Table of contents
Volume 433 Number 7021 pp1-90
In this issue (6 January 2005)
Also this week
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Editorial
A divided world p1
The lack of preparation for last month's tsunami illustrates shocking disparities in how science is applied in different regions of the world. The global response to the disaster offers a glimmer of hope that these disparities will be addressed.
doi:10.1038/433001a
News
Inadequate warning system left Asia at the mercy of tsunami p3
Scientists and governments were caught unprepared.
Emma Marris
doi:10.1038/433003a
Triple slip of tectonic plates caused seafloor surge p3
Biggest quake in 40 years redraws the map.
Michael Hopkin
doi:10.1038/433003b
Tsunamis: a long-term threat p4
Other regions around the globe are at higher risk.
Quirin Schiermeier
doi:10.1038/433004a
India pledges to fund alert system in wake of disaster p5
Government reacts with $29 million pledge for future warnings.
K. S. Jayaraman
doi:10.1038/433005a
News Features
2005: Year of Physics: So, what's your theory? p8
doi:10.1038/433008a
See also: Editor's summary
A theorist of errors p9
Growing up on Einstein Street in Haifa, Israel, Dorit Aharonov was perhaps destined to study physics. But she pursued other interests before finally settling on quantum computation. Haim Watzman reports.
doi:10.1038/433009a
In search of hidden dimensions p10
So far, string theory has defied experiments, but Nima Arkani-Hamed thinks he has found a way to put the idea to the test. Geoff Brumfiel finds out how.
doi:10.1038/433010a
Can electrons do the splits? p11
The electronic behaviour of some forms of matter doesn't match theory. Geoff Brumfiel meets Senthil Todadri, a man who wants to change our view of how electrons behave.
doi:10.1038/433011a
The long-distance thinker p12
Martin Bojowald is on a journey back in time to see what happened during the Big Bang. Quirin Schiermeier tags along for the ride.
doi:10.1038/433012a
Correspondence
Destructive fires are not just Indonesia's problem p13
Logging, urban expansion and lawlessness fan the flames throughout Borneo.
Rhett D. Harisson
doi:10.1038/433013a
Fighting future fires with fairness p13
Christian Azar and U. Martin Persson
doi:10.1038/433013b
Mouse geneticists need European strategy too p13
Wolfgang Wurst
doi:10.1038/433013c
Books and Arts
Contemplating the abyss p15
The role of environmental degradation in the collapse of human societies.
William Rees reviews Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
doi:10.1038/433015a
A natural pioneer p16
John Fitzpatrick reviews John James Audubon: The Making of an American by Richard Rhodes
doi:10.1038/433016a
See also: Editor's summary
Science in culture p17
The origin of the archetypal image of the chemist.
Philip Ball reviews
doi:10.1038/433017a
Essay
ConceptBridging the gap p19
Tissue engineering: mathematical models are helping to take tissue engineering from concept to reality.
Ben D. MacArthur and Richard O. C. Oreffo
doi:10.1038/433019a
News and Views
Device physics: Silver nanoswitch p21
Ionic conductors have many applications — in sensors, fuel cells and batteries. Are nanoelectronic devices based on ionic conductors now about to replace silicon?
Jan van Ruitenbeek
doi:10.1038/433021a
See also: Editor's summary
Cognitive science: Staring fear in the face p22
The unusual case of SM, a person who has a very specific deficit in recognizing fearful expressions on people's faces, is providing intriguing insights into how we perceive emotion.
Patrik Vuilleumier
doi:10.1038/433022a
See also: Editor's summary
Evolutionary genetics: Differentiation by dispersal p23
Gene flow between populations — caused by migration, for instance — is most often viewed as a homogenizing force in evolution. But two studies of wild birds and non-random dispersal find otherwise.
David W. Coltman
doi:10.1038/433023a
See also: Editor's summary
100 and 50 years ago p23
doi:10.1038/433023b
Geochemistry: Neon illuminates the mantle p25
The outer Earth grew largely from material added by impacts from planetesimals, rather than by capture of dust grains from the solar nebula — or at least that's the inference from the latest geochemical analyses.
David W. Graham
doi:10.1038/433025a
See also: Editor's summary
Human immunodeficiency virus: Nuclear RNA export unwound p26
The ways in which HIV can subvert cellular processes for its own ends seem boundless. The latest discovery — a cellular enzyme that helps to export HIV RNA from the nucleus — reveals a possible drug target.
Bryan R. Cullen
doi:10.1038/433026a
Physiology: An end to adolescence p27
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/433027a
Obituary: John R. Vane (1927–2004) p28
Salvador Moncada
doi:10.1038/433028a
Brief Communications
Linguistic perception: Neural processing of a whistled language p31
A rare surrogate of Spanish highlights the adaptability of the brain's language regions.
Manuel Carreiras, Jorge Lopez, Francisco Rivero and David Corina
doi:10.1038/433031a
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See also: Editor's summary
Environment: Early ant plagues in the New World p32
Edward O. Wilson
doi:10.1038/433032a
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Top of page
Brief Communications Arising
Human behaviour: Egalitarian motive and altruistic punishment pE1
James H. Fowler, Tim Johnson and Oleg Smirnov
doi:10.1038/nature03256
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Human behaviour: Egalitarian motive and altruistic punishment (reply) pE1
Ernst Fehr and Simon Gächter
doi:10.1038/nature03257
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Articles
Neon isotopes constrain convection and volatile origin in the Earth's mantle p33
Chris J. Ballentine, Bernard Marty, Barbara Sherwood Lollar and Martin Cassidy
doi:10.1038/nature03182
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (374K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary | News and Views by Graham
The PIN auxin efflux facilitator network controls growth and patterning in Arabidopsis roots p39
Ikram Blilou,
Jian Xu,
Marjolein Wildwater,
Viola Willemsen,
Ivan Paponov,
Ji
í Friml,
Renze Heidstra,
Mitsuhiro Aida,
Klaus Palme
and
Ben Scheres
doi:10.1038/nature03184
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Letters to Nature
The heating of gas in a galaxy cluster by X-ray cavities and large-scale shock fronts p45
B. R. McNamara, P. E. J. Nulsen, M. W. Wise, D. A. Rafferty, C. Carilli, C. L. Sarazin and E. L. Blanton
doi:10.1038/nature03202
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Quantized conductance atomic switch p47
K. Terabe, T. Hasegawa, T. Nakayama and M. Aono
doi:10.1038/nature03190
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (256K)
See also: Editor's summary | News and Views by van Ruitenbeek
Increasing the conductivity of crystalline polymer electrolytes p50
Alasdair M. Christie, Scott J. Lilley, Edward Staunton, Yuri G. Andreev and Peter G. Bruce
doi:10.1038/nature03186
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Rapid stepwise onset of Antarctic glaciation and deeper calcite compensation in the Pacific Ocean p53
Helen K. Coxall, Paul A. Wilson, Heiko Pälike, Caroline H. Lear and Jan Backman
doi:10.1038/nature03135
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (543K) | Supplementary information
Similar response of labile and resistant soil organic matter pools to changes in temperature p57
Changming Fang, Pete Smith, John B. Moncrieff and Jo U. Smith
doi:10.1038/nature03138
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (249K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary
Evolution driven by differential dispersal within a wild bird population p60
Dany Garant, Loeske E.B. Kruuk, Teddy A. Wilkin, Robin H. McCleery and Ben C. Sheldon
doi:10.1038/nature03051
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (360K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary | News and Views by Coltman
Gene flow maintains a large genetic difference in clutch size at a small spatial scale p65
Erik Postma and Arie J. van Noordwijk
doi:10.1038/nature03083
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A mechanism for impaired fear recognition after amygdala damage p68
Ralph Adolphs, Frederic Gosselin, Tony W. Buchanan, Daniel Tranel, Philippe Schyns and Antonio R. Damasio
doi:10.1038/nature03086
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See also: Editor's summary | News and Views by Vuilleumier
-Lactam antibiotics offer neuroprotection by increasing glutamate transporter expression p73
Jeffrey D. Rothstein, Sarjubhai Patel, Melissa R. Regan, Christine Haenggeli, Yanhua H. Huang, Dwight E. Bergles, Lin Jin, Margaret Dykes Hoberg, Svetlana Vidensky, Dorothy S. Chung, Shuy Vang Toan, Lucie I. Bruijn, Zao-zhong Su, Pankaj Gupta and Paul B. Fisher
doi:10.1038/nature03180
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Nucleolar proteome dynamics p77
Jens S. Andersen, Yun W. Lam, Anthony K. L. Leung, Shao-En Ong, Carol E. Lyon, Angus I. Lamond and Matthias Mann
doi:10.1038/nature03207
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Vitamin C degradation in plant cells via enzymatic hydrolysis of 4-O-oxalyl-l-threonate p83
Martha A. Green and Stephen C. Fry
doi:10.1038/nature03172
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Naturejobs
ProspectsResponses and resolutions p89
Paul Smaglik
doi:10.1038/nj7021-089a
Career View
Graduate Journal: Brave old world p90
Tobias Langenhan
doi:10.1038/nj7021-090a
Nuts & Bolts p90
Deb Koen
doi:10.1038/nj7021-090b
Movers p90
doi:10.1038/nj7021-090c