Table of contents
Volume 412 Number 6850 pp841-928
Opinion
Women worse off (cont.) p841
The California Institute of Technology needs to address imbalances and frustrations.
doi:10.1038/35091191
Decision time at Yucca Mountain p841
The United States should only proceed with its sole proposed nuclear-waste repository once geological concerns have been addressed and provided that law-makers are convinced that the assessment process has been conducted fairly.
doi:10.1038/35091193
News
Stem-cell list offers sixty-four lines p843
Jonathan Knight
doi:10.1038/35091195
Japan's plans for space merger spark fears for basic research p843
David Cyranoski
doi:10.1038/35091197
Elusive fossil could conceal answer to dinosaur debate p844
Rex Dalton
doi:10.1038/35091200
LED pioneer seeks reward in court p844
David Cyranoski
doi:10.1038/35091202
Staff survey shows women feel out in the cold at Caltech p844
Rex Dalton
doi:10.1038/35091205
It's a dog's life for Siberian foxes p845
Bryon MacWilliams
doi:10.1038/35091208
Joint venture on biochips ends in disarray p845
Quirin Schiermeier
doi:10.1038/35091211
Funding bonanza for astronomy and biotech in Australia p846
Peter Pockley
doi:10.1038/35091214
Canada unveils plans to build nanotechnology centre... p846
David Spurgeon
doi:10.1038/35091217
...as mathematicians beat retreat to Alberta p846
Erica Klarreich
doi:10.1038/35091220
Green-fingered gang could hold climate key p847
David Adam
doi:10.1038/35091223
Earliest malaria DNA found in Roman baby graveyard p847
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/35091226
news feature
Out of sight, out of mind? p850
Yucca Mountain in Nevada seems like a reasonable place to bury the United State's nuclear waste — but only if the volcanoes there remain dormant. Arguments on that point are about to erupt, reports Colin Macilwain.
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/35091156
Brought down to Earth p853
With its unique access to Mir cosmonauts, Moscow's Institute for Biomedical Problems was a world leader for space biology. But now it is working under greatly diminished circumstances, says Quirin Schiermeier.
Quirin Schiermeier
doi:10.1038/35091165
Correspondence
Collaboration with Japan could be more tempting p855
A pilot scheme for postdocs, blending mobility with security, ought to be expanded.
Angus Davison
doi:10.1038/35091110
Could a website teach communication skills? p855
Virendra K. Bhasin
doi:10.1038/35091112
Curious effects created by reversal of colour p855
Martin Kemp
doi:10.1038/35091114
Book Reviews
The electrifying Australian p857
How an egg-laying mammal challenged the world's finest zoologists.
David Penny reviews Platypus: The Extraordinary Story of How a Curious Creature Baffled the World by Ann Moyal
A world without competition p858
Peter A. Abrams reviews The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography by Stephen P. Hubbell
Fertility from a metabolic viewpoint p859
Roger V. Short reviews On Fertile Ground: A Natural History of Human Reproduction by Peter T. Ellison
Science in culture p860
Rex Dalton reviews
doi:10.1038/35091126
words
Victor and victim p861
The true message of Frankenstein is about morality, not mad science.
Howard P. Segal
doi:10.1038/35091129
News and Views
Achilles' heel of cancer? p865
The p53 protein is inactivated in most human cancers. One outcome is a defect in controlling cell division. Might a virus that exploits this defect prove useful in treating cancer?
Bert Vogelstein and Kenneth W. Kinzler
Quantum optics: Photons yield to peer pressure p866
In 1960 the invention of the laser allowed classical light to be amplified inside a cavity. New experiments show that photons in a special quantum state can also be amplified.
Paul Kwiat
doi:10.1038/35091173
100 and 50 years ago p867
doi:10.1038/35091176
Cardiovascular biology: Creating unique blood vessels p868
When tissues need more oxygen, they release molecules that encourage blood vessels to grow. The discovery of the first such molecule that is specific to one type of tissue has implications for cancer and heart failure.
Peter Carmeliet
doi:10.1038/35091178
Quantum engineering: Protecting the quantum world p869
When quantum systems interact with the environment, classical properties emerge — a process known as decoherence. Although decoherence is unavoidable, it may still be possible to manipulate the outcome.
Juan Pablo Paz
doi:10.1038/35091181
Immunology: Antibody alterations p870
In an immune response, antibody molecules are altered so they can bind to intruders more strongly. Some of the molecules that determine which alteration process predominates have now been tracked down.
Alberto Martin and Matthew D. Scharff
doi:10.1038/35091184
Chemistry: Mystery of an interstellar ion p871
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe. Its chemistry governs most reactions in space, especially when it is ionized. But the abundance of the H3+ ion is not easy to explain.
Annick Suzor-Weiner and Ioan F. Schneider
doi:10.1038/35091186
Daedalus: A cosmic background p872
David Jones
doi:10.1038/35091189
Brief Communications
Mother's voice recognition by seal pups p873
Newborns need to learn their mother's call before she can take off on a fishing trip.
Isabelle Charrier, Nicolas Mathevon and Pierre Jouventin
doi:10.1038/35091136
Palaeontology: The beaks of ostrich dinosaurs p873
Mark A. Norell, Peter J. Makovicky and Philip J. Currie
doi:10.1038/35091139
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Nanostructures: Self-assembled domain patterns p875
Richard Plass, Julie A. Last, N. C. Bartelt and G. L. Kellogg
doi:10.1038/35091143
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Malaria: Cooperative silencing elements in var genes p875
Kirk W. Deitsch, Michael S. Calderwood and Thomas E. Wellems
doi:10.1038/35091146
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correction: An unusual social display in gorillas p876
doi:10.1038/35091149
Article
Identification of an angiogenic mitogen selective for endocrine gland endothelium p877
Jennifer LeCouter, Joe Kowalski, Jessica Foster, Phil Hass, Zemin Zhang, Lisa Dillard-Telm, Gretchen Frantz, Linda Rangell, Leo DeGuzman, Gilbert-Andre Keller, Franklin Peale, Austin Gurney, Kenneth J. Hillan and Napoleone Ferrara
doi:10.1038/35091000
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Letters to Nature
Characterization of extrasolar terrestrial planets from diurnal photometric variability p885
E. B. Ford, S. Seager and E. L. Turner
doi:10.1038/35091009
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Stimulated emission of polarization-entangled photons p887
A. Lamas-Linares, J. C. Howell and D. Bouwmeester
doi:10.1038/35091014
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Mechanism for the destruction of H3+ ions by electron impact p891
V. Kokoouline, Chris H. Greene and B. D. Esry
doi:10.1038/35091025
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Parasitic computing p894
Albert-László Barabási, Vincent W. Freeh, Hawoong Jeong and Jay B. Brockman
doi:10.1038/35091039
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Universal behaviour in compressive failure of brittle materials p897
Carl E. Renshaw and Erland M. Schulson
doi:10.1038/35091045
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Transition of Mount Etna lavas from a mantle-plume to an island-arc magmatic source p900
Pierre Schiano, Roberto Clocchiatti, Luisa Ottolini and Tiziana Busà
doi:10.1038/35091056
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Genetic linkage of ecological specialization and reproductive isolation in pea aphids p904
David J. Hawthorne and Sara Via
doi:10.1038/35091062
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Dynamics of travelling waves in visual perception p907
Hugh R. Wilson, Randolph Blake and Sang-Hun Lee
doi:10.1038/35091066
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Two-step process for photoreceptor formation in Drosophila p911
Bertrand Mollereau, Maria Dominguez, Rebecca Webel, Nansi Jo Colley, Benison Keung, Jose F. de Celis and Claude Desplan
doi:10.1038/35091076
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Virus-mediated killing of cells that lack p53 activity p914
Kenneth Raj, Phyllis Ogston and Peter Beard
doi:10.1038/35091082
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Rotational movement during cyclic nucleotide-gated channel opening p917
J. P. Johnson, Jr and William N. Zagotta
doi:10.1038/35091089
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Ablation of XRCC2/3 transforms immunoglobulin V gene conversion into somatic hypermutation p921
Julian E. Sale, Daniella M. Calandrini, Minoru Takata, Shunichi Takeda and Michael S. Neuberger
doi:10.1038/35091100
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erratum: Nodulation of legumes by members of the 
-subclass of Proteobacteria p926
Lionel Moulin, Antonio Munive, Bernard Dreyfus and Catherine Boivin-Masson
doi:10.1038/35091106
New on the Market
Going separate ways p927
The latest developments in chromatography.
doi:10.1038/35091151
