)
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| | Palaeogene komatiites from Gorgona Island 545
A. GANSSER, V. J. DIETRICH & W. E. CAMERON
doi:10.1038/278545a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (413K)
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| | Gametogenesis and calcification of planktonic Foraminifera 546
DARLENE R. KETTEN & JOHN M. EDMOND
doi:10.1038/278546a0
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| | Carcinogenicity testing of herbicide 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyethanol containing dioxin and of pure dioxin in Swiss mice 548
K. TÓTH, SUSAN SOMFAI-RELLE, J. SUGÁR & JUDIT BENCE
doi:10.1038/278548a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (206K)
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| | Initiation of development of diapausing embryo by mammary denervation during lactation in a marsupial 549
MARILYN B RENFREE
doi:10.1038/278549a0
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| | Abelson virus-transformed haematopoietic cell lines with pre-B-cell characteristics 551
MICHAEL Boss, MELVYN GREAVES & NATALIE TEICH
doi:10.1038/278551a0
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| | Retinoic acid inhibition of Epstein-Barr virus induction 553
NAOKI YAMAMOTO, KLAUS BISTER & HARALD ZUR HAUSEN
doi:10.1038/278553a0
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| | Teratocarcinomas rarely develop from embryos transplanted into athymic mice 554
DAVOR SOLTER & IVAN DAMJANOV
doi:10.1038/278554a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (168K)
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| | Antigen-specific suppressive factor produced by a transplantable I-J bearing T-cell hybridoma 555
MASARU TANIGUCHI, TAKASHI SAITO & TOMIO TADA
doi:10.1038/278555a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (417K)
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| | Interferon enhances the excitability of cultured neurones 558
MARIE-CHRISTINE CALVET & ION GRESSER
doi:10.1038/278558a0
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| | Stimulant effects of enkephalin microinjection into the dopaminergic A10 area 560
C. L. E. BROEKKAMP, A. G. PHILLIPS & A. R. COOLS
doi:10.1038/278560a0
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| | Brain ACTH and endorphin reduced in rats with monosodium glutamate-induced arcuate nuclear lesions 562
DOROTHY T. KRIEGER, ANTHONY S. LIOTTA, GAYLE NICHOLSEN & JOHN S. KIZER
doi:10.1038/278562a0
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| | Nicotinamide is a brain constituent with benzodiazepine-like actions 563
H. MÖHLER, P. POLC, R. CUMIN, L. PIERI & R. KETTLER
doi:10.1038/278563a0
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| | Immunocytochemical localisation of L-glutamic acid decarboxylase in the goldfish retina 565
DOMINIC M. K. LAM, Y. Y. THOMAS SU, LARRY SWAIN, ROBERT E. MARC, CHRISTOPHER BRANDON & JANG-YEN WU
doi:10.1038/278565a0
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| | Identification of  -adrenergic-sensitive adenylate cyclase in intracranial blood vessels 567
JAMES A. NATHANSON & GILBERT H. GLASER
doi:10.1038/278567a0
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| | Distribution of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in amphibian cardiac muscle 569
H. CRISS HARTZELL
doi:10.1038/278569a0
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| | Progesterone derivative binds to cardiac ouabain receptor and shows dissociation between sodium pump inhibition and increased contractile force 571
FRANK S. LABELLA, IVAN BIHLER & RYUNG S. KIM
doi:10.1038/278571a0
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| | Do laser diffraction studies on striated muscle indicate stepwise sarcomere shortening? 573
R. RÜDEL & F. ZITE-FERENCZY
doi:10.1038/278573a0
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| | Evidence for the low molecular weight nature of scrapie agent 575
T. G. MALONE, J. S. SEMANCIK, R. F. MARSH & R. P. HANSON
doi:10.1038/278575a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (233K)
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| | Guanine nucleotides distinguish between two dopamine receptors 577
IAN CREESE, TED USDIN & SOLOMON H. SNYDER
doi:10.1038/278577a0
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| | New type of twisted mesophase in jellies and solid films of chiral 12-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid 578
TARO TACHIBANA, TOMOKO MORI & KAYAKO HORI
doi:10.1038/278578a0
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| | Erratum | |
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| | Erratum 579
doi:10.1038/278579a0
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| | Corrigendum | |
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| | Corrigendum 579
doi:10.1038/278579b0
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| | Matters Arising | |
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| | Origin of the Metazoa 580
M. D. MUIR, M. R. WALTER & M. J. JACKSON
doi:10.1038/278580a0
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| | Origin of the Metazoa (reply) 580
MICHAEL LABARBERA
doi:10.1038/278580b0
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| | Mutagenesis of Chinese hamster cells is facilitated by thymidine and deoxycytidine 581
ROY SAFFHILL & PETER J. ABBOTT
doi:10.1038/278581a0
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| | Synergistic chelation therapy or mixed ligand complexes for plutonium and cadmium poisoning? 581
PETER M. MAY & DAVID R. WILLIAMS
doi:10.1038/278581b0
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| | Synergistic chelation therapy or mixed ligand complexes for plutonium and cadmium poisoning? (reply) 581
JACK SCHUBERT & S. KROGH DERR
doi:10.1038/278581c0
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| | Evolution of the 3', 5' internucleotide bond 582
D. A. USHER
doi:10.1038/278582a0
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| | Evolution of the 3', 5' internucleotide bond (reply) 582
R. H. SARMA & M. M. DHINGRA
doi:10.1038/278582b0
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| | Historical cetology 583
J. H. S. Blaxter reviews The Natural History of the Whale
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L. Harrison Matthews
doi:10.1038/278583a0
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| | Summary of rheological activity 583
Michael C. Williams reviews Mechanics of Non-Newtonian Fluids
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W. R. Schowalter
doi:10.1038/278583b0
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| | Atomic absorption spectroscopy 584
M. A. Ford reviews Atomic Absorption, Fluorescence and Flame Emission Spectroscopy: A Practical Approach
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K. C. Thompson & R. J. Reynolds
doi:10.1038/278584a0
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| | Molecular models 584
S. D. Dover reviews Molecular and Crystal Structure Models
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A. Walton
doi:10.1038/278584b0
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| | Sedimentary environments 585
D. Hamilton reviews Ancient Sedimentary Environments
Second edition. By
R. C. Selley
doi:10.1038/278585a0
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| | Physiology of fungal colonies 585
Keith Gull reviews Practical Fungal Physiology
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P. M. Robinson
doi:10.1038/278585b0
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| | Molecular dynamics 585
J. N. Murrell reviews Molecular Structure and Dynamics
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W. H. Flygare
doi:10.1038/278585c0
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| | Mitochondrial and plastid heredity 586
T. Cavalier-Smith reviews Organelle Heredity
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N. W. Gillham
doi:10.1038/278586a0
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