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| | Building an umbrella for 1985 681
Next month's meeting between the United States and the Soviet Union is welcome. But the meeting will best succeed if its goals are modest, a standing commission on strategic arms in the first place.
doi:10.1038/312681a0
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| | Agency two-step hazard 682
Trading the White House science office for a Department of Science would be wrong.
doi:10.1038/312682a0
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| | Nuclear winter: US National Academy urges greater caution 683
Stephen Budiansky
doi:10.1038/312683a0
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| | Uncertainties of climatic change 683
doi:10.1038/312683b0
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| | Japanese universities: Private sector under new stress 684
Alun Anderson
doi:10.1038/312684a0
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| | Gilbert resigns from Biogen 684
Stephen Budiansky
doi:10.1038/312684b0
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| | Proton decay: Italy's largest hole in ground 685
Robert Walgate
doi:10.1038/312685a0
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| | High-energy physics: Italian budget to be doubled 685
Robert Walgate
doi:10.1038/312685b0
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| | Genetic pesticides: Monsanto goes ahead with trials 686
Tim Beardsley
doi:10.1038/312686a0
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| | Agencies vie for control 686
Tim Beardsley
doi:10.1038/312686b0
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| | US food agency: Passing the hat? 686
Stephen Budiansky
doi:10.1038/312686c0
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| | Laboratory animals: Research alarm at Israeli bill 687
Nechemia Meyers
doi:10.1038/312687a0
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| | Academic open shop 687
Alun Anderson
doi:10.1038/312687b0
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| | New year firs: Soviet yolki substitutes 687
Vera Rich
doi:10.1038/312687c0
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| | European accelerators: Social scientists' attack on CERN 688
Robert Walgate
doi:10.1038/312688a0
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| | Campaign for research: Alliance for Science 688
Hugh Barnes
doi:10.1038/312688b0
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| | GLORIA scoops pool 688
Peter Gambles
doi:10.1038/312688c0
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| | Genetic engineering: Rifkin's foot in the door 689
Stephen Budiansky
doi:10.1038/312689a0
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| | European Parliament: Commission's budget rejected 689
Robert Walgate
doi:10.1038/312689b0
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| | Hunting heads 689
doi:10.1038/312689c0
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| | Correspondence | |
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| | Symposium volumes 690
GARTH FRANKLAND
doi:10.1038/312690a0
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| | Symposium volumes 690
R.S.J. SPARKS
doi:10.1038/312690b0
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| | Science and miracles 690
P.N. KRUYTHOFF
doi:10.1038/312690c0
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| | UNESCO and VAT 690
STEPHEN G. POSEN
doi:10.1038/312690d0
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| | Technical analysis of IIASA energy scenarios 691
Despite the appearance of analytical rigour, IIASA's widely acclaimed global energy projections are highly unstable and based on informal guesswork. This results from inadequate peer review and quality control, raising questions about political bias in scientific analysis.
Bill Keepin & Brian Wynne
doi:10.1038/312691a0
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| | Where now with nuclear winter? 696
The US academy's predictable plea for more research should be granted if people are that worried. But the real need is for steady nerves — and atmospheric physics.
John Maddox
doi:10.1038/312696a0
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| | Astronomy: Draughtsmen of the constellations 697
David W. Hughes
doi:10.1038/312697a0
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| | Atmospheric physics: Interaction between whistlers and radiation belt electrons 698
M.J. Rycroft
doi:10.1038/312698a0
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| | [News and Views 'picture story'] 698
doi:10.1038/312698b0
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| | Tropical ecology: Long-term rainforest studies 699
Jared M. Diamond
doi:10.1038/312699a0
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| | Biotechnology: Cancer toxin genes cloned 699
Karol Sikora
doi:10.1038/312699b0
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| | Molecular biology: Upstream and downstream control of eukaryotic genes 700
Tim Reudelhuber
doi:10.1038/312700a0
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| | Endocrinology: Enlightenment and confusion over steroid hormone receptors 701
R.J.B. King
doi:10.1038/312701a0
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| | Earth sciences: Suspect Sm-Nd whole-rock ages 702
M.J. Bickle
doi:10.1038/312702a0
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| | Ecology: Why be an evergreen? 703
Peter D. Moore
doi:10.1038/312703a0
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| | 100 year ago 703
doi:10.1038/312703b0
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| | Nuclear physics: Widening scope for new heavy−ion accelerators 704
Shigeru Kubono
doi:10.1038/312704a0
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| | Epstein-Barr virus and carcinoma 705
HANS WOLF
doi:10.1038/312705a0
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| | Succession theory is too reductionist 705
ALASTAIR FITTER
doi:10.1038/312705b0
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| | Disease and the elm decline 705
B.K. MALONEY
doi:10.1038/312705c0
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| | Protein antigenicity and protein mobility 706
G.R. MOORE & R.J.P. WILLIAMS
doi:10.1038/312706a0
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| | Doubts over the Colorado Plateau 706
R.N. THOMPSON
doi:10.1038/312706b0
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| | Mouse Igx sequence elements in Drosophila (erratum) 706
doi:10.1038/312706c0
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| | Interstellar scattering in the inner parts of the Galaxy 707
A. Pramesh Rao & S. Ananthakrishnan
doi:10.1038/312707a0
Abstract & References | PDF (546K)
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| | Platelet-derived growth factor induces rapid but transient expression of the c-fos gene and protein 711
Wiebe Kruijer, Jonathan A. Cooper, Tony Hunter & Inder M. Verma
doi:10.1038/312711a0
Abstract & References | PDF (941K)
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| | Induction of c-fos gene and protein by growth factors precedes activation of c-myc
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Rolf Müller, Rodrigo Bravo, Jean Burckhardt & Tom Curran
doi:10.1038/312716a0
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| | Cloning and expression of cDNA for human lymphotoxin, a lymphokine with tumour necrosis activity 721
Patrick W. Gray, Bharat B. Aggarwal, Charles V. Benton, Timothy S. Bringman, William J. Henzel, Julie A. Jarrett, David W. Leung, Barbara Moffat, Peter Ng, Lloyd P. Svedersky, Michael A. Palladino & Glenn E. Nedwin
doi:10.1038/312721a0
Abstract & References | PDF (548K)
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| | Human tumour necrosis factor: precursor structure, expression and homology to lymphotoxin 724
Diane Pennica, Glenn E. Nedwin, Joel S. Hayflick, Peter H. Seeburg, Rik Derynck, Michael A. Palladino, William J. Kohr, Bharat B. Aggarwal & David V. Goeddel
doi:10.1038/312724a0
Abstract & References | PDF (887K)
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| | Tissue-specific generation of two preprotachykinin mRNAs from one gene by alternative RNA splicing 729
Hiroyuki Nawa, Hirokazu Kotani & Shigetada Nakanishi
doi:10.1038/312729a0
Abstract & References | PDF (724K)
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| | Nuclearites—a novel form of cosmic radiation 734
A. De Rújula & S. L. Glashow
doi:10.1038/312734a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (459K)
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| | A 164-day period in  -ray bursts from GBS0526−66? 737
Richard E. Rothschild & Richard E. Lingenfelter
doi:10.1038/312737a0
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| | Lightning-induced electron precipitation 740
H. D. Voss, W. L. Imhof, M. Walt, J. Mobilia, E. E. Gaines, J. B. Reagan, U. S. Inan, R. A. Helliwell, D. L. Carpenter, J. P. Katsufrakis & H. C. Chang
doi:10.1038/312740a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (553K)
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| | A new radiation source for the infrared region 742
J. Yarwood, T. Shuttleworth, J. B. Hasted & T. Nanba
doi:10.1038/312742a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (400K)
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| | Photocharging of thin films of silver iodide and its relevance to the Daguerre photographic process 744
I. Brodie & M. Thackray
doi:10.1038/312744a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (475K)
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| | Relaxation of stored mechanical stress along chemical reaction pathways 746
A. Silberberg & M. Hennenberg
doi:10.1038/312746a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (415K)
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| | Ruthenium in the ocean 748
G. I. Bekov, V. S. Letokhov, V. N. Radaev, G. N. Baturin, A. S. Egorov, A. N. Kursky & V. A. Narseyev
doi:10.1038/312748a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (344K)
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| | A recently extinct palm from Easter Island 750
J. Dransfield, J. R. Flenley, S. M. King, D. D. Harkness & S. Rapu
doi:10.1038/312750a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (435K)
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| | Restoration of circadian behavioural rhythms by gene transfer in Drosophila
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Thaddeus A. Bargiello, F. Rob Jackson & Michael W. Young
doi:10.1038/312752a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (388K)
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| | Influence of the method of drug administration on analgesic response 755
Jon D. Levine & Newton C. Gordon
doi:10.1038/312755a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (258K)
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| | Inhibition of aldosterone production in the adrenal glomerulosa by atrial natriuretic factor 756
Tsuyoshi Kudo & Andrew Baird
doi:10.1038/312756a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (229K)
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| | Molecular cloning of lymphadenopathy-associated virus 757
Marc Alizon, Pierre Sonigo, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Jean-Claude Chermann, Pierre Tiollais, Luc Montagnier & Simon Wain-Hobson
doi:10.1038/312757a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (575K)
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| | Molecular cloning of AIDS-associated retrovirus 760
Paul A. Luciw, Steven J. Potter, Kathelyn Steimer, Dino Dina & Jay A. Levy
doi:10.1038/312760a0
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| | The CD4 (T4) antigen is an essential component of the receptor for the AIDS retrovirus 763
Angus G. Dalgleish, Peter C. L. Beverley, Paul R. Clapham, Dorothy H. Crawford, Melvyn F. Greaves & Robin A. Weiss
doi:10.1038/312763a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (590K)
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| | T-lymphocyte T4 molecule behaves as the receptor for human retrovirus LAV 767
David Klatzmann, Eric Champagne, Sophie Chamaret, Jacqueline Gruest, Denise Guetard, Thierry Hercend, Jean-Claude Gluckman & Luc Montagnier
doi:10.1038/312767a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (227K)
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| | Cloning, sequence and expression of human interleukin-2 receptor 768
David Cosman, Douglas Pat Cerretti, Alf Larsen, Linda Park, Carl March, Steven Dower, Steven Gillis & David Urdal
doi:10.1038/312768a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (543K)
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| | Primary structure of human T-cell receptor  -chain 771
Gek Kee Sim, Jordi Yagüe, Joanne Nelson, Philippa Marrack, Edward Palmer, Andrei Augustin & John Kappler
doi:10.1038/312771a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (659K)
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| | T cell and monocyte-derived burst-promoting activity directly act on erythroid progenitor cells 775
D. C. Linch & D. G. Nathan
doi:10.1038/312775a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (360K)
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| | Variant (6 ; 15) translocation in a murine plasmacytoma occurs near an immunoglobulin  gene but far from the myc oncogene 777
Elizabeth Webb, Jerry M. Adams & Suzanne Cory
doi:10.1038/312777a0
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| | Characterization of a steroid hormone receptor gene and mRNA in wild-type and mutant cells 779
Roger Miesfeld, Sam Okret, Ann-Charlotte Wikström, Örjan Wrange, Jan-Åke Gustafsson & Keith R. Yamamoto
doi:10.1038/312779a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (527K)
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| | Competition for cellular factors that activate metallothionein gene transcription 781
Carl Séguin, Barbara K. Felber, Anthony D. Carter & Dean H. Hamer
doi:10.1038/312781a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (665K)
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| | Virus- and cell-encoded tyrosine protein kinases inactivate DNA topoisomerases in vitro
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Yuk-Ching Tse-Dinh, Tai Wai Wong & Allan R. Goldberg
doi:10.1038/312785a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (268K)
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| | Erratum: Unusual abundance of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase pseudogenes in vertebrate genomes 786
M. Piechaczyk, J. M. Blanchard, S. Riaad-el Sabouty, C. Dani, L. Marty & P. Jeanteur
doi:10.1038/312786a0
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| | Erratum: Modelling the global climate response to orbital forcing and atmospheric carbon dioxide changes 786
N. G. Pisias & N. J. Shackleton
doi:10.1038/312786b0
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| | Book Reviews | |
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| | Physics at the frontier 787
Abdus Salam reviews Superforce: The Search for a Grand Unified Theory of Nature
By
Paul Davies
doi:10.1038/312787a0
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| | Outside eye on the hominid beat 788
Leonard Krishtalka reviews Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction
By
Roger Lewin
doi:10.1038/312788a0
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| | How green was the Devonian valley? 788
Keith Allen reviews Plant Life in the Devonian
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Patricia G. Gensel & Henry N. Andrews
doi:10.1038/312788b0
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| | Essays into history 789
Christopher Cullen reviews The Great Inertia: Scientific Stagnation in Traditional China
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Wen-yuan Qian
doi:10.1038/312789a0
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| | [Book Reviews 'Picture Story'] 789
doi:10.1038/312789b0
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| | Questions for the palaeoecologist 790
Peter D. Moore reviews Past and Present Vegetation of the Far Northwest of Canada
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J.C. Ritchie
doi:10.1038/312790a0
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| | Fresh fusion 790
I.H. Hutchinson reviews Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2nd Edn. Vol. 1 Plasma Physics
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Francis F. Chen and Fusion: An Introduction to the Physics and Technology of Magnetic Confinement Fusion
By
Weston M. Stacey Jr
doi:10.1038/312790b0
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