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Volume 415 Issue 6871, 31 January 2002

Volume 415 Issue 6871

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Prospects

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Movers

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Opinion

  • The European Commission has made good progress in gathering support for its new programme of basic and applied research. Now Europe's industries and heads of state need to fulfil promises made two years ago.

    Opinion
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News

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News in Brief

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News Feature

  • The Office of Management and Budget always exerts a powerful influence over the US government. But it is now taking a higher profile, and a stronger interest in science. Should researchers be alarmed? Colin Macilwain reports.

    • Colin Macilwain
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  • By developing programs that mimic some of the functions of the immune system, computer scientists are tackling problems from fighting fraud to controlling robots. Erica Klarreich investigates.

    • Erica Klarreich
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Correspondence

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Commentary

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Book Review

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Words

  • The zoology created by our imagination is far outstripped by that of reality.

    • Sandra Knapp
    Words
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Concepts

  • Is the mind's balance, and hence its functioning, derived from that of the body?

    • Victor Smetacek
    Concepts
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News & Views

  • New studies predict that the risk of extreme rainfall over Europe and Asian monsoon regions is increasing, with more floods likely worldwide. Such long-range forecasting is pushing at the limit of current climate models.

    • Reiner Schnur
    News & Views

  • Many breast-cancer patients receive unnecessary treatment for possible tumour spread after the removal of a primary tumour. Molecular profiling should offer more accurate predictions of who needs such treatment.

    • Carlos Caldas
    • Samuel A. J. Aparicio
    News & Views

  • Controlled binding of atoms or molecules within a larger structure could offer new routes to drug delivery or nanoscale materials. Synthetic dendrimers can be tailored to bind ions in just such a regulated manner.

    • Christopher Gorman
    News & Views

  • Crystallography has provided an unusual route to the characterization of a bacterial signalling agent: the molecule concerned has been accidentally caught in the clutches of its receptor.

    • Dagmar Ringe
    News & Views

  • Since the demise of the dinosaurs, no land vertebrate has matched them for size. Why? The answer may lie in the particular conditions prevailing in the Cretaceous period.

    • Brian A. Maurer
    News & Views

  • A new type of highly porous film — dubbed Langblofilm — could be used to remove moisture, and smell molecules, from air. Analysis of this 'fug' might reveal the hidden dynamics of social gatherings.

    • David Jones
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Brief Communication

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Article

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Letter

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New on the Market

  • Products with a biotech bias, including a separator good for over 100 l.p.h.

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