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| | Metrication and the falling yen 575
The General Accounting Office (GAO) in Washington is plainly as puzzled as the rest of the world that so little has happened to make the metric system a reality in the United States. The falling yen will prolong the puzzle.
doi:10.1038/344575a0
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| | Jones bows out 575
The Australian government has lost an able minister with the decision to drop its science minister.
doi:10.1038/344575b0
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| | Call for further study of alleged leukaemia link 576
Peter Aldhous
doi:10.1038/344576a0
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| | Warning away future generations 576
Seth Shulman
doi:10.1038/344576b0
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| | Conspiracy can't be proved 577
G. Christopher Anderson
doi:10.1038/344577a0
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| | No surprises in leaked report 577
Peter Aldhous
doi:10.1038/344577b0
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| | Ministerial time up for Mr Jones 577
Tania Ewing
doi:10.1038/344577c0
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| | Sun sets on launch monopoly 578
David Swlnbanks
doi:10.1038/344578a0
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| | Smaller greenhouse satellites? 578
G. Christopher Anderson
doi:10.1038/344578b0
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| | Rocket spars as science is attacked 578
Lisa Perlman
doi:10.1038/344578c0
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| | Pegasus flies 578
G. Christopher Anderson
doi:10.1038/344578d0
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| | Laser fusion misses targets 579
G. Christopher Anderson
doi:10.1038/344579a0
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| | Atiyah for president 579
Peter Aldhous
doi:10.1038/344579b0
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| | Grant winners announced 579
David Swinbanks & Peter Aldhous
doi:10.1038/344579c0
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| | US medical research healthy 580
Henry Gee & Peter Aldhous
doi:10.1038/344580a0
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| | No to fortress Europe 580
Peter Aldhous
doi:10.1038/344580b0
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Mutsu's last chance 581
David Swinbanks
doi:10.1038/344581a0
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| | Appointments still under tight control 581
Michael Cherry
doi:10.1038/344581b0
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| | United States says 'No' to UNESCO 581
G. Christopher Anderson
doi:10.1038/344581c0
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| | No news is bad news for appointments to advisory board 581
Peter Aldhous
doi:10.1038/344581d0
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| | Correspondence | |
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| | Women winners of Nobel Prize 582
JOHN GALLOWAY
doi:10.1038/344582a0
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| | Women winners of Nobel Prize 582
SAGHI SRI KANTHA
doi:10.1038/344582b0
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| | Material increases 582
ANTHONY WATKINSON
doi:10.1038/344582c0
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| | Random chaos 582
NEVILLE W. GOODMAN
doi:10.1038/344582d0
References | PDF (126K)
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| | Problems 582
Ralph Estling
doi:10.1038/344582e0
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| | Where prediction is not possible 583
For those — such as Californians — who live at plate boundaries, earthquakes are a fact of life. Others, who may count themselves lucky, should think again.
Laura Garwin
doi:10.1038/344583a0
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| | Control of receptor appetite 584
John Whicher
doi:10.1038/344584a0
References | PDF (140K)
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| | Ocean ridges spring surprises 585
Charles H. Langmuir
doi:10.1038/344585a0
References | PDF (335K)
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| | Seeing the cellular translators at work 585
E.G. Jordan
doi:10.1038/344585b0
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| | Sounding a small heliosphere 586
W.S. Kurth
doi:10.1038/344586a0
References | PDF (303K)
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| | Turning over an old leaf 587
Karl J. Niklas
doi:10.1038/344587a0
References | PDF (305K)
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| | Solutions to simplest systems 588
David C. Clary
doi:10.1038/344588a0
References | PDF (257K)
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| | The talk of the Americas 589
Jared M. Diamond
doi:
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| | Face to face with proteins 591
Stephen Mann
doi:10.1038/344591a0
References | PDF (134K)
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| | The Y of human relationships 591
John Maynard Smith
doi:10.1038/344591b0
References | PDF (270K)
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| | A perfect spy 592
David Jones
doi:10.1038/344592a0
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| | Scientific Correspondence | |
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| | Cuban K/T catastrophe 593
BRUCE F. BOHOR & RUSSELL SEITZ
doi:10.1038/344593a0
References | PDF (132K)
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| | Opening plant calcium channels 593
JAMES M. BROSNAN
doi:10.1038/344593b0
References | PDF (132K)
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| | Opening plant calcium channels 593
DALE SANDERS, EVA JOHANNES & RAINER HEDRICH
doi:10.1038/344593c0
References | PDF (248K)
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| | Kinase and neurotransmitters 594
ALASTAIR AlTKEN, CHRISTINE A. ELLIS, ALAN HARRIS, LYNDA A. SELLERS & ALEX TOKER
doi:
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| | Gadolinium and friends 595
R. J. P. Williams reviews Biochemistry of the Lanthanides
By
C. H. Evans
doi:10.1038/344595a0
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| | Troublesome relationships 596
David Dean reviews The Human Career: Human Biological and Cultural Origins
By
Richard G. Klein & Delta Willis
doi:10.1038/344596a0
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| | Fruits of a treasure hunt 597
Michael Usher reviews Mathematical Modeling in Ecology
By
Clark Jeffries & Hal Caswell
doi:10.1038/344597a0
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| | Letting the bald patches show 598
Frederick Urbach reviews Ozone Depletion: Health and Environmental Consequences
Edited by
Robin Russell Tom JonesWigley
doi:10.1038/344598a0
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| | The great European experiment 599
In science, as in much else, the newly democratized countries of Europe will have much to offer. But the way will be hard.
doi:10.1038/344599a0
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| | Looking forward apprehensively 601
John Maddox
doi:10.1038/344601a0
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| | Academics turn to government 601
John Maddox
doi:10.1038/344601b0
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| | Short commons for budding researchers 602
John Maddox
doi:10.1038/344602a0
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| | Eager to grasp autonomy 602
John Maddox
doi:10.1038/344602b0
PDF (269K)
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| | A new structure for science 603
John Maddox
doi:10.1038/344603a0
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| | Waiting for the dust to settle 603
John Maddox
doi:10.1038/344603b0
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| | Rich uncle or Big Brother? 604
Steven Dlckman
doi:10.1038/344604a0
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| | Nota witch-hunt? 605
Alun A.
doi:10.1038/344605a0
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| | Ploughing a lonely furrow 606
Steve Dickman
doi:10.1038/344606a0
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| | Sharp cosmopolitans break out 607
John Maddox
doi:10.1038/344607a0
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| | Teaching the young is risky 607
John Maddox
doi:10.1038/344607b0
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| | Making instant error-free law 608
John Maddox
doi:10.1038/344608a0
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| | In the wake of Kafka 608
John Maddox
doi:10.1038/344608b0
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| | A question of timing 609
John Maddox
doi:10.1038/344609a0
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| | In the market for capitalism 610
Alun Anderson
doi:10.1038/344610a0
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| | Teething troubles for biotechnology centre 612
Alun A.
doi:10.1038/344612a0
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| | Life after 'Professor' Elena 613
Steven Dickman
doi:10.1038/344613a0
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| | Life after 'death' 613
Steve Dickman
doi:10.1038/344613b0
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| | Have institute — will travel 614
Steve Dickman
doi:10.1038/344614a0
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Parlez vous Hongrois?
615
Steve Dickman
doi:10.1038/344615a0
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| | Science in the crucible 616
P. C.
doi:10.1038/344616a0
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| | International cooperation 616
Peter Coles
doi:10.1038/344616b0
PDF (266K)
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| | Destined for greater things? 618
Alun Anderson
doi:10.1038/344618a0
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Alun A.
doi:10.1038/344620a0
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| | Review Article | |
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| | Energetic ion beam analysis in the Earth sciences 621
J.-C. Petit & G. Delia Mea
doi:10.1038/344621a0
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| | Evidence from gravity data for focused
magmatic accretion
along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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John Lin, G. M. Purdy, H. Schouten, J.-C. Sempere & C. Zervas
doi:10.1038/344627a0
Abstract & References | PDF (726K)
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| | Purification, cloning, expression and biological characterization of an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein
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D. B. Carter, M. R. Deibel Jr, C. J. Dunn, C.-S. C. Tomich, A. L. Laborde, J. L. Slightom, A. E. Berger, M. J. Bienkowski, F. F. Sun, R. N. McEwan, P. K. W. Harris, A. W. Yem, G. A. Waszak, J. G. Chosay, L. C. Sieu, M. M. Hardee, H. A. Zurcher-Neely, I. M. Reardon, R. L. Heinrikson, S. E. Truesdell, J. A. Shelly, T. E. Eessalu, B. M. Taylor & D. E. Tracey
doi:10.1038/344633a0
Abstract & References | PDF (898K)
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| | Letters | |
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| | Blue stragglers at the centre of the post-core-collapse globular cluster NGC6397 638
M. Autière, Steve Ortolani & C. Lauzeral
doi:10.1038/344638a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (424K)
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| | Frequency drift of 3-kHz interplanetary radio emissions: evidence of Fermi accelerated trapped radiation in a small heliosphere? 640
Andrzej Czechowski & Stanislaw Grzedzielski
doi:10.1038/344640a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (224K)
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| | Structure, registry and imaging mechanism of alkylcyanobiphenyl molecules by tunnelling microscopy 641
D. P. E. Smith, J. K. H. Hörber, G. Binnig & H. Nejoh
doi:10.1038/344641a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (483K)
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| | Changes in the global concentration of tropospheric ozone due to human activities 645
Adrian M. Hough & Richard G. Derwent
doi:10.1038/344645a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (481K)
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| | Characterization of unresolved complex mixtures of hydrocarbons in petroleum 648
M. A. Gough & S. J. Rowland
doi:10.1038/344648a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (297K)
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| | Evidence for a smaller magma chamber beneath the East Pacific Rise at 9°30' N 650
G. M. Kent, A. J. Harding & J. A. Orcutt
doi:10.1038/344650a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (570K)
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| | Volatile-rich mantle fluids inferred from inclusions in diamond and mantle xenoliths 653
G. Turner, R. Burgess & M. Bannon
doi:10.1038/344653a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (252K)
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| | Chloroplast DNA sequence from a Miocene Magnolia species 656
Edward M. Golenberg, David E. Giannasi, Michael T. Clegg, Charles J. Smiley, Mary Durbin, David Henderson & Gerard Zurawski
doi:10.1038/344656a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (322K)
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| | Cadmium and cobalt substitution for zinc in a marine diatom 658
N. M. Price & F. M. M. Morel
doi:10.1038/344658a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (389K)
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| | Rarity of density dependence or population regulation with lags? 660
Peter Turchin
doi:10.1038/344660a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (351K)
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| | Population structure of the human pseudoautosomal boundary 663
Nathan Ellis, Anne Taylor, Bengt O. Bengtsson, Judy Kidd, Jeffrey Rogers & Peter Good fellow
doi:10.1038/344663a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (266K)
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| | A frame-shift mutation in the cystic fibrosis gene 665
Marga B. White, Jean Amos, Julie M. C. Hsu, Bernard Gerrard, Paula Finn & Michael Dean
doi:10.1038/344665a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (569K)
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| | Biological properties of a CD4 immunoadhesin 667
Randal A. Byrn, Joyce Mordenti, Catherine Lucas, Douglas Smith, Scot A. Marsters, Jennifer S. Johnson, Paul Cossum, Steven M. Chamow, Florian M. Wurm, Timothy Gregory, Jerome E. Groopman & Daniel J. Capon
doi:10.1038/344667a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (465K)
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| | Calcium entry through stretch-inactivated ion channels in mdx myotubes 670
Alfredo Franco Jr & Jeffry B. Lansman
doi:10.1038/344670a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (415K)
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| | Compartmentalization of cold-stable and acetylated microtubules in the subsynaptic domain of chick skeletal muscle fibre 673
Bernard J. Jasmin, Jean-Pierre Changeux & Jean Cartaud
doi:10.1038/344673a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (409K)
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| | Mitosis-specific phosphorylation causes 83K non-muscle caldesmon to dissociate from microfilaments 675
Shigeko Yamashiro, Yoshihiko Yamakita, Ryoki Ishikawa & Futnio Matsumura
doi:10.1038/344675a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (480K)
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| | Activation in vitro of NF- B" by phosphorylation of its inhibitor IB" 678
Sankar Ghosh & David Baltimore
doi:10.1038/344678a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (1,022K)
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| | Transcriptional silencing and thermoregulation of gene expression in Escherichia coli
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Mikael Göransson, Berit Sondén, Peter Nilsson, Björn Dagberg, Kristina Foreman, Karin Emanuelsson & Bernt Eric Uhlin
doi:10.1038/344682a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (502K)
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| | Role of a subdomain in the folding of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor 685
Jonathan P. Staley & Peter S. Kim
doi:10.1038/344685a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (451K)
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