Table of contents
Volume 426 Number 6967 pp589-737
Editorials
Lunar dreams, again p589
There are rumblings from the White House about a grandiose vision for human space flight, ahead of President Bush's re-election campaign. If precedent is anything to go by, the results will be discomforting for NASA and for science.
doi:10.1038/426589a
A new home for molecular biologists p589
Celebrating a major relaunch of a Nature journal.
doi:10.1038/426589b
News
Berkeley accused of biotech bias as ecologist is denied tenure p591
Rex Dalton
doi:10.1038/426591a
Ecologists attack endangered-species logjam p592
Betsy Mason
doi:10.1038/426592a
Swamp row bogs down Singapore's bid to reclaim land p592
David Cyranoski
doi:10.1038/426592b
Plague trial verdict leaves biologists split on biodefence p593
Erika Check
doi:10.1038/426593a
National Science Foundation facing budget let-down p593
Geoff Brumfiel
doi:10.1038/426593b
Mystery remains as journal withdraws paper p594
John Whitfield
doi:10.1038/426594a
Maths institute planned to meet multiplying demand p594
Jim Giles
doi:10.1038/426594b
Sheep horns downsized by hunters' taste for trophies p595
John Whitfield
doi:10.1038/426595a
Europe dithers over regulations for stem-cell research p595
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/426595b
News Feature
Boom, or bust? p598
Hundreds of millions of dollars are pouring into US biodefence research. You might expect scientists working on infectious diseases to be unequivocally delighted. But things aren't that simple, says Erika Check.
doi:10.1038/426598a
Correspondence
QUAD system offers fair shares to all authors p602
Showing who did what could solve the problem of authorship abuse and disputes.
Justus V. Verhagen, Karin J. Wallace, Stephan C. Collins and Thomas R. Scott
doi:10.1038/426602a
Tidewater glaciers move at their own pace p602
W. T. Pfeffer
doi:10.1038/426602b
Books and Arts
Playing God? p603
Scientists must let society decide on the ethics of reproductive technologies.
Robert Winston reviews Whose View of Life? Embryos, Cloning and Stem Cells by Jane Maienschein
doi:10.1038/426603a
The two faces of consciousness p604
Ilya Farber reviews Consciousness: An Introduction by Susan Blackmore
doi:10.1038/426604a
Rich rewards p604
W. F. Bynum reviews Pioneers of Microbiology and the Nobel Prize by Ulf Lagerkvist
doi:10.1038/426604b
Winging it p605
Mary Purton
doi:10.1038/426605a
Concepts
Basic concepts: To put it simply... p607
Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
doi:10.1038/426607a
News and Views
Virus evolution: Epidemics-in-waiting p609
Could the next SARS-like virus reach epidemic proportions? Quantifying the likely threat of emerging diseases isn't easy, but evolution is a crucial factor that may tip the balance in favour of such human parasites.
Jim Bull and Dan Dykhuizen
doi:10.1038/426609a
Quantum optics: Light at a standstill p610
Nothing travels faster than light, but how slow can light go? Pulses of light have already been slowed to speeds of just a few metres per second, but now they have been brought to a complete halt.
Marlan O. Scully
doi:10.1038/426610a
Chemistry: Cellulose stacks up p611
The long chains of cellulose pack laterally into microfibrils of two crystalline forms. Comparison of the structures of these two forms reveals unexpected patterns of bonding that tie the chains together.
Mike Jarvis
doi:10.1038/426611a
Geomorphology: Nature, nurture and landscape p612
Those studying erosion in mountain regions wrestle with factors such as what builds mountains, and how climate affects erosive forces. Yet perhaps a physically based theory is what is most needed.
Peter Molnar
doi:10.1038/426612a
100 and 50 years ago p613
doi:10.1038/426613a
Signal transduction: Molecular monogamy p614
The interactions between cellular proteins must be highly specific, or cells will stop functioning. Some clever protein-manipulation experiments have revealed how this specificity has evolved in yeast.
Drew Endy and Michael B. Yaffe
doi:10.1038/426614a
Chirality: Organic films with a twist p615
Left- and right-handed helical molecules form mirror-image chiral crystals on a copper substrate. It seems that the substrate and the molecules work in concert to determine the handedness of the crystal domains.
Michael D. Ward
doi:10.1038/426615a
Obituary: Bertram N. Brockhouse (1918–2003) p617
Tom Timusk
doi:10.1038/426617a
News and views in brief p618
doi:10.1038/426618a
Brief Communications
Geomorphology: Solitary wave behaviour of sand dunes p619
Colliding dunes appear to traverse through one another and emerge unscathed.
Veit Schwämmle and Hans J. Herrmann
doi:10.1038/426619a
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Genetics: Influence of TOR kinase on lifespan in C. elegans p620
Tibor Vellai, Krisztina Takacs-Vellai, Yue Zhang, Attila L. Kovacs, László Orosz and Fritz Müller
doi:10.1038/426620a
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Metabolism: Ecology shapes bird bioenergetics p620
Brian K. McNab
doi:10.1038/426620b
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Geochronology (communication arising): Dating of the Herto hominin fossils p621
Peter Faupl, Wolfram Richter and Christoph Urbanek
doi:10.1038/426621a
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Geochronology (communication arising): Dating of the Herto hominin fossils p622
William K. Hart, Giday WoldeGabriel, Shigehiro Katoh, Paul R. Renne, Gen Suwa, Berhane Asfaw and Tim D. White
doi:10.1038/426622a
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Articles
Centre–surround inhibition among olfactory bulb glomeruli p623
J. L. Aungst, P. M. Heyward, A. C. Puche, S. V. Karnup, A. Hayar, G. Szabo and M. T. Shipley
doi:10.1038/nature02187
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Crystal structure of plant photosystem I p630
Adam Ben-Shem, Felix Frolow and Nathan Nelson
doi:10.1038/nature02200
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Letters to Nature
The essential signature of a massive starburst in a distant quasar p636
P. Solomon, P. Vanden Bout, C. Carilli and M. Guelin
doi:10.1038/nature02149
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Stationary pulses of light in an atomic medium p638
M. Bajcsy, A. S. Zibrov and M. D. Lukin
doi:10.1038/nature02176
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See also: News and Views by Scully
An off-normal fibre-like texture in thin films on single-crystal substrates p641
C. Detavernier, A. S. Özcan, J. Jordan-Sweet, E. A. Stach, J. Tersoff, F. M. Ross and C. Lavoie
doi:10.1038/nature02198
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Coupled spatial variations in precipitation and long-term erosion rates across the Washington Cascades p645
Peter W. Reiners, Todd A. Ehlers, Sara G. Mitchell and David R. Montgomery
doi:10.1038/nature02111
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Links between erosion, runoff variability and seismicity in the Taiwan orogen p648
Simon J. Dadson, Niels Hovius, Hongey Chen, W. Brian Dade, Meng-Long Hsieh, Sean D. Willett, Jyr-Ching Hu, Ming-Jame Horng, Meng-Chiang Chen, Colin P. Stark, Dimitri Lague and Jiun-Chuan Lin
doi:10.1038/nature02150
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Decoupling of erosion and precipitation in the Himalayas p652
D. W. Burbank, A. E. Blythe, J. Putkonen, B. Pratt-Sitaula, E. Gabet, M. Oskin, A. Barros and T. P. Ojha
doi:10.1038/nature02187
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Undesirable evolutionary consequences of trophy hunting p655
David W. Coltman, Paul O'Donoghue, Jon T. Jorgenson, John T. Hogg, Curtis Strobeck and Marco Festa-Bianchet
doi:10.1038/nature02177
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The role of evolution in the emergence of infectious diseases p658
Rustom Antia, Roland R. Regoes, Jacob C. Koella and Carl T. Bergstrom
doi:10.1038/nature02104
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See also: News and Views by Bull & Dykhuizen
Plankton effect on cod recruitment in the North Sea p661
Grégory Beaugrand, Keith M. Brander, J. Alistair Lindley, Sami Souissi and Philip C. Reid
doi:10.1038/nature02164
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Visual control of action but not perception requires analytical processing of object shape p664
Tzvi Ganel and Melvyn A. Goodale
doi:10.1038/nature02156
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Parallel colour-opponent pathways to primary visual cortex p668
Soumya Chatterjee and Edward M. Callaway
doi:10.1038/nature02167
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Development and maintenance of B and T lymphocytes requires antiapoptotic MCL-1 p671
Joseph T. Opferman, Anthony Letai, Caroline Beard, Mia D. Sorcinelli, Christy C. Ong and Stanley J. Korsmeyer
doi:10.1038/nature02067
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Optimization of specificity in a cellular protein interaction network by negative selection p676
Ali Zarrinpar, Sang-Hyun Park and Wendell A. Lim
doi:10.1038/nature02178
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See also: News and Views by Endy & Yaffe
Gating of the rapid shade-avoidance response by the circadian clock in plants p680
Michael G. Salter, Keara A. Franklin and Garry C. Whitelam
doi:10.1038/nature02174
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Backtracking by single RNA polymerase molecules observed at near-base-pair resolution p684
Joshua W. Shaevitz, Elio A. Abbondanzieri, Robert Landick and Steven M. Block
doi:10.1038/nature02191
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New on the Market
Spectroscopy and fluorescence p688
Flames, formats and photometry.
doi:10.1038/426688a
Outlook
San DiegoSan Diego p689
Ken Howard
Good neighbours p690
A tight-knit community and a cooperative spirit has helped San Diego to succeed. Eric Niiler checks out California's rising star.
Eric Niiler
doi:10.1038/426690
The view from the top p696
San Diego is facing significant challenges to its future development. How do the some of the region's leading lights think it will cope? Ken Howard finds out.
Ken Howard
doi:10.1038/426696
Genesis of a high-tech hub p700
A century of philanthropy alongside military research has laid solid foundations for today's diverse sci-tech sector, says Chloe Veltman.
Chloe Veltman
doi:10.1038/426700
Best of both worlds p706
What makes the Mesa so attractive to pharmaceutical companies? Paul Smaglik investigates.
Paul Smaglik
doi:10.1038/426706
Turning technology into gold p708
Scientists need help to make their entrepreneurial dreams come true. Jonathan Knight talks to the experts.
Jonathan Knight
doi:10.1038/426708
Tomorrow's world p709
Jonathan Knight takes a look at what the future may hold for innovation in San Diego.
Jonathan Knight
doi:10.1038/426709
Different directions? p712
How independent are the boards of San Diego's high-tech companies? Lisa Bowman investigates the multiple directors.
Lisa Bowman
doi:10.1038/426712
In search of the élite p713
A huge number of people have contributed to the success of San Diego. Virginia Gewin catches up with a selection of the region's prime movers.
Virginia Gewin
doi:10.1038/426713
High-tech, high society p720
Kendall Powell finds out how to make those key business connections.
Kendall Powell
doi:10.1038/426720
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Technology Features
To affinity and beyond p725
Antibodies are the researcher's Swiss army knife: there's a tool for every purpose, and they're made in more shapes and sizes than ever. Pete Moore and Julie Clayton report.
Pete Moore and Julie Clayton
doi:10.1038/426725a
Playing with the pieces p725
Pete Moore
doi:10.1038/426725b
Going into production p727
Julie Clayton
doi:10.1038/426727a
Antibodies where you want them p729
Pete Moore
doi:10.1038/426729a
Table of suppliers p732
doi:10.1038/426732a
Naturejobs
ProspectsForcing the market p735
Paul Smaglik
doi:10.1038/nj6967-736a
CAREERS AND RECRUITMENT
A developing theme for AIDS p736
Job growth in HIV research is shifting from laboratories in the developed world to the regions most affected by AIDS. Myrna Watanabe reports
Myrna Watanabe
doi:10.1038/nj6967-736a
