Table of contents
Volume 414 Number 6861 pp3-378
Naturejobs
ProspectsRadiating good will p3
Paul Smaglik
doi:10.1038/35104741
movers
doi:10.1038/35104743
erratum p4
doi:10.1038/35104748
Opinion
The end of innocence? p235
Biologists must become more aware that their work could be abused to develop weapons of mass destruction. But it should not have taken the disturbing events of recent weeks to bring this debate to the fore.
doi:10.1038/35104750
Essentials for China's development p235
A balance of basic and applied science makes sense, provided resources are deployed wisely.
doi:10.1038/35104752
News
Biologists urged to address risk of data aiding bioweapon design p237
Peter Aldhous
doi:10.1038/35104754
CERN opens finances up for review p237
David Adam
doi:10.1038/35104757
Accord in Morocco breathes fresh life into Kyoto Protocol p238
Quirin Schiermeier
doi:10.1038/35104759
Blow to German stem-cell prospects p238
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/35104761
Proposal for vaccine lab gets a shot in the arm p239
Jonathan Knight
doi:10.1038/35104763
French Nobel protest makes chemist a cause célèbre p239
Sally Goodman
doi:10.1038/35104765
Chinese plan pins big hopes on small science p240
David Cyranoski
doi:10.1038/35104768
Polar bears fuel row over Alaskan oil p240
Mark Schrope
doi:10.1038/35104770
Russia establishes advisory council in bid to boost science p241
Bryon MacWilliams
doi:10.1038/35104772
Academy backing bolsters shaky support for crust study p241
Rex Dalton
doi:10.1038/35104774
Harvard squeaks through oncomouse patent appeal p241
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/35104777
news feature
Playing by quantum rules p244
Game theory has been used to study problems from nuclear warfare to animal behaviour. Now physicists are extending it into the quantum realm, opening a new range of potential applications. Erica Klarreich reports.
Erica Klarreich
doi:10.1038/35104702
If they could talk to the animals... p246
Too many conservation projects are failing because of ignorance about the behaviour of endangered species. This is why the natural world needs ethologists, says Jonathan Knight.
Jonathan Knight
doi:10.1038/35104708
Correspondence
Science is universal, not part of any religion p249
Islam fostered its rise and can be proud that it has now grown beyond any one culture.
Edgar Pick
doi:10.1038/35104781
Don't use terrorism as an excuse for militarism p249
Morton K. Brussel
doi:10.1038/35104783
BSE record set straight p249
Richard Worswick
doi:10.1038/35104785
Book Reviews
An unfinished quest p251
Quirks of the AIDS virus, as much as human bungling, are stalling progress.
Dennis R. Burton reviews Shots in the Dark: The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine by Jon Cohen
doi:10.1038/35104670
Fungal fables p252
Nicholas J. Talbot reviews Slayers, Saviors, Servants, and Sex: An Exposé of Kingdom Fungi by David Moore
doi:10.1038/35104673
The injured and the ingenious p252
doi:10.1038/35104675
Elements of galactic evolution p253
Stuart Ross Taylor reviews The Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy by Francesca Matteucci
doi:10.1038/35104678
New in paperback p253
doi:10.1038/35104680
The world of testable truths p254
John Casti reviews On Science by Brian Ridley
doi:10.1038/35104682
Oddities from the cupboard p254
doi:10.1038/35104684
News and Views
Photonics: Self-assembly lights up p257
Opals do it, even biomolecules do it, so why can't self-assembly be harnessed to create photonic crystals with near-perfect order? A new technique shows that absolute order may not require absolute control.
John D. Joannopoulos
doi:10.1038/35104718
Gene regulation: Code of silence p258
Using genetic approaches and a filamentous fungus, molecular biologists have found further evidence of an intimate relationship between genomes and the histone proteins that evolved to package them.
Judd C. Rice and C. David Allis
doi:10.1038/35104721
100 and 50 years ago p259
doi:10.1038/35104724
Condensed-matter physics: Dressing up bare particles p261
In a plasma, a charged particle attracts a cloud of oppositely charged particles that modifies its behaviour. The first direct observations of this ultrafast 'dressing' process confirm key tenets of quantum kinetic theory.
Hartmut Haug
doi:10.1038/35104726
Evolutionary biology: Counting on immunity p262
Certain variable immune proteins affect an animal's choice of mate. In some species, females pick males with proteins as dissimilar as possible to their own. Studies of sticklebacks now reveal another mechanism.
Theo C. M. Bakker and Marc Zbinden
doi:10.1038/35104729
Statistical mechanics: A departure from equilibrium p263
Non-equilibrium processes, such as heat conduction in a bar of metal, remain poorly characterized at the microscopic level. Detailed analysis of simple models can introduce a new degree of understanding.
David Ruelle
doi:10.1038/35104732
Signal transduction: Life-or-death decisions p265
In response to a protein that is linked to inflammation, cells either die or survive. Some molecular sleuthing has shed light on how the balance is tipped towards survival.
John M. Kyriakis
doi:10.1038/35104735
Daedalus: Slippery light aircraft p266
David Jones
doi:10.1038/35104738
Brief Communications
Animal behaviour: Benefits of female mimicry in snakes p267
She-male garter snakes exploit the amorous attentions of other males to warm up.
R. Shine, B. Phillips, H. Waye, M. LeMaster and R. T. Mason
doi:10.1038/35104687
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Antimicrobials: Peptide antibiotics in mast cells of fish p268
Umaporn Silphaduang and Edward J. Noga
doi:10.1038/35104690
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Pathogenesis: HLA-DQ7 antigen and resistance to variant CJD p269
Graham S. Jackson, Jonathan A. Beck, Cristina Navarrete, Juliette Brown, P. Margaret Sutton, Marcela Contreras and John Collinge
doi:10.1038/35104694
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Brazil-nut effect: Size separation of granular particles p270
Matthias E. Möbius, Benjamin E. Lauderdale, Sidney R. Nagel and Heinrich M. Jaeger
doi:10.1038/35104697
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Articles
Auxin regulates SCFTIR1-dependent degradation of AUX/IAA proteins p271
William M. Gray, Stefan Kepinski, Dean Rouse, Ottoline Leyser and Mark Estelle
doi:10.1038/35104500
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A histone H3 methyltransferase controls DNA methylation in Neurospora crassa p277
Hisashi Tamaru and Eric U. Selker
doi:10.1038/35104508
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (606K) | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by Rice & Allis
Letters to Nature
Water-maser emission from a planetary nebula with a magnetized torus p284
L. F. Miranda, Y. Gómez, G. Anglada and J. M. Torrelles
doi:10.1038/35104518
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How many-particle interactions develop after ultrafast excitation of an electron–hole plasma p286
R. Huber, F. Tauser, A. Brodschelm, M. Bichler, G. Abstreiter and A. Leitenstorfer
doi:10.1038/35104522
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See also: News and Views by Haug
On-chip natural assembly of silicon photonic bandgap crystals p289
Yurii A. Vlasov, Xiang-Zheng Bo, James C. Sturm and David J. Norris
doi:10.1038/35104529
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See also: News and Views by Joannopoulos
Smart single-chip gas sensor microsystem p293
C. Hagleitner, A. Hierlemann, D. Lange, A. Kummer, N. Kerness, O. Brand and H. Baltes
doi:10.1038/35104535
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Formation of coastline features by large-scale instabilities induced by high-angle waves p296
Andrew Ashton, A. Brad Murray and Olivier Arnoult
doi:10.1038/35104541
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Female sticklebacks count alleles in a strategy of sexual selection explaining MHC polymorphism p300
Thorsten B. H. Reusch, Michael A. Häberli, Peter B. Aeschlimann and Manfred Milinski
doi:10.1038/35104547
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See also: News and Views by Bakker & Zbinden
Illusory perceptions of space and time preserve cross-saccadic perceptual continuity p302
Kielan Yarrow, Patrick Haggard, Ron Heal, Peter Brown and John C. Rothwell
doi:10.1038/35104551
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Haemoglobin C protects against clinical Plasmodium falciparum malaria p305
David Modiano, Gaia Luoni, Bienvenu Sodiomon Sirima, Jacques Simporé, Federica Verra, Amadou Konaté, Elena Rastrelli, Anna Olivieri, Carlo Calissano, Giacomo Maria Paganotti, Leila D'Urbano, Issa Sanou, Alphonse Sawadogo, Guido Modiano and Mario Coluzzi
doi:10.1038/35104556
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Induction of gadd45
by NF-
B downregulates pro-apoptotic JNK signalling p308
Enrico De Smaele, Francesca Zazzeroni, Salvatore Papa, Dung U. Nguyen, Rongguan Jin, Joy Jones, Rong Cong and Guido Franzoso
doi:10.1038/35104560
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (490K) | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by Kyriakis
Inhibition of JNK activation through NF-B target genes p313
Guilin Tang, Yuzuru Minemoto, Benjamin Dibling, Nicole H. Purcell, Zhiwei Li, Michael Karin and Anning Lin
doi:10.1038/35104568
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (230K) | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by Kyriakis
The 7SK small nuclear RNA inhibits the CDK9/cyclin T1 kinase to control transcription p317
Zhiyuan Yang, Qingwei Zhu, Kunxin Luo and Qiang Zhou
doi:10.1038/35104575
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7SK small nuclear RNA binds to and inhibits the activity of CDK9/cyclin T complexes p322
Van Trung Nguyen, Tamás Kiss, Annemieke A. Michels and Olivier Bensaude
doi:10.1038/35104581
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Mechanism of ubiquitin activation revealed by the structure of a bacterial MoeB–MoaD complex p325
Michael W. Lake, Margot M. Wuebbens, K. V. Rajagopalan and Hermann Schindelin
doi:10.1038/35104586
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correction: Antibacterial agents based on the cyclic d,l-
-peptide architecture p329
Sara Fernandez-Lopez, Hui-Sun Kim, Ellen C. Choi, Mercedes Delgado, Juan R. Granja, Alisher Khasanov, Karin Kraehenbuehl, Georgina Long, Dana A. Weinberger, Keith M. Wilcoxen and M. Reza Ghadiri
doi:10.1038/35104592
erratum: Transmission intensity and impact of control policies on the foot and mouth epidemic in Great Britain p329
Neil M. Ferguson, Christl A. Donnelly and Roy M. Anderson
doi:10.1038/35104594
New on the Market
Cultural diversity p330
Ready-primed keratinocytes, new media and new vessels.
doi:10.1038/35104700
insight
forewordMaterials for clean energy p331
doi:10.1038/35104596
overview
Alternative energy technologies p332
M. S. Dresselhaus and I. L. Thomas
doi:10.1038/35104599
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review article
Photoelectrochemical cells p338
Michael Grätzel
doi:10.1038/35104607
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Materials for fuel-cell technologies p345
Brian C. H. Steele and Angelika Heinzel
doi:10.1038/35104620
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Hydrogen-storage materials for mobile applications p353
Louis Schlapbach and Andreas Züttel
doi:10.1038/35104634
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Issues and challenges facing rechargeable lithium batteries p359
J.-M. Tarascon and M. Armand
doi:10.1038/35104644
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High-Tc superconducting materials for electric power applications p368
David Larbalestier, Alex Gurevich, D. Matthew Feldmann and Anatoly Polyanskii
doi:10.1038/35104654
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corporate support
A First Materials Science forum on: Materials science for future sustainable technologies p378
Supported by Materials Research Society (MRS) and European Materials Research Society (E-MRS)
doi:10.1038/35104668