Opinion

WHO steps closer to its responsibilities p175

Developments in biomedical research give rise to ethical dilemmas and public controversy around the world. New guidelines reflect the WHO's need to strengthen its role in helping governments and others address the issues.

doi:10.1038/18246

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A commissioner for our time p175

Out of political mayhem, an opportunity for a visionary.

doi:10.1038/18248

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News

Human Genome Project aims to finish 'working draft' next year p177

Meredith Wadman

doi:10.1038/18250

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Britain sought to speed-up sequencing efforts p177

Ehsan Masood

doi:10.1038/18253

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French ministries seek way out of lab supplies crisis p178

Declan Butler

doi:10.1038/18255

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Doñana clean-up 'left half the soil still contaminated' p178

Xavier Bosch

doi:10.1038/18257

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WHO's bioethics code likely to stir debate p179

Declan Butler

doi:10.1038/18260

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India falls into line over patents legislation p179

K. S. Jayaraman

doi:10.1038/18263

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Call for a lighter regulatory burden on NIH researchers p180

Meredith Wadman

doi:10.1038/18265

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US quest for AIDS vaccine appoints a leader p180

Meredith Wadman

doi:10.1038/18267

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Britain's 'high-tech' budget praised... p181

Ehsan Masood

doi:10.1038/18270

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... in the push for a knowledge-driven economy p181

Ehsan Masood

doi:10.1038/18273

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Students win pay rise in Michigan strike p182

Wil Lepkowski

doi:10.1038/18275

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Japanese emissions plan under fire for relying on nuclear power p182

Asako Saegusa

doi:10.1038/18277

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News Analysis

European archive for mouse mutants is set to open at last p183

With the rapidly burgeoning numbers of mouse mutants being produced, Europe's need for a repository and distribution centre has become urgent. The announcement that its mouse archive is to open is thus welcome.

Alison Abbott

doi:10.1038/18280

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News in Brief p184

doi:10.1038/18283

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Correspondence

Words go missing in cyberspace p186

Rosie Redfield

doi:10.1038/18286

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Whales, science and activism p186

Sidney J. Holt

doi:10.1038/18288

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Many a slip 'twixt cup and lip p186

Jens C. Jensenius

doi:10.1038/18290

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Commentary

Lessons from Iraq on bioweapons p187

There are strong political pressures to relax the scrutiny of suspected biological weapons activity in Iraq. But the experience of United Nations inspectors in the country points to significant dangers in such a policy.

doi:10.1038/18292

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News and Views

Bell's inequality test: more ideal than ever p189

Alain Aspect

doi:10.1038/18296

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Conservation:  Oryx go back to the brink p190

Martyn Gorman

doi:10.1038/18303

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Telomeres:  Ageing hard or hardly ageing? p191

David Kipling and Richard G. A. Faragher

doi:10.1038/18306

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100 and 50 years ago p191

doi:10.1038/18309

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High-temperature superconductivity:  Research enters a new phase p193

A. J. Millis

doi:10.1038/18311

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Agriculture:  Neolithic genetic engineering p194

Svante Pääbo

doi:10.1038/18315

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Quantum fluids:  Bose gases and their Fermi cousins p195

Michael R. Andrews

doi:10.1038/18319

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Biotechnology:  A new-for-old urinary bladder p198

Jeffrey A. Hubbell

doi:10.1038/18322

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Quantum gravity:  Testing time for theories p199

D. V. Ahluwalia

doi:10.1038/18325

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Transcriptional regulation:  Modification by nuclear export? p200

Patrick G. Hogan and Anjana Rao

doi:10.1038/18327

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Daedalus:  Sweeping the seas p201

David Jones

doi:10.1038/18330

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Obituary:  Henry W. Kendall (1926-99) p202

Kurt Gottfried

doi:10.1038/18332

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Scientific Correspondence

Colour categories in a stone-age tribe p203

Jules Davidoff, Ian Davies and Debi Roberson

doi:10.1038/18335

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Why biodiversity surveys are good value p204

Andrew Balmford and Kevin J. Gaston

doi:10.1038/18339

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How the 'terror crocodile' grew so big p205

Gregory M. Erickson and Christopher A. Brochu

doi:10.1038/18343

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Localization or classical diffusion of light? p206

Frank Scheffold, Ralf Lenke, Ralf Tweer and Georg Maret

doi:10.1038/18347

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Reply:  Localization or classical diffusion of light? p207

Diederik S. Wiersma, Jaime Gómez Rivas, Paolo Bartolini, Ad Lagendijk and Roberto Righini

doi:10.1038/18350

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Simulating the motion of gas bubbles in a liquid p208

R. Krishna and J. M. van Baten

doi:10.1038/18353

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Book Reviews

Tale of a stigma redeemed p209

Richard Davenport-Hines reviews The White Death: A History of Tuberculosis by Thomas Dormandy

doi:10.1038/18356

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In retrospect: chosen by Anton Zeilinger p210

Anton Zeilinger reviews Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp

doi:10.1038/18359

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... nor any drop to drink p210

Daniel Hillel reviews Fresh Water by E. C. Pielou and The World's Water 1998-1999: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources by Peter H. Gleick

doi:10.1038/18362

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A planet's lifeblood p211

doi:10.1038/18364

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New in paperback p212

doi:10.1038/18367

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Sounding out two centuries p212

J. Woodhouse reviews Sounds of Our Times: Two Hundred Years of Acoustics by Robert T. Beyer

doi:10.1038/18369

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Letters to Nature

Sublimation from icy jets as a probe of the interstellar volatile content of comets p213

Geoffrey A. Blake, C. Qi, Michiel R. Hogerheijde, M. A. Gurwell and D. O. Muhleman

doi:10.1038/18372

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Gravity-wave interferometers as quantum-gravity detectors p216

Giovanni Amelino-Camelia

doi:10.1038/18377

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See also: News and Views by Ahluwalia

Four-wave mixing with matter waves p218

L. Deng, E. W. Hagley, J. Wen, M. Trippenbach, Y. Band, P. S. Julienne, J. E. Simsarian, K. Helmerson, S. L. Rolston and W. D. Phillips

doi:10.1038/18395

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See also: News and Views by Andrews

Vanishing of phase coherence in underdoped Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈₊ p221

J. Corson, R. Mallozzi, J. Orenstein, J. N. Eckstein and I. Bozovic

doi:10.1038/18402

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Aerosol-assisted self-assembly of mesostructured spherical nanoparticles p223

Yunfeng Lu, Hongyou Fan, Aaron Stump, Timothy L. Ward, Thomas Rieker and C. Jeffrey Brinker

doi:10.1038/18410

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Molecular-sieve catalysts for the selective oxidation of linear alkanes by molecular oxygen p227

John Meurig Thomas, Robert Raja, Gopinathan Sankar and Robert G. Bell

doi:10.1038/18417

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Snowpack production of formaldehyde and its effect on the Arctic troposphere p230

Ann Louise Sumner and Paul B. Shepson

doi:10.1038/18423

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Increased marine sediment suspension and fluxes following an earthquake p233

Robert Thunell, Eric Tappa, Ramon Varela, Martin Llano, Yrene Astor, Frank Muller-Karger and Richard Bohrer

doi:10.1038/18430

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The limits of selection during maize domestication p236

Rong-Lin Wang, Adrian Stec, Jody Hey, Lewis Lukens and John Doebley

doi:10.1038/18435

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See also: News and Views by Pääbo

Gaze direction controls response gain in primary visual-cortex neurons p239

Yves Trotter and Simona Celebrini

doi:10.1038/18444

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brinker is a target of Dpp in Drosophila that negatively regulates Dpp-dependent genes p242

Maki Minami, Noriyuki Kinoshita, Yuko Kamoshida, Hiromu Tanimoto and Tetsuya Tabata

doi:10.1038/18451

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A new protease required for cell-cycle progression in yeast p246

Shyr-Jiann Li and Mark Hochstrasser

doi:10.1038/18457

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The kinase TAK1 can activate the NIK-IB as well as the MAP kinase cascade in the IL-1 signalling pathway p252

Jun Ninomiya-Tsuji, Kazuya Kishimoto, Atsushi Hiyama, Jun-ichiro Inoue, Zhaodan Cao and Kunihiro Matsumoto

doi:10.1038/18465

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NF-AT activation requires suppression of Crm1-dependent export by calcineurin p256

Jiangyu Zhu and Frank McKeon

doi:10.1038/18473

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See also: News and Views by Hogan & Rao

New on the Market

Genetically modified p261

This week's selection of recent introductions has been slanted towards genetics, genomics and genes in general. Beads that bind DNA, membranes that capture RNA and several gene-expression systems feature.
Compiled in the Nature office from information provided by the manufacturers.

doi:10.1038/18480

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Careers and Recruitment

Physics grapples with its image problem p265

Fewer young people are wanting to study physics but universities are fighting back by designing more relevant courses. Graduates in the subject find plenty of openings in industry but a shortage of posts in the academic world.

Helen Gavaghan

doi:10.1038/18482

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Bright prospects and high salaries p265

doi:10.1038/18486

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Exciting times at the interface with other disciplines p266

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Modelling makes the money go round p267

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Job search starts here p268

doi:10.1038/18493

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