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| | Can Europe escape the doldrums? 575
The difficulty and delay in ratifying the Maastricht Treaty cast doubts on the soundness of the project and demand a greater sense of vision from those who would make Europe a reality.
doi:10.1038/362575a0
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| | Venter's venture 575
Much of the work on the human genome may be done sooner than expected, but there will still be much to do.
doi:10.1038/362575b0
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| | Vaccine compromise 576
The money about to be wasted on a clinical trial for AIDS vaccines could be better spent on basic science.
doi:10.1038/362576a0
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| | News | |
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| | Clinton prepares to sign biodiversity treaty to celebrate Earth Day 577
Tony Reichhardt
doi:10.1038/362577a0
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| | Synergen trims sails to survive 577
Jenna Roberts
doi:10.1038/362577b0
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| | Spain expands despite financial and logistical hurdles 578
Oscar G. Segurado
doi:10.1038/362578a0
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| | Station redesign clouds NASA budget for space science 578
Tony Reichhardt
doi:10.1038/362578b0
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| | Russian nuclear accident opens up military complex 579
doi:10.1038/362579a0
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| | Debris no hazard to space flights 579
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/362579b0
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| | Japan increases share of Human Frontier awards 579
David Swinbanks
doi:10.1038/362579c0
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| | British universities object to idea of year-round terms 580
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/362580a0
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| | Changes urged in reimbursement 580
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/362580b0
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| | US test of AIDS vaccines is broadened beyond VaxSyn 581
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/362581a0
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| | Clinton budget puts squeeze on accelerator labs 581
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/362581b0
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| | NIH genome centre begins build-up 581
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/362581c0
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| | US electronic highway needs consensus more than dollars 582
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/362582a0
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| | News in Brief | |
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| | News in Brief 582
doi:10.1038/362582b0
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| | Correspondence | |
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| | Religion in the genes 583
Brian D. Josephson
doi:10.1038/362583a0
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| | Exchanging wordss 583
Gregory G. Dimijian
doi:10.1038/362583b0
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| | Interferon-tau 583
R. Michael Roberts
doi:10.1038/362583c0
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| | Geological Survey 583
D. T. Donovan
doi:10.1038/362583d0
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| | Science and wealth creation 584
How can governments ensure that wealth is created from the scientific enterprise? In an abbreviated version of his talk at Nature's recent meeting1, Sir Mark Richmond assesses the probable British strategy.
Mark Richmond
doi:10.1038/362584a0
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| | Supernova brightens the horizon 585
Astronomy, as opportunistic a discipline as can be imagined, has been electrified by the lucky appearance of a supernova in a nearby galaxy. The spirit of 1987 is reborn.
Roland Pease
doi:10.1038/362585a0
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| | Instant teleportation 586
Tony Sudbery
doi:10.1038/362586a0
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| | Colour-coded switches 587
Ian J. Jackson
doi:10.1038/362587a0
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| | No need to stick to the point 588
Charles G. Sammis
doi:10.1038/362588a0
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| | Ground rules for early birds 589
Angela C. Milner
doi:10.1038/362589a0
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| | Organizing the cerebrum 590
Jack Priceri
doi:10.1038/362590a0
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| | The tangled web of magnetism 591
Ellen Zweibel
doi:10.1038/362591a0
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| | Satellite maps ozone destroyer 592
Martyn Chipperfield
doi:10.1038/362592a0
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| | Instant patterns in thin films 593
Daniel K. Schwartz
doi:10.1038/362593a0
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| | Hereditary bias 594
David Jones
doi:10.1038/362594a0
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| | Scientific Correspondence | |
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| | Should a lion change its spots? 595
Craig Packer & Anne E. Pusey
doi:10.1038/362595a0
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| | More word play 595
Austin L. Hughes & Marianne K. Hughes
doi:10.1038/362595b0
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| | Last interglacial in Devils Hole 596
N. J. Shackleton
doi:10.1038/362596a0
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| | Last interglacial in Devils Hole 596
K. R. Ludwig, K. R. Simmons, I. J. Winograd, B. J. Szabo, J. M. Landwehr & A. C. Riggs
doi:10.1038/362596b0
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| | Stratospheric CIO and ozone from the Microwave Limb Sounder on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite 597
J. W. Waters, L. Froidevaux, W. G. Read, G. L. Manney, L. S. Elson, D. A. Flower, R. F. Jarnot & R. S. Harwood
doi:10.1038/362597a0
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| | A structural motif in the variant surface glycoproteins of Trypanosoma brucei
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Michael L. Blum, James A. Down, Anne M. Gurnett, Mark Carrington, Mervyn J. Turner & Don C. Wiley
doi:10.1038/362603a0
Abstract & References | PDF (1,080K)
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| | Letters | |
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| | The strength of galactic magnetic fields 610
X. Chi & A. W. Wolfendale
doi:10.1038/362610a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (248K)
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| | Structural distortion in Rb3C60 revealed by 87Rb NMR 611
R. E. Walstedt, D. W. Murphy & M. Rosseinsky
doi:10.1038/362611a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (345K)
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| | Separation of chiral phases in monolayer crystals of racemic amphiphiles 614
C. J. Eckhardt, N. M. Peachey, D. R. Swanson, J. M. Takacs, M. A. Khan, X. Gong, J.-H. Kim, J. Wang & R. A. Uphaus
doi:10.1038/362614a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (461K)
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| | Change in crystallization mechanism at the glass transition of colloidal spheres 616
W. van Megen & S. M. Underwood
doi:10.1038/362616a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (419K)
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| | Scaling of the critical slip distance for seismic faulting with shear strain in fault zones 618
Chris Marone & Brian Kilgore
doi:10.1038/362618a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (488K)
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| | Variations in mercury deposition to Antarctica over the past 34,000 years 621
Grace M. Vandal, William F. Fitzgerald, Claude F. Boutron & Jean-Pierre Candelone
doi:10.1038/362621a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (353K)
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| | Flightless bird from the Cretaceous of Mongolia 623
Perle Altangerel, Mark A. Norell, Luis M. Chiappe & James M. Clark
doi:10.1038/362623a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (437K)
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| | Activity levels of Nautilus in the wild 626
R. K. O'Dor, J. Forsythe, D. M. Webber, J. Wells & M. J. Wells
doi:10.1038/362626a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (321K)
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| | Body mass dependence of H+ leak in mitochondria and its relevance to metabolic rate 628
Richard K. Porter & Martin D. Brand
doi:10.1038/362628a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (321K)
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| | Homeotic genes autonomously specify one aspect of pattern in the Drosophlla mesoderm 630
Stephen Greig & Michael Akam
doi:10.1038/362630a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (410K)
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| | Clonal dispersion in proliferative layers of developing cerebral cortex 632
Christopher Walsh & Constance L. Cepko
doi:10.1038/362632a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (500K)
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| | Dispersion of neural progenitors within the germinal zones of the forebrain 636
Gord Fishell, Carol A. Mason & Mary E. Hatten
doi:10.1038/362636a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (405K)
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| | Radial mosaicism and tangential cell dispersion both contribute to mouse neocortical development 638
Seong-Seng Tan & Sibilah Breen
doi:10.1038/362638a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (440K)
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| | Phosphorylation and regulation of glutamate receptors by calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II 640
Ellen McGlade-McCulloh, Hideyuki Yamamoto, Soon-Eng Tan, Debra A. Brickey & Thomas R. Soderling
doi:10.1038/362640a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (414K)
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| | A nutrient-permeable channel on the intraerythrocytic malaria parasite 643
Sanjay A. Desai, Donald J. Krogstad & Edwin W. McCleskey
doi:10.1038/362643a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (491K)
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| | Tyrosine kinase activation through the extracellular domains of cytokine receptors 646
Tomoki Chiba, Yuka Nagata, Mitsuru Machide, Atsushi Kishi, Hiroshi Amanuma, Masahide Sugiyama & Kazuo Todokoro
doi:10.1038/362646a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (397K)
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| | Budding from Golgi membranes requires the coatomer complex of non-clathrin coat proteins 648
Lelio Orci, David J. Palmer, Mariella Ravazzola, Alain Perrelet, Mylène Amherdt & James E. Rothman
doi:10.1038/362648a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (700K)
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| | Defective mismatch binding and a mutator phenotype in cells tolerant to DNA damage 652
P. Branch, G. Aquilina, M. Bignami & P. Karran
doi:10.1038/362652a0
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doi:10.1038/362654a0
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| | Unfair cops? 655
Steve Blinkhorn reviews The Psychology of Interrogations, Confessions and Testimony
By
Gisli Gudjonsson
doi:10.1038/362655a0
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| | God's gaze 656
William R. Shea reviews Catching the Light: The Entwined History of Light and Mind
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Arthur Zajonc
doi:10.1038/362656a0
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| | An essayist worth his saltations 656
Bryan C. Clarke reviews
Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History
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Stephen Jay Gould
doi:10.1038/362656b0
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| | Heavenly works 657
Fred Hoyle reviews Nicholas Copernicus: Complete Works in Two Volumes
doi:10.1038/362657a0
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| | The shape of things to come 658
John L. Casti reviews Predicting the Future
Edited by
Leo Howe & Alan Wain
doi:10.1038/362658a0
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| | Absinthe makes the art grow stronger 659
John Mollon reviews Vincent van Gogh: Chemicals, Crisis, and Creativity
By
Wilfred Niels Arnold
doi:10.1038/362659a0
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| | Fire and brimstone 660
Jonathan Fink reviews The Lyman Hawaiian Earthquake Diary, 1833-1917
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M. Wyss, R. Y. Koyanagi, D. C. Cox, T. L. Wright, T. J. Takahashi & J. D. Griggs
doi:10.1038/362660a0
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| | The gadfly 661
Gregg Herken reviews Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard — The Man Behind the Bomb
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William Lanouette & Bela Silard
doi:10.1038/362661a0
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| | Chemical conventions 662
Joseph Rotblat reviews Banning Chemical Weapons
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Hugh D. Crone
doi:10.1038/362662a0
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| | Science and trans-science 663
Alvin M. Weinberg reviews The Rise and Fall of Nuclearism: Fear and Faith as Determinants of the Arms Race
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Sheldon Ungar & J. Samuel Walker
doi:10.1038/362663a0
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| | Ancient aquatecture 664
M. J. T. Lewis reviews Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply
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A. Trevor Hodge
doi:10.1038/362664a0
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| | Geomythology 665
L. Sprague de Camp reviews Arktos: The Polar Myth in Science, Symbolism and Nazi Survival
By
Joscelyn Godwin
doi:10.1038/362665a0
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| | Out of the bell jar 666
Hugh Freeman reviews Touched With Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament
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Kay Redfield Jamison
doi:10.1038/362666a0
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| | Our world in collision 667
Reinald Schröder reviews Universal Ice: Science and Ideology in the Nazi State
By
Robert Bowen
doi:10.1038/362667a0
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| | Invisible Johnny 668
Ray Monk reviews John von Neumann
By
Norman Macrae
doi:10.1038/362668a0
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| | Have book, will travel 669
Karl Sigmund reviews Reality Rules: Picturing the World in Mathematics. Volume 1: The Fundamentals. Volume 2: The Frontier
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John L. Casti
doi:10.1038/362669a0
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| | Symmetry for the armchair 670
Simon L. Altmann reviews Symmetry in Chaos: A Search for Pattern in Mathematics, Art and Nature
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Michael Field, Martin Golubitsky, Edgar Heilbronner & Giuseppe Caglioti
doi:10.1038/362670a0
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| | Science and psychosis 671
John C. Marshall reviews The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia
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Christopher D. Frith
doi:10.1038/362671a0
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| | How to skin an elephant 672
John A. J. Gowlett reviews Making Silent Stones Speak: Human Evolution and the Dawn of Technology
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Kathy D. Schick & Nicholas Toth
doi:10.1038/362672a0
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| | The tangled bank revisited 672
G. A. Dover reviews Genes in Ecology
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R. J. Berry, T. J. Crawford & G. M. Hewitt
doi:10.1038/362672b0
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| | Imperfect unities of knowledge 673
John Ziman reviews Common Sense, Science and Scepticism: A Historical Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge
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Alan Mus-grave, Peter Kosso & John Dupre
doi:10.1038/362673a0
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| | The doctor's dilemma 675
David Weatherall reviews The Cambridge World History of Human Disease
Edited by
Kenneth F. Kiple
doi:10.1038/362675a0
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| | Past as prologue 676
Ryan J. Huxtable reviews The Development of American Pharmacology: John J. Abel and the Shaping of a Discipline
By
John Parascandola
doi:10.1038/362676a0
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| | Fragrant aristocrats 677
Leslie Crombie reviews The Scent of Orchids: Olfactory and Chemical Investigations
By
Roman Kaiser
doi:10.1038/362677a0
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| | Correcting tunnel vision 677
Peter Harman reviews The Fontana History of Chemistry
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William H. Brock & Peter J. Bowler
doi:10.1038/362677b0
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| | Missing links 678
Alison Jolly reviews Visions of Caliban: On Chimpanzees and People
By
Dale Peterson & Jane Goodall
doi:10.1038/362678a0
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| | Pole polemic 679
Derek Fordham reviews The Myth of the Explorer: The Press, Sensationalism and Geographical Discovery
By
Beau Riffenburgh
doi:10.1038/362679a0
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| | Gallic gloss 680
Peter Coles reviews La Science au Présent
Edited by
Y. Gautier, D. Lavergne, M. Delplanque, F. Gil & J.-L. Verley
doi:10.1038/362680a0
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