Table of contents
Volume 400 Number 6742 pp295-386
Opinion
Wanted: a free rein for Germany's universities p295
Against a background of progressive change in the running of Germany's research, the universities stand out as bastions of down-at-heel conservatism. Increased competition is the way forward.
doi:10.1038/22362
Farewell to a friend p295
George Brown was science's best friend in Congress because he saw it as the only foundation for a just society.
doi:10.1038/22364
News
US researchers losing battle to hide their data from prying eyes p297
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/22366
Computer upgrade for Canadian science p297
David Spurgeon
doi:10.1038/22369
US sends mixed message in GM debate ... p298
Tony Reichhardt
doi:10.1038/22371
... as questions emerge over cost-effectiveness p298
Tony Reichhardt
doi:10.1038/22374
Germany aims for younger professors p299
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/22376
UK physics postdocs turn to jobs in industry p299
Heather McCabe
doi:10.1038/22378
Russian environmental researcher falls foul of security services p300
Carl Levitin
doi:10.1038/22381
Merger of top Californian medical schools turns sour p300
Rex Dalton
doi:10.1038/22383
Britain faces up to transparency review p301
Natasha Loder
doi:10.1038/22386
White House cool on obtaining human embryonic stem cells p301
Meredith Wadman
doi:10.1038/22389
Plan to create agency for US weapons labs under strong criticism p302
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/22391
$3m deal launches major hunt for drug leads in Brazil p302
Ricardo Bonalume Neto and David Dickson
doi:10.1038/22393
Outspoken science minister ousted in reshuffle p302
Ricardo Bonalume Neto
doi:10.1038/22395
Brookhaven's heavy ion collider goes live p303
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/22397
Leading a laboratory out of the mire p303
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/22400
Correspondence
Unfamiliar citations breed mistakes p307
Janne S. Kotiaho, Joseph L. Tomkins and Leigh W. Simmons
doi:10.1038/22405
Ethics of population genomics research p307
Jeffrey R. Gulcher and Kari Stefansson
doi:10.1038/22409
Striking the right note p308
Alan Longhurst
doi:10.1038/22411
Heisenberg, the bomb and the historical record p308
Paul Lawrence Rose
doi:10.1038/22413
Commentary
Strengthening biomedicine's roots p309
doi:10.1038/22415
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News and Views
Speciation without isolation p311
Tom Tregenza and Roger K. Butlin
doi:10.1038/22419
Materials science: Superhard ceramics p312
R. J. Brook
doi:10.1038/22422
100 and 50 years ago p313
doi:10.1038/22425
Neurobiology: Discriminating migrations p315
Pasko Rakic
doi:10.1038/22427
Astronomy: Big planets and little stars p316
James Liebert and William B. Hubbard
doi:10.1038/22430
Behavioural pharmacology: Breaking the chain of addiction p317
Gary Aston-Jones and Jonathan Druhan
doi:10.1038/22432
Mathematics: Randomness everywhere p319
C. S. Calude and G. J. Chaitin
doi:10.1038/22435
Daedalus: Fiery compositions p320
David Jones
doi:10.1038/22438
Millennium Essay
Princess of palaeontology p321
Crispin Tickell
doi:10.1038/22440
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (157K)
Scientific Correspondence
Magnet levitation at your fingertips p323
A. K. Geim, M. D. Simon, M. I. Boamfa and L. O. Heflinger
doi:10.1038/22444
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Extraocular magnetic compass in newts p324
M. E. Deutschlander, S. C. Borland and J. B. Phillips
doi:10.1038/22450
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Dating the origin of HIV-1 subtypes p325
Jaap Goudsmit and Vladimir V. Lukashov
doi:10.1038/22454
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reply: Dating the origin of HIV-1 subtypes p326
doi:10.1038/22457
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Book Reviews
Under the covers or under a lens p327
Carl Djerassi reviews Designing babies by Roger Gosden
doi:10.1038/22460
Life as we don't know it p327
Joseph A. Burns reviews Worlds Without End: The Exploration of Planets Known and Unknown by John S. Lewis and More on life beyond Earth Planetary Dreams by Robert Shapiro
doi:10.1038/22463
Circles of creation p328
doi:10.1038/22465
Energetic Victorians p329
John Meurig Thomas reviews The Science of Energy: A Cultural History of Energy Physics in Victorian Britain by Crosbie Smith
doi:10.1038/22468
New in paperback p329
doi:10.1038/22470
Thinking ahead (and why politicians don't) p330
Joseph T. Coyle reviews Brain Policy: How the New Neuroscience Changes Our Lives and Our Politics by Robert H. Blank
doi:10.1038/22472
Getting a grip on small things p330
doi:10.1038/22474
Article
Directional guidance of neuronal migration in the olfactory system by the protein Slit p331
Wei Wu, Kit Wong, Jin-hui Chen, Zhi-hong Jiang, Sophie Dupuis, Jane Y. Wu and Yi Rao
doi:10.1038/22477
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (336K)
See also: News and Views by Rakic
Letters to Nature
Reducing vortex density in superconductors using the 'ratchet effect' p337
C.-S. Lee, B. Jankó, I. Derényi and A.-L. Barabási
doi:10.1038/22485
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Synthesis of cubic silicon nitride p340
Andreas Zerr,
Gerhard Miehe,
George Serghiou,
Marcus Schwarz,
Edwin Kroke,
Ralf Riedel,
Hartmut Fue
,
Peter Kroll
and
Reinhard Boehler
doi:10.1038/22493
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See also: News and Views by Brook
Extending the methodology of X-ray crystallography to allow imaging of micrometre-sized non-crystalline specimens p342
Jianwei Miao, Pambos Charalambous, Janos Kirz and David Sayre
doi:10.1038/22498
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Forcing of the cold event of 8,200 years ago by catastrophic drainage of Laurentide lakes p344
D. C. Barber, A. Dyke, C. Hillaire-Marcel, A. E. Jennings, J. T. Andrews, M. W. Kerwin, G. Bilodeau, R. McNeely, J. Southon, M. D. Morehead and J.-M. Gagnon
doi:10.1038/22504
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Asynchronous deposition of ice-rafted layers in the Nordic seas and North Atlantic Ocean p348
J. A. Dowdeswell, A. Elverhøi, J. T. Andrews and D. Hebbeln
doi:10.1038/22510
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Interactions among quantitative traits in the course of sympatric speciation p351
Alexey S. Kondrashov and Fyodor A. Kondrashov
doi:10.1038/22514
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On the origin of species by sympatric speciation p354
Ulf Dieckmann and Michael Doebeli
doi:10.1038/22521
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See also: News and Views by Tregenza & Butlin
Environmental determination of a sexually selected trait p358
Simon C. Griffith, Ian P. F. Owens and Terry Burke
doi:10.1038/22536
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Neuronal pacemaker for breathing visualized in vitro p360
Naohiro Koshiya and Jeffrey C. Smith
doi:10.1038/22540
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Temporal dissociation of parallel processing in the human subcortical outputs p364
Yijun Liu, Jia-Hong Gao, Mario Liotti, Yonglin Pu and Peter T. Fox
doi:10.1038/22547
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Sensory experience modifies the short-term dynamics of neocortical synapses p367
Gerald T. Finnerty, Langdon S. E. Roberts and Barry W. Connors
doi:10.1038/22553
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Selective inhibition of cocaine-seeking behaviour by a partial dopamine D3 receptor agonist p371
Maria Pilla, Sylvie Perachon, FranÇois Sautel, Fabrice Garrido, André Mann, Camille G. Wermuth, Jean-Charles Schwartz, Barry J. Everitt and Pierre Sokoloff
doi:10.1038/22560
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See also: News and Views by Aston-Jones & Druhan
Circadian rhythms in olfactory responses of Drosophila melanogaster p375
Balaji Krishnan, Stuart E. Dryer and Paul E. Hardin
doi:10.1038/22566
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Interleukin-4-dependent production of PPAR-
ligands in macrophages by 12/15-lipoxygenase p378
Jannet T. Huang, John S. Welch, Mercedes Ricote, Christoph J. Binder, Timothy M. Willson, Carolyn Kelly, Joseph L. Witztum, Colin D. Funk, Douglas Conrad and Christopher K. Glass
doi:10.1038/22572
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Regulation of cell movement is mediated by stretch-activated calcium channels p382
Juliet Lee, Akira Ishihara, Gerry Oxford, Barry Johnson and Ken Jacobson
doi:10.1038/22578
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