Table of contents
Volume 389 Number 6654 pp891-1006
Opinion
France's research base needs a shaking p891
After years of failed reforms, the time is ripe for the French government to loosen rigidities within academic institutions and the CNRS. Top of the list are the terms of employment of young researchers.
doi:10.1038/39944
University reform overdue p891
Japan's higher education institutions cannot carry on business as usual.
doi:10.1038/39946
News
Clinton struggles to appease all sides over climate proposals p893
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/39948
Australia eases path to Kyoto agreement p893
Ehsan Masood
doi:10.1038/39951
Climate panel to expand its membership p894
Ehsan Masood
doi:10.1038/39953
Controversy flares over AIDS prevention trials in third world p894
Meredith Wadman
doi:10.1038/39955
CNRS wants more competition for grants p895
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/39957
Nuclear agency may absorb physics institute p895
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/39960
UK tightens regime for animal research p896
Ehsan Masood
doi:10.1038/39962
Astronomers review options after fire ravages gamma array p896
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/39964
Japan's universities resist 'agency' plan p897
Asako Saegusa
doi:10.1038/39967
Inquiry investigates 'hiding' of unspent funds p897
Asako Saegusa
doi:10.1038/39969
Genetic testing for Alzheimer's disease 'not appropriate' p898
Sally Lehrman
doi:10.1038/39971
NIH pilots faster feedback for grant resubmissions p898
Meredith Wadman
doi:10.1038/39973
News Analysis
Does low cost mean low-value missions? p899
Despite an increase in the number of planetary missions, views are mixed about whether NASA's policy of 'better, faster, cheaper' is working.
Tony Reichhardt
doi:10.1038/39976
Visiting researchers in France promised 'fast-track permits' p900
Philip CampbellEditor, Nature
doi:10.1038/39979
Correspondence
Recent trends in the BSE epidemic p903
C. A. Donnelly, A. C. Ghani, N. M. Ferguson and R. M. Anderson
doi:10.1038/39982
Rules needed on authorship p903
C. Esser
doi:10.1038/39985
No red alert over conservation Red Lists p904
David Brackett and Eugene Lapointe
doi:10.1038/39987
Methyl bromide not so bad p904
Ralph Cicerone
doi:10.1038/39989
Surgical leadership p904
Timothy G. Buchman
doi:10.1038/39991
News and Views
The ocean's productive deserts p905
Scott C. Doney
doi:10.1038/39993
Life histories: Be social, live longer p906
Ross H. Crozier
doi:10.1038/39996
Materials science: Invisible circuits p907
Gordon Thomas
doi:10.1038/39999
Signal transduction: Rhomantic interludes raise blood pressure p908
A. P. Somlyo
doi:10.1038/40002
100 and 50 years ago p909
doi:10.1038/40005
Athletics: Mostly in the mind p911
Tim Lincoln
doi:10.1038/40007
Biomineralization: A pavement of pearl p912
L. Addadi and S. Weiner
doi:10.1038/40010
Galaxy evolution: Smashed into shape p913
Karen Southwell
doi:10.1038/40015
Animal behaviour: Swimming against the current p915
R. Glenn Northcutt
doi:10.1038/40018
Condensed-matter physics: Another surprise from two dimensions p916
T. Maurice Rice
doi:10.1038/40022
Palaeontology: Deep roots for the Neanderthals p917
G. Philip Rightmire
doi:10.1038/40024
Avoided object: Another matter p917
doi:10.1038/40027
Daedalus: Galactic whirlpools p918
David Jones
doi:10.1038/40032
Art and Science
Gabo's geometry p919
A fascination with the principles behind structures led the Russian artist Naum Gabo to produce sculpture that looks as if it owes as much to engineering as to nature.
Martin Kemp
doi:10.1038/40034
Scientific Correspondence
Burrowing saves Lake Erie clams p921
S. Jerrine Nichols and Douglas A. Wilcox
doi:10.1038/40039
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Mixed blessings for middle-aged mothers p922
Kathleen M. Egan, Edward Giovannucci, Linda Titus-Ernstoff, Polly Newcomb and Meir Stampfer
doi:10.1038/40042
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Mixed blessings for middle-aged mothers p922
Philipp Heeb and Martin W. G. Brinkhof
doi:10.1038/40044
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Mixed blessings for middle-aged mothers p922
Lev M. Berstein
doi:10.1038/40046
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Tree-ring dating the 1700 Cascadia earthquake p922
David K. Yamaguchi, Brian F. Atwater, Daniel E. Bunker, Boyd E. Benson and Marion S. Reid
doi:10.1038/40048
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Thermal contraction p923
Arthur W. Sleight
doi:10.1038/40052
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Gene flow from transgenic crops p924
Anne-Marie Chèvre, Frédérique Eber, Alain Baranger and Michel Renard
doi:10.1038/40054
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Book Reviews
Reasoning in the social sciences p925
A. G. Maddock
doi:10.1038/40057
Underwater sex change p926
doi:10.1038/40060
The data day p926
John Heilbron
doi:10.1038/40063
Duke of hazards p926
Bill McGuire
doi:10.1038/40065
Methods and madness p927
John Burnham
doi:10.1038/40068
New in paperback p928
doi:10.1038/40071
Article
Contribution of Southern Ocean surface-water stratification to low atmospheric CO2 concentrations during the last glacial period p929
Roger Franois, Mark A. Altabet, Ein-Fen Yu, Daniel M. Sigman, Michael P. Bacon, Martin Frank, Gerhard Bohrmann, Gilles Bareille and Laurent D. Labeyrie
doi:10.1038/40073
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Letters to Nature
Quantum oscillations in a confined electron gas p937
Ch. Würsch, C. Stamm, S. Egger, D. Pescia, W. Baltensperger and J. S. Helman
doi:10.1038/40081
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P-type electrical conduction in transparent thin films of CuAlO2 p939
Hiroshi Kawazoe, Masahiro Yasukawa, Hiroyuki Hyodo, Masaaki Kurita, Hiroshi Yanagi and Hideo Hosono
doi:10.1038/40087
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Low-field magnetoresistance in the pyrochlore Tl2Mn2O7 p942
H. Y. Hwang and S.-W. Cheong
doi:10.1038/40093
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A combinatorial approach to the discovery and optimization of luminescent materials p944
Earl Danielson, Josh H. Golden, Eric W. McFarland, Casper M. Reaves, W. Henry Weinberg and Xin Di Wu
doi:10.1038/40099
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Ordered macroporous materials by emulsion templating p948
A. Imhof and D. J. Pine
doi:10.1038/40105
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Experimental determination of the organic carbon flux from open-ocean surface waters p951
S. Emerson, P. Quay, D. Karl, C. Winn, L. Tupas and M. Landry
doi:10.1038/40111
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Ice–volcano interaction of the 1996 Gjálp subglacial eruption, Vatnajökull, Iceland p954
Magnú T. Gudmundsson, Freysteinn Sigmundsson and Helgi Björnsson
doi:10.1038/40122
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Extraordinary lifespans in ants: a test of evolutionary theories of ageing p958
Laurent Keller and Michel Genoud
doi:10.1038/40130
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The lateral line can mediate rheotaxis in fish p960
John C. Montgomery, Cindy F. Baker and Alexander G. Carton
doi:10.1038/40135
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Mutation of an axonemal dynein affects left–right asymmetry in inversus viscerum mice p963
Dorothy M. Supp, David P. Witte, S. Steven Potter and Martina Brueckner
doi:10.1038/40140
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Wnt signalling required for expansion of neural crest and CNS progenitors p966
Makoto Ikeya, Scott M. K. Lee, Jane E. Johnson, Andrew P. McMahon and Shinji Takada
doi:10.1038/40146
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Ataxin-1 with an expanded glutamine tract alters nuclear matrix-associated structures p971
Pamela J. Skinner, Beena T. Koshy, Christopher J. Cummings, Ivan A. Klement, Kara Helin, Antonio Servadio, Huda Y. Zoghbi and Harry T. Orr
doi:10.1038/40153
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The cerebellar leucine-rich acidic nuclear protein interacts with ataxin-1 p974
Antoni Matilla, Beena T. Koshy, Christopher J. Cummings, Toshiaki Isobe, Harry T. Orr and Huda Y. Zoghbi
doi:10.1038/40159
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Cutaneous lymphocyte antigen is a specialized form of PSGL-1 expressed on skin-homing T cells p978
Robert C. Fuhlbrigge, J. David Kieffer, Dieter Armerding and Thomas S. Kupper
doi:10.1038/40166
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Macrophage-tropic HIV and SIV envelope proteins induce a signal through the CCR5 chemokine receptor p981
Drew Weissman, Ronald L. Rabin, James Arthos, Andrea Rubbert, Mark Dybul, Ruth Swofford, Sundararajan Venkatesan, Joshua M. Farber and Anthony S. Fauci
doi:10.1038/40173
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Polyisoprenyl phosphates in intracellular signalling p985
Bruce D. Levy, Nicos A. Petasis and Charles N. Serhan
doi:10.1038/40180
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Calcium sensitization of smooth muscle mediated by a Rho-associated protein kinase in hypertension p990
Masayoshi Uehata, Toshimasa Ishizaki, Hiroyuki Satoh, Takashi Ono, Toshio Kawahara, Tamami Morishita, Hiroki Tamakawa, Keiji Yamagami, Jun Inui, Midori Maekawa and Shuh Narumiya
doi:10.1038/40187
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The Fork head transcription factor DAF-16 transduces insulin-like metabolic and longevity signals in C. elegans p994
Scott Ogg, Suzanne Paradis, Shoshanna Gottlieb, Garth I. Patterson, Linda Lee, Heidi A. Tissenbaum and Gary Ruvkun
doi:10.1038/40194
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Structure of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p19Ink4d p999
Frederich Y. Luh, Sharon J. Archer, Peter J. Domaille, Brian O. Smith, Darerca Owen, Deborah H. Brotherton, Andrew R. C. Raine, Xu Xu, Leonardo Brizuela, Stephen L. Brenner and Ernest D. Laue
doi:10.1038/40202
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Erratum: Chromatin-remodelling factor CHRAC contains the ATPases ISWI and topoisomerase II p1003
Patrick D. Varga-Weisz, Matthias Wilm, Edgar Bonte, Katia Dumas, Matthias Mann and Peter B. Becker
doi:10.1038/39940
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New on the Market
From amplification to antisense p1005
doi:10.1038/39942
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