Table of contents
Volume 400 Number 6740 pp93-194
Opinion
A pudding worth the eating p93
The results of the World Conference on Science, which ended last week, should not be exaggerated. But they are a firm basis on which governments in the developing world can plan their future support for science.
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Learning by incentive p93
University reforms would help Germany to combat its worrying shortage of bioinformaticists.
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News
US plans large funding boost to support nanotechnology boom p95
Colin Macilwain
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India backs World Conference decisions p95
K. S. Jayaraman
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Protesters seek US ban on embryo stem-cell work... p96
Meredith Wadman
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...as Wisconsin researcher awaits go-ahead p96
Meredith Wadman
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US universities request special help as visa quota is reached early p96
Tony Reichhardt
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EMBO backs single electronic repository p97
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/21948
Commission to report on overhaul for French research structure p97
Eric Glover
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Job losses feared as UK marine science centre overspends p98
Ehsan Masood
doi:10.1038/21953
Global warming 'could kill most coral reefs by 2100' p98
Peter Pockley
doi:10.1038/21955
NIH office plans research on misconduct p99
Rex Dalton
doi:10.1038/21958
NASA axes comet mission as delays to other projects prove costly p99
Tony Reichhardt
doi:10.1038/21960
Guidelines agreed for new social contract p100
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Conference a 'success' despite lack of support for global fund p100
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Women celebrate successful campaign on gender issues p101
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Declaration the 'backbone' for cooperation in Africa p101
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US proposes focus on science teaching p101
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German agency to boost bioinformatics p102
Alison Abbott
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European embryology experts offer to advise on ethics of cloning p103
Alison Abbott
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Correspondence
Tests for BSE evaluated p105
Jim Moynagh and Heinz Schimmel
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The land of rising science p105
G. P. Glasby
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Commentary
Accessibility of information on the web p107
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News and Views
Less expansion, more agreement p111
Riccardo Giovanelli
100 and 50 years ago p112
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Aerodynamics: How flies fly p112
Robin Wootton
doi:10.1038/21998
Computing: Solving problems in finite time p115
Philip W. Anderson
doi:10.1038/22001
Developmental biology: Bonsai flies p115
Alison Mitchell
doi:10.1038/22003
Alzheimer's disease: Antibody clears senile plaques p116
Peter H. St George-Hyslop and David A. Westaway
doi:10.1038/22006
Condensed-matter physics: Simple metals under pressure p117
Richard M. Martin
doi:10.1038/22009
Chloroplasts: Ever decreasing circles p119
Geoff McFadden
doi:10.1038/22011
Evolutionary biology: Dirty eating for healthy living p120
Jared M. Diamond
doi:10.1038/22014
Daedalus: Creep and anti-creep p121
David Jones
doi:10.1038/22017
Obituary: Oleg Ptitsyn (1929-99) p122
Christopher M. Dobson and R. John Ellis
doi:10.1038/22019
Millennium Essay
Rocketing from the Galaxy Bazaar p123
Roddam Narasimha
doi:10.1038/22022
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Scientific Correspondence
Mitochondria and germ-cell death p125
David C. Krakauer and Alex Mira
doi:10.1038/22026
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Compensation for wind drift by bumble-bees p126
J. R. Riley, D. R. Reynolds, A. D. Smith, A. S. Edwards, J. L. Osborne, I. H. Williams and H. A. McCartney
doi:10.1038/22029
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Origin of life from apatite dating? p127
Yuji Sano, Kentaro Terada, Yoshio Takahashi and Allen P. Nutman
doi:10.1038/22032
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reply: Origin of life from apatite dating? p127
S. J. Mojzsis, T. M. Harrison, G. Arrhenius, K. D. McKeegan and M. Grove
doi:10.1038/22035
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Nicotine withdrawal and road accidents p128
Jackie Knowles
doi:10.1038/22037
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Book Reviews
Deviating from the line p129
Karl Sigmund reviews A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
doi:10.1038/22041
When ideas become tollbooths p130
A. P. Simonds reviews Owning the Future by Seth Shulman
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Dos and don'ts, whys and wherefores p131
Ruth Mace reviews Ever Since Adam and Eve: The Evolution of Human Sexuality by Malcolm Potts and Roger Short
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Sensation and explanation p132
John C. Marshall
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To be three or ... p132
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Article
Determining computational complexity from characteristic 'phase transitions' p133
Rémi Monasson, Riccardo Zecchina, Scott Kirkpatrick, Bart Selman and Lidror Troyansky
doi:10.1038/22055
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See also: News and Views by Anderson
Letters to Nature
A confirmed location in the Galactic halo for the high-velocity cloud 'chain A' p138
Hugo van Woerden, Ulrich J. Schwarz, Reynier F. Peletier, Bart P. Wakker and Peter M. W. Kalberla
doi:10.1038/22061
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Pairing in dense lithium p141
J. B. Neaton and N. W. Ashcroft
doi:10.1038/22067
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See also: News and Views by Martin
Observation of shell structure in sodium nanowires p144
A. I. Yanson, I. K. Yanson and J. M. van Ruitenbeek
doi:10.1038/22074
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Chain conformation in ultrathin polymer films p146
Ronald L. Jones, Sanat K. Kumar, Derek L. Ho, Robert M. Briber and Thomas P. Russell
doi:10.1038/22080
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Influence of snowfall and melt timing on tree growth in subarctic Eurasia p149
E. A. Vaganov, M. K. Hughes, A. V. Kirdyanov, F. H. Schweingruber and P. P. Silkin
doi:10.1038/22087
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Nitrogen oxide emissions after nitrogen additions in tropical forests p152
Sharon J. Hall and Pamela A. Matson
doi:10.1038/22094
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Single gene circles in dinoflagellate chloroplast genomes p155
Zhaoduo Zhang, B. R. Green and T. Cavalier-Smith
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See also: News and Views by McFadden
Chlorophyll b and phycobilins in the common ancestor of cyanobacteria and chloroplasts p159
Akiko Tomitani, Kiyotaka Okada, Hideaki Miyashita, Hans C. P. Matthijs, Terufumi Ohno and Ayumi Tanaka
doi:10.1038/22101
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Improved auditory spatial tuning in blind humans p162
Brigitte Röder, Wolfgang Teder-Sälejärvi, Anette Sterr, Frank Rösler, Steven A. Hillyard and Helen J. Neville
doi:10.1038/22106
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Distortion of proximodistal information causes JNK-dependent apoptosis in Drosophila wing p166
Takashi Adachi-Yamada, Konomi Fujimura-Kamada, Yasuyoshi Nishida and Kunihiro Matsumoto
doi:10.1038/22112
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The mPer2 gene encodes a functional component of the mammalian circadian clock p169
Binhai Zheng, David W. Larkin, Urs Albrecht, Zhong Sheng Sun, Marijke Sage, Gregor Eichele, Cheng Chi Lee and Allan Bradley
doi:10.1038/22118
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Immunization with amyloid-
attenuates Alzheimer-disease-like pathology in the PDAPP mouse p173
Dale Schenk, Robin Barbour, Whitney Dunn, Grace Gordon, Henry Grajeda, Teresa Guido, Kang Hu, Jiping Huang, Kelly Johnson-Wood, Karen Khan, Dora Kholodenko, Mike Lee, Zhenmei Liao, Ivan Lieberburg, Ruth Motter, Linda Mutter, Ferdie Soriano, George Shopp, Nicki Vasquez, Christopher Vandevert, Shannan Walker, Mark Wogulis, Ted Yednock, Dora Games and Peter Seubert
doi:10.1038/22124
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See also: News and Views by George-Hyslop & Westaway
Generation of GTP-bound Ran by RCC1 is required for chromatin-induced mitotic spindle formation p178
Rafael E. Carazo-Salas, Giulia Guarguaglini, Oliver J. Gruss, Alexandra Segref, Eric Karsenti and Iain W. Mattaj
doi:10.1038/22133
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Orientation of DNA replication establishes mating-type switching pattern in S. pombe p181
Jacob Z. Dalgaard and Amar J. S. Klar
doi:10.1038/22139
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Single kinesin molecules studied with a molecular force clamp p184
Koen Visscher, Mark J. Schnitzer and Steven M. Block
doi:10.1038/22146
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New on the Market
Cells, gels and wells p191
Warming to the theme of biotechnolgy, a new heatsealing device handles PCR plates, and DNA is separated, amplified, purified and sequenced.
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