Table of contents
Volume 395 Number 6704 pp727-822
Opinion
Surviving misconduct is one thing, accountability is another p727
Recent high-profile research misconduct cases underline an urgent need for a more formal approach to the way in which laboratories organize and conduct their research.
doi:10.1038/27259
Fanning the winds of change p727
Persuading countries to increase their investment in research often means starting at the bottom.
doi:10.1038/27261
News
French researchers kick up a storm over CNRS 'reforms' p729
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/27263
Universities to get more control of biomedicine p729
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/27266
Japan's universities resist plan for greater autonomy p730
Asako Saegusa
doi:10.1038/27269
US Congress rebuffs data copyright law p730
Tony Reichhardt
doi:10.1038/27272
US cancer body calls for ideas from all disciplines p731
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/27274
Proposed restrictions relaxed on research on mentally disabled p731
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/27277
Europe's space funds feel the squeeze... p732
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/27279
... while UK scientists seek private backing p732
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/27282
New faces, old policies in German coalition p733
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/27284
Research reactor escapes Green axe... so far p733
Quirin Schiermeier
doi:10.1038/27286
Superconductors make their public debut in US utility network p733
Laura Garwin
doi:10.1038/27288
Lobbyists elated as the NIH wins $2bn budget increase p734
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/27291
Spain's cardiologists rally to Moncada p734
Xavier Bosch
doi:10.1038/27293
Top BSE official denies charges of excessive secrecy p734
Ehsan Masood
doi:10.1038/27295
News Analysis
Closer links urged for islands in the sun p735
The tenth anniversary of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences has highlighted both the case for greater regional collaboration on science-related issues, and the political and economic obstacles that can stand in the way.
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/27298
Correspondence
Where has Britain's plutonium gone? p739
K. W. J. Barnham, J. Nelson and R. A. Stevens
doi:10.1038/27304
Journals are best left on the shelf p739
Anthony K. Grafton
doi:10.1038/27306
Hybrid journals p739
B. Annapoorani, S. Amba and K. S. Raghavan
doi:10.1038/27308
Popular reaction against science p740
Daniel Davies
doi:10.1038/27310
Two-way street p740
Alessandro Minelli
doi:10.1038/27312
Referencing crystal coordinates p740
Peter B. Moore
doi:10.1038/27314
Commentary
Adapting to the inevitable p741
doi:10.1038/27316
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News and Views
A channelled plume under Africa p743
Geoff Davies
doi:10.1038/27320
Ecology: Stability is woven by complex webs p744
Gary A. Polis
doi:10.1038/27323
Macromolecular chemistry: Limits to growth p745
Philip Ball
doi:10.1038/27326
Auctions: Darwin and Archimedes come under the hammer p747
Tim Lincoln
doi:10.1038/27329
Palaeontology: Forerunners of four legs p748
Philippe Janvier
doi:10.1038/27332
Planetary science: Oceans inside Jupiter's moons p749
Fritz Neubauer
doi:10.1038/27335
Evolutionary biology: The geometry of adaptation p751
Nick Barton
doi:10.1038/27338
100 and 50 Years Ago p751
doi:10.1038/27343
Daedalus: Dead metallic silence p752
David Jones
doi:10.1038/27345
Science and Image
Akeley's Africa p753
The size and elaborate staging of the great dioramas, such as Carl Akeley's gorillas, can still impress. Their cost upset museum authorities, but they aided conservation by promoting the idea of wildlife in its natural habitat.
Martin Kemp
doi:10.1038/27347
Scientific Correspondence
Neuron loss in APP transgenic mice p755
Michael E. Calhoun, Karl-Heinz Wiederhold, Dorothee Abramowski, Amie L. Phinney, Alphonse Probst, Christine Sturchler-Pierrat, Matthias Staufenbiel, Bernd Sommer and Mathias Jucker
doi:10.1038/27351
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Why some papers have long citation lifetimes p756
Helmut A. Abt
doi:10.1038/27355
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Nanodomain control in copolymer thin films p757
E. Huang, L. Rockford, T. P. Russell and C. J. Hawker
doi:10.1038/27358
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How to store seeds to conserve biodiversity p758
Richard H. Ellis and Eric H. Roberts
doi:10.1038/27361
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Refrigeration can save seeds economically p758
Christina Walters, Eric E. Roos, Darren H. Touchell, Phillip C. Stanwood, Leigh Towill, Loren Wiesner and Steve A. Eberhart
doi:10.1038/27363
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Book Reviews
Through the looking-glass p759
Keith Miller reviews Mirror Image: Jonathan Miller on Reflection and On Reflection by Jonathan Miller and Jonathan Miller on Reflection
doi:10.1038/27365
What two legs can learn from four legs p760
Martin A. Nowak and Karl Sigmund review Foundations of Social Evolution by Steven A. Frank and Cooperation Among Animals by A. L. Dugatkin
doi:10.1038/27368
Fungus not always a bogeyman p761
David L. Hawksworth reviews Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds by George W. Hudler
doi:10.1038/27371
Twisted strands p762
Sydney Brenner reviews A History of Molecular Biology by Michel Morange and DNA Pioneers and Their Legacy by Ulf Lagerkvist
doi:10.1038/27374
Review
Leptin and the regulation of body weight in mammals p763
Jeffrey M. Friedman and Jeffrey L. Halaas
doi:10.1038/27376
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (345K)
Article
Hydrological characteristics of the drainage system beneath a surging glacier p771
Helgi Björnsson
doi:10.1038/27384
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (238K)
Letters to Nature
A circumstellar dust disk around a star with a known planetary companion p775
David E. Trilling and Robert H. Brown
doi:10.1038/27389
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Induced magnetic fields as evidence for subsurface oceans in Europa and Callisto p777
K. K. Khurana, M. G. Kivelson, D. J. Stevenson, G. Schubert, C. T. Russell, R. J. Walker and C. Polanskey
doi:10.1038/27394
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See also: News and Views by Neubauer
Quantized conductance through individual rows of suspended gold atoms p780
Hideaki Ohnishi, Yukihito Kondo and Kunio Takayanagi
doi:10.1038/27399
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (433K) | Supplementary information
Formation and manipulation of a metallic wire of single gold atoms p783
A. I. Yanson, G. Rubio Bollinger, H. E. van den Brom, N. Agraït and J. M. van Ruitenbeek
doi:10.1038/27405
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Contribution of bedrock nitrogen to high nitrate concentrations in stream water p785
J. M. Holloway, R. A. Dahlgren, B. Hansen and W. H. Casey
doi:10.1038/27410
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Cenozoic magmatism throughout east Africa resulting from impact of a single plume p788
C. J. Ebinger and N. H. Sleep
doi:10.1038/27417
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See also: News and Views by Davies
Osteolepiforms and the ancestry of tetrapods p792
Per E. Ahlberg and Zerina Johanson
doi:10.1038/27421
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See also: News and Views by Janvier
Weak trophic interactions and the balance of nature p794
Kevin McCann, Alan Hastings and Gary R. Huxel
doi:10.1038/27427
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See also: News and Views by Polis
A jitter after-effect reveals motion-based stabilization of vision p798
Ikuya Murakami and Patrick Cavanagh
doi:10.1038/27435
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The DCC gene product induces apoptosis by a mechanism requiring receptor proteolysis p801
Patrick Mehlen, Shahrooz Rabizadeh, Scott J. Snipas, Nuria Assa-Munt, Guy S. Salvesen and Dale E. Bredesen
doi:10.1038/27441
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Assembly of the Drosophila phototransduction cascade into a signalling complex shapes elementary responses p805
Kristin Scott and Charles S. Zuker
doi:10.1038/27448
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The G protein G
12 stimulates Bruton's tyrosine kinase and a rasGAP through a conserved PH/BM domain p808
Yun Jiang, Wei Ma, Yong Wan, Tohru Kozasa, Seisuke Hattori and Xin-Yun Huang
doi:10.1038/27454
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Direction determination in the minus-end-directed kinesin motor ncd p813
Elena P. Sablin, Ryan B. Case, Shirleko C. Dai, Cynthia L. Hart, Aaron Ruby, Ronald D. Vale and Robert J. Fletterick
doi:10.1038/27463
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Unfolded conformations of -lytic protease are more stable than its native state p817
Julie L. Sohl, Sheila S. Jaswal and David A. Agard
doi:10.1038/27470
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New on the Market
Programming predominates p821
This roundup includes bioinformatics, image analysis and frame grabbing tools, bibliographic and reference management systems and a package that turns a variety of common programs into data acquisition systems.
compiled by Brendan Horton from information provided by the manufacturers.
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