Table of contents
Volume 418 Number 6900 pp3-902
Opinion
Leadership at Johannesburg p803
Political difficulties may stifle the impact of next week's sustainable-development summit in South Africa, but researchers and others must continue to pursue solutions to sustainability issues despite a lack of direction from governments.
doi:10.1038/418803a
News
Environmental impact tops list of fears about transgenic animals p805
Erika Check
doi:10.1038/418805a
Public-access group plans journals p805
Kendall Powell
doi:10.1038/418805b
Comet mission collapses as craft disappears p806
Tony Reichhardt
doi:10.1038/418806a
Nobel laureate's dream for brain research finds home p806
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/418806b
Census of marine migration launched to gauge fish stocks p807
Rex Dalton
doi:10.1038/418807a
Controversial animal feed builds concrete career in construction p807
David Adam
doi:10.1038/418807b
Anthrax case provokes doubt among experts p808
Jonathan Knight and Erika Check
doi:10.1038/418808a
news feature
Sustainable development: Wanted: scientists for sustainability p812
Few observers expect much political progress at next week's summit on sustainable development. But it could mark the start of a transformation in the way scientists deal with sustainability issues. Tom Clarke reports.
Tom Clarke
doi:10.1038/418812a
Heavy elements: A very brief encounter p815
Little is known about the heavy elements that lie at the outer limits of the periodic table. But how do you investigate atoms that decay within seconds? Kendall Powell finds out.
Kendall Powell
doi:10.1038/418815a
Correspondence
Summit: vague answers to well-known problems? p817
Multinational negotiations can work, but not where local people are causing the problem.
Evan D. G. Fraser and Warren Mabee
doi:10.1038/418817a
Physicists take issue of misconduct seriously p817
William F. Brinkman
doi:10.1038/418817b
Fraud: the system works p817
Ivan K. Schuller and Gernot Guentherodt
doi:10.1038/418817c
Impartial review is key p817
George Crabtree
doi:10.1038/418817d
Book Reviews
The price of consumerism p819
Tackling the problems of consumption may require radical solutions.
Norman Myers reviews Confronting Consumption
doi:10.1038/418819a
The quest for the Jesuit's bark p820
Sandra Knapp reviews The Fever Trail: The Hunt for the Cure for Malaria/The Fever Trail: In Search of the Cure for Malaria by Mark Honigsbaum
doi:10.1038/418820a
A modern kind of magic p821
Alan Stewart reviews Knowledge is Power: How Magic, the Government and an Apocalyptic Vision Inspired Francis Bacon to Create Modern Science by John Henry
doi:10.1038/418821a
concepts
Metastasis genes: A progression puzzle p823
The prevailing model of tumour progression carries with it a striking conceptual inconsistency.
René Bernards and Robert A. Weinberg
doi:10.1038/418823a
News and Views
Medicine: Virus deals anthrax a killer blow p825
The threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is driving researchers to think up ever more clever ways to tackle infections. An enzyme from a bacterium-killing virus may prove effective against anthrax infections.
M. J. Rosovitz and Stephen H. Leppla
doi:10.1038/418825a
Atmospheric science: Lasing on a cloudy afternoon p826
Brief, high-intensity laser pulses can cause water droplets to emit white light. The technique can potentially be used to analyse the composition of clouds and shed light on how clouds may be affecting climate.
Stephan Borrmann and Joachim Curtius
doi:10.1038/418826a
Cell evolution: Mitochondria in hiding p827
The apparent absence of mitochondria in some microbes contributed to the view that they were early offshoots of the eukaryotic line of descent. New evidence tells a different story.
Andrew J. Roger and Jeffrey D. Silberman
doi:10.1038/418827a
Physical oceanography: Inside whitecaps p830
Innovative experiments have provided new insights into how bubbles are created by breaking waves. These findings might ultimately lead to more accurate models of global climate.
Mark Loewen
doi:10.1038/418830a
Neurobiology: Tuning in by turning off p831
A process that stops crickets from being deafened by their own songs may also explain how they decide whether the songs they hear are their own or another cricket's. It might apply to other senses, and other species, too.
Ron Hoy
doi:10.1038/418831a
Planetary science: Smog report p833
The hazy atmosphere surrounding Titan, Saturn's largest satellite, changes with the seasons. New theoretical work suggests how the motion of smog particles can account for the curious features of the haze.
Robert E. Samuelson
doi:10.1038/418833a
Conservation biology: Openness in management p834
Should conservation strategy concentrate on intensive management involving practices such as mowing, or should the aim be to protect wilderness? Studies of past ecological conditions can inform that debate.
William J. Sutherland
doi:10.1038/418834a
Immunology: A block at the toll gate p835
Inflammatory immune responses are crucial to our body's well-being, but too strong a response can be harmful. A protein that keeps inflammation under control has now been discovered.
Tak W. Mak and Wen-Chen Yeh
doi:10.1038/418835a
Brief Communications
Structural cell biology: Rapid renewal of auditory hair bundles p837
The recovery time after noise-induced hearing loss is in step with a molecular treadmill.
Mark E. Schneider, Inna A. Belyantseva, Ricardo B. Azevedo and Bechara Kachar
doi:10.1038/418837a
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Artificial intelligence: Fast hands-free writing by gaze direction p838
David J. Ward and David J. C. MacKay
doi:10.1038/418838a
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (96K)
Articles
Scale dependence of bubble creation mechanisms in breaking waves p839
Grant B. Deane and M. Dale Stokes
doi:10.1038/nature00967
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (406K)
See also: News and Views by Loewen
Directionally selective calcium signals in dendrites of starburst amacrine cells p845
Thomas Euler, Peter B. Detwiler and Winfried Denk
doi:10.1038/nature00931
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (1,159K)
Letters to Nature
A wind origin for Titan's haze structure p853
P. Rannou, F. Hourdin and C. P. McKay
doi:10.1038/nature00961
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (360K)
See also: News and Views by Samuelson
Emergent excitations in a geometrically frustrated magnet p856
S.-H. Lee, C. Broholm, W. Ratcliff, G. Gasparovic, Q. Huang, T. H. Kim and S.-W. Cheong
doi:10.1038/nature00964
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (379K)
Chemical investigation of hassium (element 108) p859
Ch. E. Düllmann, W. Brüchle, R. Dressler, K. Eberhardt, B. Eichler, R. Eichler, H. W. Gäggeler, T. N. Ginter, F. Glaus, K. E. Gregorich, D. C. Hoffman, E. Jäger, D. T. Jost, U. W. Kirbach, D. M. Lee, H. Nitsche, J. B. Patin, V. Pershina, D. Piguet, Z. Qin, M. Schädel, B. Schausten, E. Schimpf, H.-J. Schött, S. Soverna, R. Sudowe, P. Thörle, S. N. Timokhin, N. Trautmann, A. Türler, A. Vahle, G. Wirth, A. B. Yakushev and P. M. Zielinski
doi:10.1038/nature00980
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (410K)
Mantle compensation of active metamorphic core complexes at Woodlark rift in Papua New Guinea p862
Geoffrey A. Abers, Aaron Ferris, Mitchell Craig, Hugh Davies, Arthur L. Lerner-Lam, John C. Mutter and Brian Taylor
doi:10.1038/nature00990
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (337K) | Supplementary information
A mitochondrial remnant in the microsporidian Trachipleistophora hominis p865
Bryony A. P. Williams, Robert P. Hirt, John M. Lucocq and T. Martin Embley
doi:10.1038/nature00949
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (861K)
See also: News and Views by Roger & Silberman
Molecular evolution of FOXP2, a gene involved in speech and language p869
Wolfgang Enard, Molly Przeworski, Simon E. Fisher, Cecilia S. L. Lai, Victor Wiebe, Takashi Kitano, Anthony P. Monaco and Svante Pääbo
doi:10.1038/nature01025
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (167K) | Supplementary information
A corollary discharge maintains auditory sensitivity during sound production p872
James F. A. Poulet and Berthold Hedwig
doi:10.1038/nature00919
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See also: News and Views by Hoy
Mechanism of magnesium activation of calcium-activated potassium channels p876
Jingyi Shi, Gayathri Krishnamoorthy, Yanwu Yang, Lei Hu, Neha Chaturvedi, Dina Harilal, Jun Qin and Jianmin Cui
doi:10.1038/nature00941
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (573K) | Supplementary information
Multiple regulatory sites in large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels p880
Xiao-Ming Xia, Xuhui Zeng and Christopher J. Lingle
doi:10.1038/nature00956
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (943K)
A bacteriolytic agent that detects and kills Bacillus anthracis p884
Raymond Schuch, Daniel Nelson and Vincent A. Fischetti
doi:10.1038/nature01026
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (1,046K)
See also: News and Views by Rosovitz & Leppla
A saponin-detoxifying enzyme mediates suppression of plant defences p889
K. Bouarab, R. Melton, J. Peart, D. Baulcombe and A. Osbourn
doi:10.1038/nature00950
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (431K)
Patched acts catalytically to suppress the activity of Smoothened p892
J. Taipale, M. K. Cooper, T. Maiti and P. A. Beachy
doi:10.1038/nature00989
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (414K) | Supplementary information
Dynamics of ATP-dependent chromatin assembly by ACF p896
Dmitry V. Fyodorov and James T. Kadonaga
doi:10.1038/nature00929
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (311K) | Supplementary information
New on the Market
A new line in tubes p901
Chromatography products — and some gripping news about tubing.
doi:10.1038/418901a