Opinion

Tension and relaxation in space-station science p721

Barring accidents, construction of the space station seems inevitable. Obstacles confront those hoping to achieve high-quality research there. There is a continuing need for close monitoring of priorities.

doi:10.1038/35671

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News

Industrial research booms in US, despite job cuts at large labs p723

Colin Macilwain

doi:10.1038/35673

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Germany approves DNA tests for visas p723

Burkhardt Roeper

doi:10.1038/35676

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Seventh heaven for Australia's optical astronomers p724

Peter Pockley

doi:10.1038/35678

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Moscow's 'missing fossils' come under new scrutiny p724

Alison Abbott

doi:10.1038/35681

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Clinton picks NSF chief as science adviser p725

Colin Macilwain

doi:10.1038/35683

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NIH peer-review revision panel is named p725

Meredith Wadman

doi:10.1038/35687

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Gene marker database stirs up debate p726

Meredith Wadman

doi:10.1038/35689

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Quebec urged to match supply and demand for science graduates p726

David Spurgeon

doi:10.1038/35692

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Tensions grow over access to DNA bank p727

Declan Butler

doi:10.1038/35694

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India to challenge Basmati rice 'invention' p728

K. S. Jayaraman

doi:10.1038/35698

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'Give us back our mansion,' plead scientists p728

Carl Levitin

doi:10.1038/35701

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Call for moratorium on seedbank patents p728

Ehsan Masood

doi:10.1038/35703

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A degree of success for MRes courses p729

Ehsan Masood

doi:10.1038/35705

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Spain lifts block on Framework funds p729

Alison Abbott

doi:10.1038/35708

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News in Brief p730

doi:10.1038/35710

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Briefings

Science struggles to gain respect on the space station p732

Although much has been made of the value of the international space station to science, many researchers remain deeply sceptical. But useful science may still emerge, even though various obstacles remain to be overcome.

doi:10.1038/35712

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No animals allowed for European researchers p733

doi:10.1038/35716

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Bartering for experimental time and space has already begun p734

doi:10.1038/35719

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Commercial labs to rent: good views, priority booking p736

doi:10.1038/35722

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When astronauts refuse to volunteer p737

doi:10.1038/35725

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Correspondence

Portuguese science needs a shake-up p738

Tomasz Boski and Helena D. Galvao

doi:10.1038/35728

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Celebrated errors p738

Charles Weissmann and Julian A. Hiscox

doi:10.1038/35730

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Biology versus physics p738

Arndt von Hippel

doi:10.1038/35732

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'Mad' science wanted p738

Boryeu Mao

doi:10.1038/35734

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News and Views

Fixed hotspots gone with the wind p739

Ulrich Christensen

doi:10.1038/35736

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Immunology Signal sequences stop killer cells p740

Eric O. Long

doi:10.1038/35739

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Supernova 1987A Shockwave hits the ring p741

Stephen Battersby

doi:10.1038/35742

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Chemical dynamics Noisy waves p743

Frank Moss

doi:10.1038/35745

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100 and 50 years ago p743

doi:10.1038/35748

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Functional genomics Double-stranded RNA poses puzzle p744

Richard W. Wagner and Lin Sun

doi:10.1038/35750

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Liquid crystals New designs in cholesteric colour p745

Peter Palffy-Muhoray

doi:10.1038/35753

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Ice sheets:  On the shelf p747

John VanDecar

doi:10.1038/35758

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Neural patterning Deconstructing the organizer p748

A. Ruiz i Altaba

doi:10.1038/35761

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Daedalus:  Winter in slumberland p749

David Jones

doi:10.1038/35765

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Obituary:  Kenichi Fukui (1918-98) p750

Roald Hoffmann

doi:10.1038/35767

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Art and Science

Boccioni's ballistics p751

Viewpoints revolve in space and are transformed in time in the art of Umberto Boccioni, a member of the Futurists, who embraced the new sciences and technologies of their age. Boccioni aimed to express a series of relativities.

Martin Kemp

doi:10.1038/35770

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Scientific Correspondence

Male ticks help their mates to feed p753

Hui Wang, Guido C. Paesen, Patricia A. Nuttall and Alan G. Barbour

doi:10.1038/35773

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Theropod-bird link reconsidered p754

Alan Feduccia and Larry D. Martin

doi:10.1038/35777

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Reply: Theropod-bird link reconsidered p754

Mark A. Norell, Peter Makovicky and James A. Clark

doi:10.1038/35779

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Height depends on month of birth p754

Gerhard W. Weber, Hermann Prossinger and Horst Seidler

doi:10.1038/35781

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Rubber hands 'feel' touch that eyes see p756

Matthew Botvinick and Jonathan Cohen

doi:10.1038/35784

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Book Reviews

Natural entertainments p757

Stephen Bostock

doi:10.1038/35788

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Money spinner p758

Ian Stewart

doi:10.1038/35791

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A weighty problem p759

John Wilding

doi:10.1038/35793

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In retrospect chosen by David Ruelle p760

David Ruelle

doi:10.1038/35796

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Article

Dax1 antagonizes Sry action in mammalian sex determination p761

Amanda Swain, Veronica Narvaez, Paul Burgoyne, Giovanna Camerino and Robin Lovell-Badge

doi:10.1038/35799

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Letters to Nature

Magneto-electric Aharonov–Bohm effect in metal rings p768

Alexander van Oudenaarden, Michel H. Devoret, Yu. V. Nazarov and J. E. Mooij

doi:10.1038/35808

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Noise-supported travelling waves in sub-excitable media p770

Sándor Kádár, Jichang Wang and Kenneth Showalter

doi:10.1038/35814

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See also: News and Views by Moss

High-strength alkali-resistant sintered SiC fibre stable to 2,200 °C p773

Toshihiro Ishikawa, Yasuhiko Kohtoku, Kiyoshi Kumagawa, Takemi Yamamura and Toshio Nagasawa

doi:10.1038/35820

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DNA-templated assembly and electrode attachment of a conducting silver wire p775

Erez Braun, Yoav Eichen, Uri Sivan and Gdalyahu Ben-Yoseph

doi:10.1038/35826

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Breakup and conditions for stability of the northern Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica p778

C. S. M. Doake, H. F. J. Corr, H. Rott, P. Skvarca and N. W. Young

doi:10.1038/35832

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Composition of fluids in the lower crust inferred from metamorphic salt in lower crustal rocks p781

Gregor Markl and Kurt Bucher

doi:10.1038/35836

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Making mistakes when predicting shifts in species range in response to global warming p783

Andrew J. Davis, Linda S. Jenkinson, John H. Lawton, Bryan Shorrocks and Simon Wood

doi:10.1038/35842

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Automatic alerting does not speed late motoric processes in a reaction-time task p786

Steven A. Hackley and Fernando Valle-Inclán

doi:10.1038/35849

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A small population of anterior cells patterns the forebrain during zebrafish gastrulation p788

Corinne Houart, Monte Westerfield and Stephen W. Wilson

doi:10.1038/35853

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See also: News and Views by Ruiz i Altaba

Staufen-dependent localization of prospero mRNA contributes to neuroblast daughter-cell fate p792

Julie Broadus, Sal Fuerstenberg and Chris Q. Doe

doi:10.1038/35861

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HLA-E binds to natural killer cell receptors CD94/NKG2A, B and C p795

Veronique M. Braud, David S. J. Allan, Christopher A. O'Callaghan, Kalle Söderström, Annalisa D'Andrea, Graham S. Ogg, Sasha Lazetic, Neil T. Young, John I. Bell, Joseph H. Phillips, Lewis L. Lanier and Andrew J. McMichael

doi:10.1038/35869

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See also: News and Views by Battersby

A B-cell-homing chemokine made in lymphoid follicles activates Burkitt's lymphoma receptor-1 p799

Michael D. Gunn, Vu N. Ngo, K. Mark Ansel, Eric H. Ekland, Jason G. Cyster and Lewis T. Williams

doi:10.1038/35876

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Direct activation of inward rectifier potassium channels by PIP₂ and its stabilization by G p803

Chou-Long Huang, Siyi Feng and Donald W. Hilgemann

doi:10.1038/35882

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Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans p806

Andrew Fire, SiQun Xu, Mary K. Montgomery, Steven A. Kostas, Samuel E. Driver and Craig C. Mello

doi:10.1038/35888

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See also: News and Views by Wagner & Sun

Role of the histone deacetylase complex in acute promyelocytic leukaemia p811

Richard J. Lin, Laszlo Nagy, Satoshi Inoue, Wenlin Shao, Wilson H. Miller, Jr and Ronald M. Evans

doi:10.1038/35895

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Fusion proteins of the retinoic acid receptor- recruit histone deacetylase in promyelocytic leukaemia p815

Francesco Grignani, Silvia De Matteis, Clara Nervi, Lucia Tomassoni, Vania Gelmetti, Mario Cioce, Mirco Fanelli, Marthin Ruthardt, Fabiana F. Ferrara, Iris Zamir, Christian Seiser, Fausto Grignani, Mitchell A. Lazar, Saverio Minucci and Pier Giuseppe Pelicci

doi:10.1038/35901

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Correction:  The cerebellar leucine-rich acidic nuclear protein interacts with ataxin-1 p818

Antoni Matilla, Beena T. Koshy, Christopher J. Cummings, Toshiaki Isobe, Harry T. Orr and Huda Y. Zoghbi

doi:10.1038/35908

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Erratum:  Fear conditioning induces associative long-term potentiation in the amygdala p818

Michael T. Rogan, Ursula V. Stäubli and Joseph E. LeDoux

doi:10.1038/35910

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Careers and Recruitment

Light in the gloom for cell biologists p819

Opportunities abound throughout the world for young people interested in cell biology. The most successful will be those who can learn new skills and work collaboratively. But Europe needs to learn an urgent lesson from the United States if there is to be any future for biomedical research in the next millennium.

Brendan Horton

doi:10.1038/35912

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Developing 'chemical genetics' p819

Brendan Horton

doi:10.1038/35916

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Favouring the brave p820

Potter Wickware

doi:10.1038/35918

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Not enough places to go in Europe p821

Owen Goldring

doi:10.1038/35921

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Salaries and qualifications across Europe p821

Owen Goldring

doi:10.1038/35925

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Opportunities open up in Dresden p822

Barbara Miller

doi:10.1038/35927

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