Table of contents
Volume 428 Number 6978 pp1-104
Editorials
In no one's best interest p1
The latest twist in Britain's ongoing scare about the safety of a widely used vaccine has brought researchers' conflicts of interest to public attention. Unfortunately, the affair has promoted a simplistic view of this complex issue.
doi:10.1038/428001a
Ending the pain in Spain p1
Whoever wins the Spanish general election must deliver on their vague promises about supporting science.
doi:10.1038/428001b
News
Doctors battle to contain AIDS epidemic as unrest engulfs Haiti p3
Erika Check
doi:10.1038/428003a
Climate findings let fishermen off the hook p4
Quirin Schiermeier
doi:10.1038/428004a
Bush sacks outspoken biologist from ethics council p4
Erika Check
doi:10.1038/428004b
Medical editors urged to accept ethical code p5
Jim Giles
doi:10.1038/428005a
US and biologists wary of strict biotech rules p6
David Cyranoski
doi:10.1038/428006a
Gene-ecology agreement circles the globe p6
David Cyranoski
doi:10.1038/428006b
Ending of shuttle service puts space experiments 'at risk' p7
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/428007a
Spanish lawmakers clash over control of stem-cell research p7
Laura Nelson
doi:10.1038/428007b
News Features
Mount Fuji: A sleeping giant stirs p12
Mount Fuji is a cultural icon and Japan's most important geological feature. Yet until it began rumbling a few years ago, scientists had almost completely ignored it, says David Cyranoski. Is it preparing to erupt again?
doi:10.1038/428012a
Cell biology: Just add water p14
Thanks to a sugar found in yeast, it may be possible to provide 'freeze-dried' blood cells to treat injured soldiers. The technique could also find applications in the cell-biology lab. Geoff Brumfiel reports.
doi:10.1038/428014a
Correspondence
Time to stop blaming communism in Hungary p17
Restrictive funding criteria put young researchers at a disadvantage in many countries.
Gábor Lente
doi:10.1038/428017a
Hungary: basic science needs European support p17
László Hunyady
doi:10.1038/428017b
Let's hope there's a good year on the cards p17
Simon Wain-Hobson
doi:10.1038/428017c
Books and Arts
Emerging epidemics p19
We have no one but ourselves to blame for the rise of new killer diseases.
Tony McMichael reviews Six Modern Plagues: And How We are Causing Them by Mark Jerome Walters
doi:10.1038/428019a
Rooting out the wine plague p20
Jeffrey Granett reviews Phylloxera: How Wine was Saved for the World by Christy Campbell
doi:10.1038/428020a
Reissued classics p20
doi:10.1038/428020b
Science in culture p21
Researchers and dancers joined hands in Rio in the name of Carnaval — and popularizing science.
Roald Hoffmann reviews
doi:10.1038/428021a
Essay
Turning pointsThe usefulness of parody p23
A timely rescue from a 'too clever' idea.
John Cairns
doi:10.1038/428023a
News and Views
Microbiology: Reconstructing the wild types p25
A challenging way to characterize the world's naturally occurring microbes is to piece together whole genomes from complex communities. An unusually acidic microbial habitat provides the setting for a ranging shot on that target.
Edward F. Delong
doi:10.1038/428025a
Superconductivity: Turn up the temperature p26
A more elaborate picture is developing of what makes some materials superconduct at relatively high temperatures. With it come hints for how to design materials with still higher transition temperatures.
Piers Coleman
doi:10.1038/428026a
Ecology: Chalk-hill blues p27
Katrin Bussell
doi:10.1038/428027a
Cell biology: A cellular choreographer p28
Specialized cells that form barriers such as those of the intestine adopt a distinct asymmetry. One particular protein may be a prime mover in bringing about such cellular organization.
W. James Nelson
doi:10.1038/428028a
Molecular biology: Case of mistaken identity p29
An enzyme involved at grass-roots level in assembling genes for receptors that are essential in fighting infection has now been fingered as a suspect in certain cancers — proof that mistakes can be costly.
Craig H. Bassing and Frederick W. Alt
doi:10.1038/428029a
Palaeoclimate: Cool stratification p31
The quirky relationship between seawater temperature and density is invoked to account for how, during past global cooling, the high-latitude oceans locked up atmospheric CO2 and produced further cooling.
Roger Francois
doi:10.1038/428031a
100 and 50 years ago p32
doi:10.1038/428032a
Cell division: Feeling tense enough? p32
Accurately distributing half of each replicated chromosome to both daughters is a major challenge for dividing cells. The mechanisms used to achieve this are becoming apparent, thanks to studies old and new.
Iain M. Cheeseman and Arshad Desai
doi:10.1038/428032b
News and views in brief p34
doi:10.1038/428034a
Brief Communications
Ant parasite queens revert to mating singly p35
A parasitic ant has abandoned the multiple mating habit of the queens of its related host.
Seirian Sumner, William O. H. Hughes, Jes S. Pedersen and Jacobus J. Boomsma
doi:10.1038/428035a
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Arctic Ocean (communication arising): Hydrothermal activity on Gakkel Ridge p36
Philippe Jean-Baptiste and Elise Fourré
doi:10.1038/428036a
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Articles
Community structure and metabolism through reconstruction of microbial genomes from the environment p37
Gene W. Tyson, Jarrod Chapman, Philip Hugenholtz, Eric E. Allen, Rachna J. Ram, Paul M. Richardson, Victor V. Solovyev, Edward M. Rubin, Daniel S. Rokhsar and Jillian F. Banfield
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (435K) | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by Delong
Mice cloned from olfactory sensory neurons p44
Kevin Eggan, Kristin Baldwin, Michael Tackett, Joseph Osborne, Joseph Gogos, Andrew Chess, Richard Axel and Rudolf Jaenisch
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (337K) | Supplementary information
Letters to Nature
Cavity cooling of a single atom p50
P. Maunz, T. Puppe, I. Schuster, N. Syassen, P. W. H. Pinkse and G. Rempe
doi:10.1038/nature02387
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An explanation for a universality of transition temperatures in families of copper oxide superconductors p53
Sudip Chakravarty, Hae-Young Kee and Klaus Völker
doi:10.1038/nature02348
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See also: News and Views by Coleman
Crystal symmetry and the reversibility of martensitic transformations p55
Kaushik Bhattacharya, Sergio Conti, Giovanni Zanzotto and Johannes Zimmer
doi:10.1038/nature02378
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Polar ocean stratification in a cold climate p59
Daniel M. Sigman, Samuel L. Jaccard and Gerald H. Haug
doi:10.1038/nature02357
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See also: News and Views by Francois
Hybrid fracture and the transition from extension fracture to shear fracture p63
Jonathan M. Ramsey and Frederick M. Chester
doi:10.1038/nature02333
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Coral mucus functions as an energy carrier and particle trap in the reef ecosystem p66
Christian Wild, Markus Huettel, Anke Klueter, Stephan G. Kremb, Mohammed Y. M. Rasheed and Bo B. Jørgensen
doi:10.1038/nature02344
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Optimal traffic organization in ants under crowded conditions p70
Audrey Dussutour, Vincent Fourcassié, Dirk Helbing and Jean-Louis Deneubourg
doi:10.1038/nature02345
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Perceiving distance accurately by a directional process of integrating ground information p73
Bing Wu, Teng Leng Ooi and Zijiang J. He
doi:10.1038/nature02350
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Inactivation of hCDC4 can cause chromosomal instability p77
Harith Rajagopalan, Prasad V. Jallepalli, Carlo Rago, Victor E. Velculescu, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Bert Vogelstein and Christoph Lengauer
doi:10.1038/nature02313
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Spatially restricted microRNA directs leaf polarity through ARGONAUTE1 p81
Catherine A. Kidner and Robert A. Martienssen
doi:10.1038/nature02366
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microRNA-mediated repression of rolled leaf1 specifies maize leaf polarity p84
Michelle T. Juarez, Jonathan S. Kui, Julie Thomas, Bradley A. Heller and Marja C. P. Timmermans
doi:10.1038/nature02363
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A non-B-DNA structure at the Bcl-2 major breakpoint region is cleaved by the RAG complex p88
Sathees C. Raghavan, Patrick C. Swanson, Xiantuo Wu, Chih-Lin Hsieh and Michael R. Lieber
doi:10.1038/nature02355
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See also: News and Views by Bassing & Alt
Tension between two kinetochores suffices for their bi-orientation on the mitotic spindle p93
Hilary Dewar, Kozo Tanaka, Kim Nasmyth and Tomoyuki U. Tanaka
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Preferential cis–syn thymine dimer bypass by DNA polymerase 
occurs with biased fidelity p97
Scott D. McCulloch, Robert J. Kokoska, Chikahide Masutani, Shigenori Iwai, Fumio Hanaoka and Thomas A. Kunkel
doi:10.1038/nature02352
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Naturejobs
ProspectsGrad school confidential p101
Paul Smaglik
doi:10.1038/nj6978-101a
Postdocs
Stipend survival p102
Graduate-student pay levels mean tight budgets and inventive cost-cutting, but is the five-year pay freeze worth it? Kendall Powell calculates the bottom line.
Kendall Powell
doi:10.1038/nj6978-102a
Career View
Graduate Journal: Working for balance p104
Sidney Omelon
doi:10.1038/nj6978-104a
Nuts & Bolts p104
Deb Koen
doi:10.1038/nj6978-104b
Movers p104
doi:10.1038/nj6978-104c