Table of contents
Volume 398 Number 6722 pp1-90
In this issue (4 March 1999)
Opinion
Dangers of Euro-relevance p1
The European Commission has clarified aspects of its next Framework programme of research. An insistence on quick delivery of socio-economic benefits threatens the programme's success.
doi:10.1038/17842
Where next on misconduct? p1
Tackling scientific fraud has generated its own problems, while others remain unaddressed.
doi:10.1038/17844
News
Anomalies in French blood inquiry over 'misleading' report p3
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/17846
British drive for more women in science p4
Natasha Loder
doi:10.1038/17849
Indian budget boost targets innovation, vaccines and genetics p4
K. S. Jayaraman
doi:10.1038/17852
US aid to Russian weapons labs defended p5
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/17855
Japanese institutes face greater autonomy p5
Asako Saegusa
doi:10.1038/17858
Collapse of talks on safety of GMO trade p6
Ehsan Masood
doi:10.1038/17860
NASA plans two-stage Hubble repair to keep the data flowing p6
Tony Reichhardt
doi:10.1038/17863
Germany aims for competitive equality p7
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/17865
Head of German particle physics lab dies p7
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/17868
South Africa stands firm on AIDS drug ... p8
Michael Cherry
doi:10.1038/17870
...while forecasting benefits from NASA funds p8
Michael Cherry
doi:10.1038/17873
Canadians protest over rare species bill p9
David Spurgeon
doi:10.1038/17875
Varmus wish list guides senators in fight for biomedical funding p9
Meredith Wadman
doi:10.1038/17878
Briefings
Science comes to terms with the lessons of fraud p13
doi:10.1038/17883
Japanese scandals raise public distrust p14
doi:10.1038/17890
Editors debate whether to blow the whistle on suspect papers p15
doi:10.1038/17892
US stalls on new definitions of misconduct p16
doi:10.1038/17894
Guidelines on the web p17
doi:10.1038/17896
Correspondence
Papers vanish in mis-citation black hole p19
Janne S. Kotiaho
doi:10.1038/17898
Engineering a longer life p19
Nigel L. Firth
doi:10.1038/17901
Managing SOHO p19
Joseph B. Gurman
doi:10.1038/17903
Controversy over the cloning of mice p19
Karl Illmensee
doi:10.1038/17905
Forging links in an electronic paper chain p20
Mark Gerstein
doi:10.1038/17907
The editor as an endangered species p20
Gene L. Wells
doi:10.1038/17909
Space-grown crystals may prove their worth p20
Naomi E. Chayen and John R. Helliwell
doi:10.1038/17911
News and Views
From rifting to drifting p21
Fred F. Pollitz
doi:10.1038/17913
Protein recognition: An SH2 domain in disguise p22
John Kuriyan and James E. Darnell, Jr
doi:10.1038/17916
100 and 50 years ago p23
doi:10.1038/17920
Cosmology: Evolution of the cosmological constant p25
P. J. E. Peebles
doi:10.1038/17922
Signal transduction: A taste of things to come p25
Alison Mitchell
doi:10.1038/17924
Immunology: Accessory to murder p26
Ton N. M. Schumacher
doi:10.1038/17927
Oceanography: The mystery of the sapropels p27
Connie Sancetta
doi:10.1038/17930
Cell signalling: DREAM on without calcium p29
Gail Mandel and Richard H. Goodman
doi:10.1038/17933
Daedalus: Bugging the brain p30
David Jones
doi:10.1038/17936
Scientific Correspondence
Designing tie knots by random walks p31
Thomas M. Fink and Yong Mao
doi:10.1038/17938
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Pasture damage by an Amazonian earthworm p32
Armand Chauvel, Michel Grimaldi, Eleusa Barros, Eric Blanchart, Thierry Desjardins, Max Sarrazin and Patrick Lavelle
doi:10.1038/17946
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Using hair to screen for breast cancer p33
Veronica James, John Kearsley, Tom Irving, Yoshiyuki Amemiya and David Cookson
doi:10.1038/17949
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Change-blindness as a result of 'mudsplashes' p34
J. Kevin O'Regan, Ronald A. Rensink and James J. Clark
doi:10.1038/17953
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Book Reviews
From Daedalus to NASA p35
G. Siegfried Kutter
doi:10.1038/17956
Counting on statistics p36
Jonathan Rosenhead
doi:10.1038/17959
Decision-making for our ecological future p37
Marc Mangel
doi:10.1038/17962
Super news p38
A. J. Leggett
doi:10.1038/17964
Science in culture p38
Martin Kemp
doi:10.1038/17966
Article
Structure of a Ran-binding domain complexed with Ran bound to a GTP analogue: implications for nuclear transport p39
Ingrid R. Vetter, Christine Nowak, Takeharu Nishimoto, Jürgen Kuhlmann and Alfred Wittinghofer
doi:10.1038/17969
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (691K)
Letters to Nature
Superconductivity mediated by spin fluctuations in the heavy-fermion compound UPd2 Al3 p47
M. Jourdan, M. Huth and H. Adrian
doi:10.1038/17977
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Coherent displacement of atoms during ion irradiation p49
K. Nordlund, J. Keinonen, M. Ghaly and R. S. Averback
doi:10.1038/17983
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Two-photon polymerization initiators for three-dimensional optical data storage and microfabrication p51
Brian H. Cumpston, Sundaravel P. Ananthavel, Stephen Barlow, Daniel L. Dyer, Jeffrey E. Ehrlich, Lael L. Erskine, Ahmed A. Heikal, Stephen M. Kuebler, I.-Y. Sandy Lee, Dianne McCord-Maughon, Jinqui Qin, Harald Röckel, Mariacristina Rumi, Xiang-Li Wu, Seth R. Marder and Joseph W. Perry
doi:10.1038/17989
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Photocontrolled nanophase segregation in a liquid-crystal solvent p54
Yves Lansac, Matthew A. Glaser, Noel A. Clark and Oleg D. Lavrentovich
doi:10.1038/17995
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The role of mat-forming diatoms in the formation of Mediterranean sapropels p57
Alan E. S. Kemp, Richard B. Pearce, Itaru Koizumi, Jennifer Pike and S. Jae Rance
doi:10.1038/18001
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Low-temperature thermal generation of hydrocarbon gases in shallow shales p61
Devon Rowe and Atis Muehlenbachs
doi:10.1038/18007
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Evidence for motion between Nubia and Somalia along the Southwest Indian ridge p64
Dezhi Chu and Richard G. Gordon
doi:10.1038/18014
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See also: News and Views by Pollitz
Dissociation of dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens from intracranial self-stimulation p67
Paul A. Garris, Michaux Kilpatrick, Melissa A. Bunin, Darren Michael, Q. David Walker and R. Mark Wightman
doi:10.1038/18019
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Regulation of calcium signalling in T lymphocytes by the second messenger cyclic ADP-ribose p70
Andreas H. Guse, Cristina P. da Silva, Ingeborg Berg, Alla L. Skapenko, Karin Weber, Petra Heyer, Martin Hohenegger, Gloria A. Ashamu, Hendrik Schulze-Koops, Barry V. L. Potter and Georg W. Mayr
doi:10.1038/18024
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (635K) | Supplementary information
Coordination of agonist-induced Ca2+-signalling patterns by NAADP in pancreatic acinar cells p74
Jose Manuel Cancela, Grant C. Churchill and Antony Galione
doi:10.1038/18032
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Cytotoxic T-cell immunity to virus-infected non-haematopoietic cells requires presentation of exogenous antigen p77
Luis J. Sigal, Shane Crotty, Raul Andino and Kenneth L. Rock
doi:10.1038/18038
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See also: News and Views by Schumacher
DREAM is a Ca2+-regulated transcriptional repressor p80
Angel M. Carrión, Wolfgang A. Link, Fran Ledo, Britt Mellström and Jose R. Naranjo
doi:10.1038/18044
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See also: News and Views by Mandel & Goodman
Structure of the amino-terminal domain of Cbl complexed to its binding site on ZAP-70 kinase p84
Wuyi Meng, Sansana Sawasdikosol, Steven J. Burakoff and Michael J. Eck
doi:10.1038/18050
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See also: News and Views by Kuriyan & Darnell
Erratum: Protein translation and folding are coupled by an endoplasmic-reticulum-resident kinase p90
Heather P. Harding, Yuhong Zhang and David Ron
doi:10.1038/18057
