| | Opinion |  |
 |
| | What happened to the world's money? 379
Disappointment among financiers about the slow pace of the West's recovery from recession is understandable, but they should not be so surprised; who but they are helping to reinvest the world's capital internationally?
doi:10.1038/368379a0
PDF (127K)
|
|
| | Small country research 379
The European Union should pay attention to the research needs of smaller countries.
doi:10.1038/368379b0
PDF (253K)
|
|
| | Assassination in Mexico 380
Last week's outrage will at least give the United States a beneficent interest south of its border.
doi:10.1038/368380a0
PDF (143K)
|
|
| | News | |
|
| | Clinton courts research hospitals 381
Barbara J. Culliton
doi:10.1038/368381a0
PDF (161K)
|
|
| | Drugs bill to rein in profits 381
Diane Gershon
doi:10.1038/368381b0
PDF (161K)
|
|
| | Kessler adds heat to smoking debate 382
Helen Gavaghan
doi:10.1038/368382a0
PDF (141K)
|
|
| | Quick solution demanded for Rutherford 382
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/368382b0
PDF (141K)
|
|
| | Japan's E. coli genome project falling short 383
David Swinbanks
doi:10.1038/368383a0
PDF (180K)
|
|
| | Regional Cinderellas ask for more 383
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/368383b0
PDF (180K)
|
|
| | Monsanto sues over BST 384
Diane Gershon
doi:10.1038/368384a0
PDF (150K)
|
|
| | High hopes for new Australian minister 384
Mark Lawson
doi:10.1038/368384b0
PDF (150K)
|
|
| | Commercial family planning for India 384
K. S. Jayaraman
doi:10.1038/368384c0
PDF (150K)
|
|
| | Joint research projects 'need more regulation' 385
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/368385a0
PDF (155K)
|
|
| | Working scientists to get voice in Europe 385
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/368385b0
PDF (155K)
|
|
| | Slovak science lacks finance, direction... 386
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/368386a0
PDF (156K)
|
|
| | ... while Czech budget doubles 386
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/368386b0
PDF (156K)
|
|
| | Correspondence | |
|
| | AIDS plagued by journalists 387
A. Karpas
doi:10.1038/368387a0
PDF (152K)
|
|
| | AIDS plagued by journalists 387
Neville Hodgkinson
doi:10.1038/368387b0
PDF (152K)
|
|
| | Cancer institute treated unfairly 388
Peter Garland
doi:10.1038/368388a0
PDF (139K)
|
|
| | Sex determination 388
Asher Shushan & Josef G. Schenker
doi:10.1038/368388b0
PDF (139K)
|
|
| | Academic research a dirty word? 388
David Nicholson
doi:10.1038/368388c0
References | PDF (139K)
|
|
| | Freedom of proof 388
Robert E. Kofahl
doi:10.1038/368388d0
PDF (139K)
|
|
| | Early 'cruise' 388
Maxwell Gordon
doi:10.1038/368388e0
PDF (139K)
|
|
| | Commentaries |  |
|
| | Can Québec's science (and Canada's) survive constitutional separation? 389
The chance that Québec will separate from the rest of Canada grows as time passes without persuasive steps to keep the country together, but science is unlikely to be a casualty of separation.
doi:10.1038/368389a0
PDF (500K)
|
|
| | Can Québec stand alone? 390
doi:10.1038/368390a0
PDF (357K)
|
|
| | Diversity by episodic growth 392
doi:10.1038/368392a0
PDF (179K)
|
|
| | The benefits of research 393
doi:10.1038/368393a0
PDF (270K)
|
|
| | Building on Institutional success 393
doi:10.1038/368393b0
PDF (270K)
|
|
| | What are the risks? 394
John Maddox
doi:10.1038/368394a0
PDF (155K)
|
|
| | News and Views |  |
|
| | Sun's encounter with star predicted 395
The Solar System proper seems safe from external calamity for the next 50 years, but there is a danger that a close encounter with  Centaurus A/B could shake loose a shower of comets on the Earth.
John Maddox
doi:10.1038/368395a0
PDF (148K)
|
|
| | Bioremediation comes of age 396
Richard P. J. Swannell & Ian M. Head
doi:10.1038/368396a0
References | PDF (286K)
|
|
| | A little of what you fancy . . . 397
Philippa Marrack & David C. Parker
doi:10.1038/368397a0
References | PDF (308K)
|
|
| | Antagonists and partial agonists 398
P. M. & D. C. P.
doi:10.1038/368398a0
PDF (147K)
|
|
| | Variable but singular 399
Leslie C. Aiello
doi:10.1038/368399a0
References | PDF (255K)
|
|
| | Passing splendour 399
T. L.
doi:10.1038/368399b0
PDF (125K)
|
|
| | Scattering for super-radiation 400
A. Z. Genack & J. M. Drake
doi:10.1038/368400a0
PDF (288K)
|
|
| | New moon 401
L. M.
doi:10.1038/368401a0
PDF (158K)
|
|
| | Simplifying the complex 402
Michael Carey
doi:10.1038/368402a0
References | PDF (301K)
|
|
| | A dynamo with a difference 403
Katia Ferrière
doi:10.1038/368403a0
References | PDF (289K)
|
|
| | Expanded metal 404
David Jones
doi:10.1038/368404a0
PDF (160K)
|
|
| | Scientific Correspondence | |
|
| | Degassing of Lake Nyos 405
George W. KIing, William C. Evans, Michele L. Tuttle & Greg Tanyileke
doi:10.1038/368405a0
References | PDF (287K)
|
|
| | Migration of muscle cells 406
D. J. Watt, J. Karasinski, J. Moss & M. A. England
doi:10.1038/368406a0
References | PDF (214K)
|
|
| | Punctuated debate 407
Bryan Clarke
doi:10.1038/368407a0
References | PDF (214K)
|
|
| | Punctuated debate 407
Jeffrey Levinton
doi:10.1038/368407b0
References | PDF (343K)
|
|
| | Punctuated debate 408
Stephen Jay Gould & Niles Eldredge
doi:10.1038/368408a0
References | PDF (146K)
|
|
| | Longevity and testosterone 408
Giovanni Paternostro
doi:10.1038/368408b0
References | PDF (146K)
|
|
| | Book Reviews | |
|
| | Muddleheadedness exposed 409
Donald Kennedy reviews Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels With Science
By
Paul R. Gross & Norman Levitt
doi:10.1038/368409a0
PDF (313K)
|
|
| | The nature of knowledge 410
Maurice Crosland reviews Auguste Comte: An Intellectual Biography, Volume I
By
Mary Pickering
doi:10.1038/368410a0
PDF (266K)
|
|
| | Only connect 411
Adam Kuper reviews Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology: Humanity, Culture and Social Life
Edited by
Tim Ingold
doi:10.1038/368411a0
PDF (279K)
|
|
| | Speculative astronomy 412
Tobias Owen reviews What if The Moon Didn't Exist? Voyages to Earths That Might Have Been
By
Neil F. Comins
doi:10.1038/368412a0
PDF (143K)
|
|
| | Articles |  |
|
| | Effectiveness of bioremediation for the Exxon Valdez oil spill 413
James R. Bragg, Roger C. Prince, E. James Harner & Ronald M. Atlas
doi:10.1038/368413a0
Abstract & References | PDF (620K)
|
|
| | Physiological consequences of loss of plasminogen activator gene function in mice 419
Peter Carmeliet, Luc Schoonjans, Lena Kieckens, Beverly Ream, Jay Degen, Roderick Bronson, Rita De Vos, Joost J. van den Oord, Désiré Collen & Richard C. Mulligan
doi:10.1038/368419a0
Abstract & References | PDF (914K)
|
|
| | Design and synthesis of multi-haem proteins 425
Dan E. Robertson, Ramy S. Farid, Christopher C. Moser, Jeffrey L. Urbauer, Stephen E. Mulholland, Ravindernath Pidikiti, James D. Lear, A. Joshua Wand, William F. DeGrado & P. Leslie Dutton
doi:10.1038/368425a0
Abstract & References | PDF (1,031K)
|
|
| | Letters | |
|
| | Discovery of an X-ray source coincident with the soft  -ray repeater 0525 − 66 432
R. E. Rothschild, S. R. Kulkarni & R. E. Lingenfelter
doi:10.1038/368432a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (370K)
|
|
| | Possible role of massive black holes in the generation of galactic magnetic fields 434
Sandip K. Chakrabarti, R. Rosner & S. I. Vainshtein
doi:10.1038/368434a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (373K)
|
|
| | Laser action in strongly scattering media 436
N. M. Lawandy, R. M. Balachandran, A. S. L. Gomes & E. Sauvain
doi:10.1038/368436a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (311K)
|
|
| | Non-centrosymmetry and second-harmonic generation in Z-type Langmuir−Blodgett films 438
Geoffrey J. Ashwell, Paul D. Jackson & Wendy A. Crossland
doi:10.1038/368438a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (301K)
|
|
| | Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking by achiral molecules in a Langmuir−Blodgett film 440
R. Viswanathan, J. A. Zasadzinski & D. K. Schwartz
doi:10.1038/368440a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (516K)
|
|
| | Voltage-dependent ordering of water molecules at an electrode−electrolyte interface 444
Michael F. Toney, Jason N. Howard, Jocelyn Richer, Gary L. Borges, Joseph G. Gordon, Owen R. Melroy, David G. Wiesler, Dennis Yee & Larry B. Sorensen
doi:10.1038/368444a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (341K)
|
|
| | Poor reproduction in forest passerines from decline of snail abundance on acidified soils 446
J. Graveland, R. van der Wal, J. H. van Balen & A. J. van Noordwijk
doi:10.1038/368446a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (350K)
|
|
| | The first skull and other new discoveries of Australopithecus afarensis at Hadar, Ethiopia 449
William H. Kimbel, Donald C. Johanson & Yoel Rak
doi:10.1038/368449a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (473K)
|
|
| | Matrix correlation tests support a single origin for modern humans 452
Diane M. Waddle
doi:10.1038/368452a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (423K)
|
|
| | High resolution of human evolutionary trees with polymorphic microsatellites 455
A. M. Bowcock, A. Ruiz-Linares, J. Tomfohrde, E. Minch, J. R. Kidd & L. L. Cavalli-Sforza
doi:10.1038/368455a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (394K)
|
|
| | Bcl-2 expression promotes B- but not T-lymphoid development in scid mice 457
Andreas Strasser, Alan W. Harris, Lynn M. Corcoran & Suzanne Cory
doi:10.1038/368457a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (432K)
|
|
| | Early determination of a mouse somatosensory cortex marker 460
Michel Cohen-Tannoudji, Charles Babinet & Marion Wassef
doi:10.1038/368460a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (617K)
|
|
| | Dynamics of brain activation during picture naming 463
R. Salmelin, R. Hari, O. V. Lounasmaa & M. Sams
doi:10.1038/368463a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (508K)
|
|
| | An RNA polymerase II holoenzyme responsive to activators 466
Anthony J. Koleske & Richard A. Young
doi:10.1038/368466a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (499K)
|
|
| | Determinants of repressor/operator recognition from the structure of the trp operator binding site 469
Z. Shakked, G. Guzikevich-Guerstein, F. Frolow, D. Rabinovich, A. Joachimiak & P. B. Sigler
doi:10.1038/368469a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (886K)
|
|
| | Erratum | |
|
| | High-affinity IgE receptor on eosinophils is involved in defence against parasites 473
Abdelillah Soussi Gounni, Bouchaïb Lamkhioued, Kenichi Ochiai, Yoïchi Tanaka, Emmanuel Delaporte, André Capron, Jean-Pierre Kinet & Monique Capron
doi:10.1038/368473a0
PDF (141K)
|
|
| | Product Reviews | |
|
| | A model for high-throughput automated DNA sequencing and analysis core facilities 474
Large-scale DNA sequencing and analysis is providing important molecular information on complex biological systems.
Mark D. Adams, Anthony R. Kerlavage, Jenny M. Kelley, Jeannine D. Gocayne, Chris Fields, Claire M. Fraser & J. Craig Venter
doi:10.1038/368474a0
References | PDF (295K)
|
|
| | Recent releases 476
New product developments to watch for include a whole chromosome painting system, a second-generation robotics system, a pocket-sized torch for use in the darkroom and two new gel documentation systems.
Diane Gershon
doi:10.1038/368476a0
PDF (809K)
|
|
| | EMPLOYMENT | |
|
| | Scientists moving into sales 480
Many scientists find bench work unrewarding after some years spent in the laboratory and if there are no prospects of promotion— especially in the research environment — they may consider moving to a technical sales career.
Ann Pinn
doi:10.1038/368480a0
PDF (221K)
|
|
