Table of contents
Volume 399 Number 6732 pp89-182
Opinion
Essentials for science in a devolved Scotland p89
A newly elected parliament and executive provides opportunities for Scotland not only to imitate the best of Westminster, but also to do better in its handling of Scottish research and public controversies.
doi:10.1038/20015
Impure, maybe, but exemplary p89
Whatever its motivations, a drug company's big gesture towards AIDS should be imitated.
doi:10.1038/20017
News
Quake-spotting 'telescope' may map North American continent p91
Rex Dalton
doi:10.1038/20019
Search for a key to secrets of the Universe p91
Ehsan Masood
doi:10.1038/20022
'Sell the message of research', Europe's cell biologists urged p92
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/20024
US stem-cell pioneers buy 'Dolly' cloning company p92
Meredith Wadman
doi:10.1038/20026
Battery fault ends X-ray satellite mission p93
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/20029
French unions hopeful of delaying reforms until after consultation p93
Eric Glover
doi:10.1038/20032
Funding penalty for cross-boundary work p94
Natasha Loder
doi:10.1038/20034
Australia boosts medical research, but keeps other budgets level p94
Peter Pockley
doi:10.1038/20036
NSF told to ease up cost-share demands p95
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/20039
Future of Spectrum X mission still cloudy p95
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/20042
Japan bids to catch up on gene sequencing p96
Asako Saegusa
doi:10.1038/20044
Drug company backs Africa's war on AIDS p96
Meredith Wadman
doi:10.1038/20047
News Analysis
Science advice test in UK devolution vote p97
With the arrival of devolved governments in Scotland and Wales, British science has an opportunity to build on past experience and experiment with new ways of implementing science advice.
Ehsan Masood
doi:10.1038/20049
News
Commission seeks to 'blow the whistle' on unethical decisions p100
doi:10.1038/20054
British government under fire for failing to back Unesco efforts p100
doi:10.1038/20056
US academy backs plan for multinational expert panels p100
doi:10.1038/20058
Correspondence
Too many agencies spoil Euro research p101
Carlo Gambacorti-Passerini
doi:10.1038/20061
Building the future of biocomputing p101
Mark Gerstein
doi:10.1038/20063
Phenology and the changing seasons p101
John Worrall
doi:10.1038/20065
The right prescription for preclinical teaching p101
H. Peter Soyer, Birger Kränke, Thomas Petnehazy and Stefan Scheidl
doi:10.1038/20067
News and Views
Dinosaur tracks in the computer age p103
Kevin Padian
doi:10.1038/20069
Earth science: Radon and rock deformation p104
Evelyn Roeloffs
doi:10.1038/20072
Astrophysics: The planet factory p105
Sarah Tomlin
doi:10.1038/20076
Cell signalling: Calmodulin at the channel gate p105
Michael D. Ehlers and George J. Augustine
doi:10.1038/20079
100 and 50 years ago p108
doi:10.1038/20082
Materials science: The hard problem of carbonitrides p108
Barry M. Klein
doi:10.1038/20084
Photosynthesis: Mixed metabolism in plant pools p109
Peter D. Moore
doi:10.1038/20086
Excitatory synapses: Neither too loud nor too quiet p111
Dimitri M. Kullmann
doi:10.1038/20089
Daedalus: Cultured diamonds p112
David Jones
doi:10.1038/20092
Scientific Correspondence
Myopia and ambient lighting at night p113
Graham E. Quinn, Chai H. Shin, Maureen G. Maguire and Richard A. Stone
doi:10.1038/20094
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Superconductors under stress p114
Laurens Jansen and Ruud Block
doi:10.1038/20097
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Polar gigantism dictated by oxygen availability p114
Gauthier Chapelle and Lloyd S. Peck
doi:10.1038/20099
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No role for colour in symmetry perception p115
Dawn Morales and Harold Pashler
doi:10.1038/20103
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Book Reviews
A fantasia of biological feminism p117
Olivia Judson reviews Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier and Just Like a Woman: How Gender Science is Redefining What Makes Us Female by Dianne Hales
doi:10.1038/20106
Seat of life p117
doi:10.1038/20108
A chemistry textbook hero p118
Charles Tanford and Jacqueline Reynolds review Walther Nernst and the Transition to Modern Physical Science by Diana Kormos Barkan
doi:10.1038/20111
New in paperback p119
doi:10.1038/20114
Quantum behaviour p119
David P. DiVincenzo
doi:10.1038/20116
Science in culture p120
Duncan Dallas
doi:10.1038/20118
Letters to Nature
Supersonic winds in Jupiter's aurorae p121
Daniel Rego, Nicholas Achilleos, Tom Stallard, Steve Miller, Renée Prangé, Michele Dougherty and Robert D. Joseph
doi:10.1038/20121
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Efficient fault-tolerant quantum computing p124
Andrew M. Steane
doi:10.1038/20127
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Three-dimensional orientation measurements of symmetric single chromophores using polarization microscopy p126
S. A. Empedocles, R. Neuhauser and M. G. Bawendi
doi:10.1038/20138
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Size and form in efficient transportation networks p130
Jayanth R. Banavar, Amos Maritan and Andrea Rinaldo
doi:10.1038/20144
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Electronic mechanism of hardness enhancement in transition-metal carbonitrides p132
Seung-Hoon Jhi, Jisoon Ihm, Steven G. Louie and Marvin L. Cohen
doi:10.1038/20148
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Near-field probing of vibrational absorption for chemical microscopy p134
B. Knoll and F. Keilmann
doi:10.1038/20154
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Radon emanation and electric potential variations associated with transient deformation near reservoir lakes p137
M. Trique, P. Richon, F. Perrier, J. P. Avouac and J. C. Sabroux
doi:10.1038/20161
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Three-dimensional preservation of foot movements in Triassic theropod dinosaurs p141
Stephen M. Gatesy, Kevin M. Middleton, Farish A. Jenkins Jr and Neil H. Shubin
doi:10.1038/20167
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Evolution of genetic mechanisms controlling petal development p144
Elena M. Kramer and Vivian F. Irish
doi:10.1038/20172
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The role of the anterior prefrontal cortex in human cognition p148
Etienne Koechlin, Gianpaolo Basso, Pietro Pietrini, Seth Panzer and Jordan Grafman
doi:10.1038/20178
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Synaptic calcium transients in single spines indicate that NMDA receptors are not saturated p151
Zachary F. Mainen, Roberto Malinow and Karel Svoboda
doi:10.1038/20187
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Ca2+/calmodulin binds to and modulates P/Q-type calcium channels p155
Amy Lee, Scott T. Wong, Daniel Gallagher, Bin Li, Daniel R. Storm, Todd Scheuer and William A. Catterall
doi:10.1038/20194
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Calmodulin supports both inactivation and facilitation of L-type calcium channels p159
Roger D. Zühlke, Geoffrey S. Pitt, Karl Deisseroth, Richard W. Tsien and Harald Reuter
doi:10.1038/20200
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A cytosolic catalase is needed to extend adult lifespan in C. elegans daf-C and clk-1 mutants p162
James Taub, Joe F. Lau, Charles Ma, Jang Hee Hahn, Rafaz Hoque, Jonathan Rothblatt and Martin Chalfie
doi:10.1038/20208
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Gene silencing in Neurospora crassa requires a protein homologous to RNA-dependent RNA polymerase p166
Carlo Cogoni and Giuseppe Macino
doi:10.1038/20215
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New on the Market
Cell cycles to cell markers p171
Smaller (volumes for fluorescence spectroscopy), faster (mRNA assays)
and bigger (inventories of antibodies) — more new and refurbished products
for molecular and other biologists vie for your attention.
Compiled in the Nature office from information provided
by the manufacturers.
doi:10.1038/20219
Careers and Recruitment
Out of the lab and into the marketplace p175
Any researcher who leaves the academic world to start their own company will face a steep learning curve when it comes to the financial and business aspects. Nature's writers offer practical advice in this eight-page feature.
Brendan Horton
doi:10.1038/20221
First write your business plan p176
Brendan Horton
doi:10.1038/20224
'Venture fever' grips Asian economies p177
David Swinbanks
doi:10.1038/20226
Singapore aims to become a hot spot for life sciences p177
David Swinbanks
doi:10.1038/20228
China's scientists tap offshore funds p178
David Swinbanks
doi:10.1038/20230
Taiwan targets biotechnology p179
David Swinbanks
doi:10.1038/20234
End of the brain drain could be in sight p179
Potter Wickware
doi:10.1038/20236
How to win venture-capital financing p181
Diane Gershon
doi:10.1038/20241
Funding brings high-risk technologies to the marketplace p182
Diane Gershon
doi:10.1038/20244
