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| | Disappointing end for the SSC 771
The decision of the US Congress to kill the Superconducting Super Collider does not and should not spell the death of particle physics, but rather the beginning of a strictly international programme.
doi:10.1038/365771a0
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| | Is virtual reality real? 772
Virtual reality may be more than an extension of the cinema, but quite what is not yet clear.
doi:10.1038/365772a0
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| | Step back in Ulster 772
After another bomb, long-term institution building should be the goal in Northern Ireland.
doi:10.1038/365772b0
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| | News | |
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| | SSC decision ends post-war era of science-government partnership 773
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/365773a0
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| | CERN sees move as mixed blessing 773
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/365773b0
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| | Japan fears negative impact on domestic spending 774
David Swinbanks
doi:10.1038/365774a0
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| | Mayor nominated for second UNESCO term 774
doi:10.1038/365774b0
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| | German opposition may delay Framework 775
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/365775a0
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| | 'Precompetitive' research heads for the history books 775
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/365775b0
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| | Waldegrave defends 'foresight' exercise 776
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/365776a0
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| | South African cyclotron faces uncertain future 776
Michael Cherry
doi:10.1038/365776b0
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| | Japan to study damage from Russian dumping 777
David Swinbanks
doi:10.1038/365777a0
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| | Childhood leukaemias remain unexplained 777
doi:10.1038/365777b0
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| | Dumping boosts case for total ban 777
D. S.
doi:10.1038/365777c0
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| | German university faces ban on animal tests in class 778
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/365778a0
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| | UK scientists protest lab privatizations 778
doi:10.1038/365778b0
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| | Cloning of human embryos draws fire from critics 778
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/365778c0
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| | Indian tree offers nuclear waste treatment 779
K. S. Jayaraman
doi:10.1038/365779a0
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| | S. Korea pauses on science reforms 779
David Swinbanks
doi:10.1038/365779b0
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| | Correspondence | |
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| | Paradigm lost 780
Stephen Mann
doi:10.1038/365780a0
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| | Paradigm lost 780
Robert J. O'Connell
doi:10.1038/365780b0
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| | Non Angli . . . 780
Paul Trayhurn
doi:10.1038/365780c0
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| | Fair shares 780
William Brooks
doi:10.1038/365780d0
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| | The pathway to signal achievement 781
There has been a deluge of reports, in this journal and elsewhere, dealing with the subject of signal transduction and the Ras protein. Why all the fuss? The following is a News and Views article with a difference - an explanation for those not close to events, and a celebration of an achievement in biomedical research.
Sean E. Egan & Robert A. Weinberg
doi:10.1038/365781a0
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| | Cross-talk and versatility — the bigger picture 783
S. E. E. & R. A. W.
doi:10.1038/365783a0
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| | Preparing for the comet crash 784
Clark R. Chapman
doi:10.1038/365784a0
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| | Keeping out the rain 785
William M. Bement & Mark S. Mooseker
doi:10.1038/365785a0
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| | Ingrained evidence of origin 786
Ian Wright
doi:10.1038/365786a0
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| | Halloween crystals 787
T. L.
doi:10.1038/365787a0
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| | Pluto's strange orbit 788
S. J. Peale
doi:10.1038/365788a0
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| | Avoiding close encounters 788
S. J. P.
doi:10.1038/365788b0
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| | Rift on the record 789
Bernard Wood
doi:10.1038/365789a0
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| | Safe passage 790
David Jones
doi:10.1038/365790a0
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| | Scientific Correspondence | |
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| | German Bight storms analysed 791
Heiner Schmidt & Hans von Storch
doi:10.1038/365791a0
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| | Generation time and evolution 791
Jay A. Rosenheim & Bruce E. Tabashnik
doi:10.1038/365791b0
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| | Thermodynamics at boundaries 792
Gregorio Weber
doi:10.1038/365792a0
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| | Blueprint for survival 793
Timothy O'Riordan reviews Compass and Gyroscope: Integrating Science and Politics for the Environment
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Kai N. Lee
doi:10.1038/365793a0
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| | Social life from the bottom up 794
W. C. McGrew reviews Primate Behaviour: Information, Social Knowledge, and the Evolution of Culture
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Duane Quiatt & Vernon Reynolds
doi:10.1038/365794a0
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| | Natural hazards 795
Peter W. Lipman reviews Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions: A Handbook on Risk Assessment
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Herbert Tiedemann
doi:10.1038/365795a0
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| | Soviet revolutions 796
Harold Zirin reviews Alexander A. Friedmann: The Man Who Made the Universe Expand
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E. A. Tropp, V. Ya. Frenkel & A. D. Chernin
doi:10.1038/365796a0
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| | Immunological modulation and evasion by helminth parasites in human populations 797
Rick M. Maizels, Don A. P. Bundy, Murray E. Selkirk, Deborah F. Smith & Roy M. Anderson
doi:10.1038/365797a0
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| | The isotopic compositions and stellar sources of meteoritic graphite grains 806
Sachiko Amari, Peter Hoppe, Ernst Zinner & Roy S. Lewis
doi:10.1038/365806a0
Abstract & References | PDF (505K)
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| | The structure of crystalline profilin– -actin 810
Clarence E. Schutt, James C. Myslik, Michael D. Rozycki, Nalin C. W. Goonesekere & Uno Lindberg
doi:10.1038/365810a0
Abstract & References | PDF (1,064K)
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| | Letters | |
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| | A second companion of the millisecond pulsar 1620 – 26 817
D. C. Backer, R. S. Foster & S. Sallmen
doi:10.1038/365817a0
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| | The origin of Pluto's peculiar orbit 819
Renu Malhotra
doi:10.1038/365819a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (467K)
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| | Conducting charge-transfer salts based on neutral  -radicals 821
C. D. Bryan, A. W. Cordes, R. M. Fleming, N. A. George, S. H. Glarum, R. C. Haddon, R. T. Oakley, T. T. M. Palstra, A. S. Perel, L. F. Schneemeyer & J. V. Waszczak
doi:10.1038/365821a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (453K)
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| | Large contribution of organic aerosols to cloud-condensation-nuclei concentrations 823
T. Novakov & J. E. Penner
doi:10.1038/365823a0
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| | Cumulates from strongly depleted mid-ocean-ridge basalt 826
Kent Ross & Don Elthon
doi:10.1038/365826a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (675K)
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| | Persistent patterns in the geomagnetic field over the past 2.5 Myr 829
David Gubbins & Peter Kelly
doi:10.1038/365829a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (544K)
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| | Oldest Homo and Pliocene biogeography of the Malawi Rift 833
Friedemann Schrenk, Timothy G. Bromage, Christian G. Betzler, Uwe Ring & Yusuf M. Juwayeyi
doi:10.1038/365833a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (558K)
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| | Ultraviolet radiation and coral bleaching 836
Daniel F. Gleason & Gerard M. Wellington
doi:10.1038/365836a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (457K)
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| | Reverse transduction measured in the isolated cochlea by laser Michelson interferometry 838
Fabio Mammano & Jonathan F. Ashmore
doi:10.1038/365838a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (551K)
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| | Inhibition of contractile vacuole function in vivo by antibodies against myosin-I 841
S. K. Doberstein, I. C. Baines, G. Wiegand, E. D. Korn & T. D. Pollard
doi:10.1038/365841a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (505K)
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| | Cloning and characterization of the vasopressin-regulated urea transporter 844
Guofeng You, Craig P. Smith, Yoshikatsu Kanai, Wen-Sen Lee, Matthias Stelzner & Matthias A. Hediger
doi:10.1038/365844a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (718K)
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| | Identification of a proline residue as a transduction element involved in voltage gating of gap junctions 847
Thomas M. Suchyna, Lie Xian Xu, Feng Gao, Charles R. Fourtner & Bruce J. Nicholson
doi:10.1038/365847a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (515K)
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| | The protein IsK is a dual activator of K+ and CI- channels 850
Bernard Attali, Eric Guillemare, Florian Lesage, Eric Honoré, Georges Romey, Michel Lazdunski & Jacques Barhanin
doi:10.1038/365850a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (566K)
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| | Human xeroderma pigmentosum group D gene encodes a DMA helicase 852
Patrick Sung, Véronique Bailly, Christine Weber, Larry H. Thompson, Louise Prakash & Satya Prakash
doi:10.1038/365852a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (577K)
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| | Phosphorylated CREB binds specifically to the nuclear protein CBP 855
John C. Chrivia, Roland P. S. Kwok, Ned Lamb, Masatoshi Hagiwara, Marc R. Montminy & Richard H. Goodman
doi:10.1038/365855a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (1,004K)
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| | Molecular basis of crossreactivity and the limits of antibody–antigen complementarity 859
Jairo H. Arevalo, Michael J. Taussig & Ian A. Wilson
doi:10.1038/365859a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (805K)
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doi:10.1038/365863a0
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| | Guide to Authors | |
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doi:10.1038/365864a0
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| | New product watch 865
New on the market this week — a DNA sequencer that delivers typical read lengths of 800 bases per sample, software for HPLC users and a solvent recycling system designed to reduce costs.
Diane Gershon
doi:10.1038/365865a0
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