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| | Too many eggs in the Asia–Pacific basket 649
The decision by Australia not to fund the European Southern Observatory is a sign that its politicians see its future in science as lying in the Asia-Pacific region. That conclusion is premature.
doi:10.1038/378649a0
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| | Postscript from a new hand 649
Although Nature is about to enter a period of change, its values are not.
Philip Campbell
doi:10.1038/378649b0
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| | NASA panel draws up 'road map' to hunt Earth-like planets in space 650
Tony Reichhardt
doi:10.1038/378650a0
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| | Australian institute gets new director 650
doi:10.1038/378650b0
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| | Boost for French universities following Student protests 651
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/378651a0
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| | Indian plans to recoup investment through satellite services 651
K. S. Jayaraman
doi:10.1038/378651b0
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| | Germany seeks fusion plan compromise... 652
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/378652a0
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| | ...as US faces up to doubts over ITER 652
Dave Kramer
doi:10.1038/378652b0
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| | Australia backs innovation, shuns telescope 653
David Swinbanks
doi:10.1038/378653a0
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| | Government backs proteome proposal 653
D. S S.
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| | Fast reactor leak hits nuclear safety image 654
Stephen Barker
doi:10.1038/378654a0
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| | Researchers split over food safety as schools ban beef 654
Ehsan Masood
doi:10.1038/378654b0
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| | Hyping results 'could damage' gene therapy 655
Meredith Wadman
doi:10.1038/378655a0
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| | Funds are key to sequence success 655
Patrick Young
doi:10.1038/378655b0
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| | Foresight wins bouquets and brickbats from watchdog 656
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/378656a0
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| | East German scheme fails to rehabilitate university scientists 656
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/378656b0
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| | Japan's Diet eyes technology assessment 657
Stephen Barker
doi:10.1038/378657a0
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| | UK geophysicist killed in San Diego 657
Rex Dalton
doi:10.1038/378657b0
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| | Speaking ill of the Dead 658
Joshua R. Schultz
doi:10.1038/378658a0
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| | Pain pathways 658
Andrew Huxley
doi:10.1038/378658b0
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| | Security at MIT 658
Kenneth D. Campbell
doi:10.1038/378658c0
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| | Colonial dinosaur 658
S. S. Kushwaha
doi:10.1038/378658d0
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| | Survival of Italian biomedical research 659
Despite crises in image and funding, Italian biomedical research has reached a turning point. A brighter future is in prospect if the universities successfully reorganize themselves and new competitive institutes are established.
Jacopo Meldolesi
doi:10.1038/378659a0
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| | A new phylum from the lobster's lips 661
On the taxonomic hierarchy that runs from species to kingdom, phylum ranks one level from the top. There are only 35 or so animal phyla, to which the Cycliophora must now be added.
Simon Conway Morris
doi:10.1038/378661a0
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| | In support of the pore 662
Stephen Lee
doi:10.1038/378662a0
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| | Trees under tension 663
Ernst Steudle
doi:10.1038/378663a0
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| | Hops, steps and jumps 664
Christopher Surridge
doi:10.1038/378664a0
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| | All out for chromosome six 665
Leena Peltonen
doi:10.1038/378665a0
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| | Cocaine abuse takes a shot 666
David W. Self
doi:10.1038/378666a0
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| | Blueprint for success 667
Olivier Kahn
doi:10.1038/378667a0
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| | Ordering in 'Prussian-blue' phases 667
O. K. K.
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| | Animal vegetables 668
David Jones
doi:10.1038/378668a0
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| | Whose baby are you? 669
Nicholas J. S. Christenfeld & Emily A. Hill
doi:10.1038/378669a0
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| | Lifting the Taung child 670
Anders Hedenström
doi:10.1038/378670a0
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| | Energetic motion detection 670
Peter J. Bex, N. Brady, R. E. Fredericksen & R. F. Hess
doi:10.1038/378670b0
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| | Energetic motion detection 671
M. J. Morgan
doi:10.1038/378671a0
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| | Mariner transposons in humans 672
T. Oosumi, W. R. Belknap & B. Garlick
doi:10.1038/378672a0
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| | What price philosophy? 673
Charles Tanford & Jacqueline Reynolds reviews Ludwig Boltzmann: His Later Life and Philosophy, 1900-1906.
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John Blackmore
doi:10.1038/378673a0
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| | Figures of speach 674
Chris Philippidis reviews More Than One Mystery: Explorations in Quantum Interference
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Mark P. Silverman
doi:10.1038/378674a0
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| | Paths of discovery 674
Douglas Palmer reviews Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of the Western United States
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Martin Lockley & Adrian P. Hunt
doi:10.1038/378674b0
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| | Increased biological productivity and export production in the glacial Southern Ocean 675
N. Kumar, R. F. Anderson, R. A. Mortlock, P. N. Froelich, P. Kubik, B. Dittrich-Hannen & M. Suter
doi:10.1038/378675a0
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| | Crystal structure of the RAR- ligand-binding domain bound to all-trans retinoic acid 681
Jean-Paul Renaud, Natacha Rochel, Marc Ruff, Valéria Vivat, Pierre Chambon, Hinrich Gronemeyer & Dino Moras
doi:10.1038/378681a0
Abstract & References | PDF (2,888K)
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| | A structural role for hormone in the thyroid hormone receptor 690
Richard L. Wagner, James W. Apriletti, Mary E. McGrath, Brian L. West, John D. Baxter & Robert J. Fletterick
doi:10.1038/378690a0
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| | A water-vapour giga-maser in the active galaxy TXFS2226 – 184 697
Anton M. Koekemoer, Christian Henkel, Lincoln J. Greenhill, Arjun Dey, Wil van Breugel, Claudio Codella & Robert Antonucci
doi:10.1038/378697a0
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| | Imaging the nonlinear grating in frequency-doubling fibres 699
W. Margulis, F. Laurell & B. Leschel
doi:10.1038/378699a0
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| | A room-temperature organometallic magnet based on Prussian blue 701
S. Ferlay, T. Mallah, R. Ouahès, P. Veillet & M. Verdaguer
doi:10.1038/378701a0
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| | Selective binding and removal of guests in a microporous metal–organic framework 703
O. M. Yaghi, Guangming Li & Hailian Li
doi:10.1038/378703a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (1,180K)
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| | Influence of mountain ranges on the mid-latitude atmospheric response to El Niño events 706
Eric DeWeaver & Sumant Nigam
doi:10.1038/378706a0
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| | Mantle dynamics and the heat flow into the Earth's continents 709
A. Lenardic & W. M. Kaula
doi:10.1038/378709a0
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| | Cycliophora is a new phylum with affinities to Entoprocta and Ectoprocta 711
Peter Funch & Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen
doi:10.1038/378711a0
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| | Sustained and significant negative water pressure in xylem 715
William T. Pockman, John S. Sperry & James W. O'Leary
doi:10.1038/378715a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (436K)
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| | Dorsal cell fate specified by chick Lmxl during vertebrate limb development 716
Astrid Vogel, Concepción Rodriguez, Wayne Warnken & Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte
doi:10.1038/378716a0
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| | Chromosome engineering in mice 720
Ramlro Ramirez-Solis, Pentao Liu & Allan Bradley
doi:10.1038/378720a0
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| | Essential function of LIF receptor in motor neurons 724
Meng Li, Michael Sendtner & Austin Smith
doi:10.1038/378724a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (1,126K)
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| | Suppression of psychoactive effects of cocaine by active immunization 727
M. Rocío A. Carrera, Jon A. Ashley, Loren H. Parsons, Peter Wirsching, George F. Koob & Kim D. Janda
doi:10.1038/378727a0
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| | Cloning of the amiloride-sensitive FMRFamide peptide-gated sodium channel 730
Eric Lingueglia, Guy Champigny, Michel Lazdunski & Pascal Barbry
doi:10.1038/378730a0
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| | A possible docking and fusion particle for synaptic transmission 733
Giampietro Schiavo, Michael J. S. Gmachl, Gudrun Stenbeck, Thomas H. Söllner & James E. Rothman
doi:10.1038/378733a0
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| | Apoptosis of T cells mediated by galectin-1 736
Nancy L. Perillo, Karen E. Pace, Jeffrey J. Seilhamer & Linda G. Baum
doi:10.1038/378736a0
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| | Cell-cycle control linked to extracellular environment by MAP kinase pathway in fission yeast 739
Kazuhiro Shiozaki & Paul Russell
doi:10.1038/378739a0
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| | Crystal structure of SIV matrix antigen and implications for virus assembly 743
Zihe Rao, Alexander S. Belyaev, Elizabeth Fry, Polly Roy, Ian M. Jones & David I. Stuart
doi:10.1038/378743a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (1,486K)
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| | A 35-Å movement of smooth muscle myosin on ADP release 748
Michael Whittaker, Elizabeth M. Wilson-Kubalek, Joseph E. Smith, Lynn Faust, Ronald A. Milligan & H. Lee Sweeney
doi:10.1038/378748a0
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| | A 32° tail swing in brush border myosin I on ADP release 751
James D. Jontes, Elizabeth M. Wilson-Kubalek & Ronald A. Milligan
doi:10.1038/378751a0
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| | Erratum | |
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| | Multiple essential functions of neuregulin in development 753
Dirk Meyer & Carmen Birchmeier
doi:10.1038/378753a0
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| | Scientific experts: more attention needed 754
A survey of members of the legal profession involved in cases requiring the use of scientific experts reveals strong support for court-appointed experts – but little evidence of direct experience to back up this feeling.
Peter Fenn, Christopher Speck & Michael O' Shea
doi:10.1038/378754a0
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