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| | The voice of the people—which one? 675
doi:10.1038/278675a0
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| | Anti-war movements—heading for a 60s revival? 676
David Dickson reports from California on how critics of US military policy are beginning to tap the grass-roots energy of the anti-nuclear movement
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/278676a0
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| | UK and Sweden attack lead poisoning studies 677
doi:10.1038/278677a0
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| | ISABELLE team denies setback 677
doi:10.1038/278677b0
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| | Soviet science boss refused Academy membership 678
Vera Rich
doi:10.1038/278678a0
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| | Czechoslovakia strengthens science and technology 679
Vera Rich
doi:10.1038/278679a0
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| | Islamic scientists prepare for UNCSTD 679
Ziauddin Sardar discusses the Muslim countries' views on development and the role of Islamic science
Ziauddin Sardar
doi:10.1038/278679b0
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| | News in Brief | |
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| | News in Brief 681
doi:10.1038/278681a0
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| | Steady progress on the 'long march' to modernisation 682
Jen Tsi Yang, professor of chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco, on the revitalisation of science in China
Jen Tsi Yang
doi:10.1038/278682a0
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| | Correspondence | |
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| | Association of Geoscientists for International Development 684
DAVID HASTINGS
doi:10.1038/278684a0
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| | Nigeria needs scientific leaders 684
D. A. H. TAYLOR
doi:10.1038/278684b0
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| | Soviet reactor safety 684
R. D. SMITH
doi:10.1038/278684c0
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| | Intuitive energy figures 684
DAVID GREEN
doi:10.1038/278684d0
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| | Nonradial and nonlinear stellar pulsation 685
Douglas Gough
doi:10.1038/278685a0
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| | More reliable counts of chromosomal aberrations 687
John R. K. Savage
doi:10.1038/278687a0
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| | Are protons unstable? 687
F. E. Close
doi:10.1038/278687b0
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| | Adsorbates on transition metals 688
Marvin L. Cohen
doi:10.1038/278688a0
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| | Coevolution of bees and flowers 689
John R. Krebs
doi:10.1038/278689a0
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| | Surface structure by SEXAFS 690
D. T. Clark
doi:10.1038/278690a0
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| | Nuclear giant dipole resonance 691
P. E. Hodgson
doi:10.1038/278691a0
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| | Physics in archaeology 691
Robert Hedges
doi:10.1038/278691b0
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| | Unified theories? 692
A. O. BARUT
doi:10.1038/278692a0
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| | Unified theories? (reply) 692
F. CLOSE
doi:10.1038/278692b0
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| | The use of high energy accelerators in the nuclear fuel cycle 693
P. Grand
doi:10.1038/278693a0
Abstract & References | PDF (386K)
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| | IUE observations of absorption by hot gas in the nebula NGC6888 697
M. C. E. Huber, H. Nussbaumer, L. J. Smith, A. J. Willis & R. Wilson
doi:10.1038/278697a0
Abstract & References | PDF (346K)
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| | Short-range structure for amorphous intertransition metal alloys 700
Rong Wang
doi:10.1038/278700a0
Abstract & References | PDF (480K)
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| | Evidence of a new isotopic anomaly from titanium isotopic ratios in meteoric materials 704
H. R. Heydegger, J. J. Foster & W. Compston
doi:10.1038/278704a0
Abstract & References | PDF (412K)
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| | Volcanic eruption through a geothermal borehole at Námafjall, Iceland 707
Gudrún Larsen, Karl Grönvold & Sigurdur Thorarinsson
doi:10.1038/278707a0
Abstract & References | PDF (587K)
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| | Thrombin-stimulated cell division involves proteolysis of its cell surface receptor 711
Kevin C. Glenn & Dennis D. Cunningham
doi:10.1038/278711a0
Abstract & References | PDF (543K)
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| | Distribution of polymorphic forms of troponin components and tropomyosin in skeletal muscle 714
G. K. Dhoot & S. V. Perry
doi:10.1038/278714a0
Abstract & References | PDF (1,513K)
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| | SS433—a massive black hole? 719
R. J. TERLEVICH & J. E. PRINGLE
doi:10.1038/278719a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (244K)
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| | Neutrinos from neutron stars 720
DAVID J. HELFAND
doi:10.1038/278720a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (224K)
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| | Long chain carbon molecules and diffuse interstellar lines 722
G. F. MITCHELL & W. T. HUNTRESS JR
doi:10.1038/278722a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (212K)
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 and X rays from the zodiacal dust 723
WOLFGANG K. H. SCHMIDT
doi:10.1038/278723a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (355K)
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| | The influence of dynamic loading on sliding friction 725
B. J. BRISCOE & A. C. SMITH
doi:10.1038/278725a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (231K)
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| | IR studies of long-range surface effects—excess proton mobility in water in quartz pores 726
NOEL K. ROBERTS & GEORG ZUNDEL
doi:10.1038/278726a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (325K)
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| | Radiation-induced shrinkage of voids in molybdenum and TZM 728
J. H. EVANS
doi:10.1038/278728a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (238K)
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| | Fixation of radioactive waste in high silica glasses 729
JOSEPH H. SIMMONS, PEDRO B. MACEDO, AARON BARKATT & THEODORE A. LITOVITZ
doi:10.1038/278729a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (607K)
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| | Is CS2 a precursor for atmospheric COS? 731
NIEN DAK SZE & MALCOLM K. W. Ko
doi:10.1038/278731a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (226K)
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87Rb−87Sr age of Saint Mesmin chondrite and dating of gas-rich polymict breccia 732
J. F. MINSTER & C. J. ALLEGRE
doi:10.1038/278732a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (325K)
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| | A Morarian age for the 'younger Moines' of central and western Scotland 734
M. A. J. PIASECKI & OTTO VAN BREEMEN
doi:10.1038/278734a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (348K)
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| | A Caledonian blueschist from the Irish Dalradian 736
J. R. GRAY & B. W. D. YARDLEY
doi:10.1038/278736a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (241K)
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| | Direct observation of a free radical interaction between vitamin E and vitamin C 737
J. E. PACKER, T. F. SLATER & R. L. WILLSON
doi:10.1038/278737a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (235K)
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| | Opposite cerebral hemispheric superiorities for visual associative processing of emotional facial expressions and objects 739
THEODOR LANDIS, GIL ASSAL & ETIENNE PERRET
doi:10.1038/278739a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (312K)
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| | Naloxone dose dependently produces analgesia and hyperalgesia in postoperative pain 740
JON D. LEVINE, NEWTON C. GORDON & HOWARD L. FIELDS
doi:10.1038/278740a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (236K)
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| | Antiviral effect of interferon in vivo may be mediated by the host 742
H. SCHELLEKENS, W. WEIMAR, K. CANTELL & L. STITZ
doi:10.1038/278742a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (182K)
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| | Thrombin and epidermal growth factor become linked to cell surface receptors during mitogenic stimulation 743
JOFFRE B. BAKER, ROBERT L. SIMMER, KEVIN C. GLENN & DENNIS D. CUNNINGHAM
doi:10.1038/278743a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (471K)
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| | Direct linkage of epidermal growth factor to its receptor 745
PETER S. LINSLEY, CINDY BLIFELD, MICHAEL WRANN & C. FRED Fox
doi:10.1038/278745a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (560K)
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| | Is stimulation of benzodiazepine receptor binding mediated by a novel GABA receptor? 748
MANFRED KAROBATH, PETER PLACHETA, MARGIT LIPPITSCH & POVL KROGSGAARD LARSEN
doi:10.1038/278748a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (226K)
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| | Regulation of muscle acetylcoline receptor synthesis in vitro by cyclic nucleotide derivatives 749
HEINRICH BETZ & JEAN-PIERRE CHANGEUX
doi:10.1038/278749a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (390K)
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| | Activation of steroid hormone−receptor complexes in intact target cells in physiological conditions 752
ALLAN MUNCK & ROSEMARY FOLEY
doi:10.1038/278752a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (320K)
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| | Dependence of plasmodial glutathione metabolism on the host cell 754
JAMES R. ECKMAN & JOHN W. EATON
doi:10.1038/278754a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (385K)
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| | Homogeneous sensitivity of human peripheral blood lymphocytes to radiation-induced chromosome damage 756
D. SCOTT & C. Y. LYONS
doi:10.1038/278756a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (353K)
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| | Corrigendum 758
doi:10.1038/278758a0
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| | Erratum | |
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| | Erratum 758
doi:10.1038/278758b0
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| | Book Reviews | |
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| | Physics as natural philosophy 759
Victor F. Weisskopf reviews Memoirs of a Physicist in the Atomic Age
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W. M. Elsasser
doi:10.1038/278759a0
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| | Life from extraterrestrial sources 760
Colin Pillinger reviews Lifecloud: The Origin of Life in the Universe
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Fred Hoyle & N. C. Wickramasinghe
doi:10.1038/278760a0
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| | Acknowledging global links 761
Peter J. Smith reviews Cosmos, Earth, and Man: A Short History of the Universe
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P. Cloud
doi:10.1038/278761a0
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| | Evocative of Dirac 762
R. H. Dalitz reviews Directions in Physics
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P. A. M. Dirac, H. Hora & J. R. Shepanski
doi:10.1038/278762a0
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| | From quarks via tokamaks, to quasars 763
P. T. Matthews reviews A Perspective of Physics. Vol. 2. Selections from 1977 Comments on Modern Physics
Introduced by
Rudolf Peierls
doi:10.1038/278763a0
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| | Mechanism of organic evolution 763
R. J. Berry reviews Evolution
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C. Patterson
doi:10.1038/278763b0
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| | Appealing astronomy 764
Nigel Henbest reviews Beyond the Moon?
Written and presented by
Simon Mitton
doi:10.1038/278764a0
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| | Obituaries | |
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| | Obituary: Ralph A. Sawyer 765
W. Wallace McCormick
doi:10.1038/278765a0
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| | Obituary: D.I. Blokhintsev 765
Vera Rich
doi:10.1038/278765b0
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| | Obituary: Peter Bishop 766
Robert R. de Mowbray
doi:10.1038/278766a0
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| | Obituary: Fred Lang 766
H. L. Atwood
doi:10.1038/278766b0
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