Table of contents
Volume 437 Number 7055 ppxiii-168
In this issue (1 September 2005)
Also this week
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Authors
Making the paper: Sally McBrearty and Nina Jablonski pxiii
How a trip to Kenya put the modern chimpanzee on the map.
doi: 10.1038/437xiiia
Abstractions: First Author pxiii
doi: 10.1038/437xiiib
Quantified: Germany pxiii
doi: 10.1038/437xiiic
Editorials
Responding to uncertainty p1
Public controversies that involve scientific uncertainty can be influenced by mavericks. Open confrontation and analysis serves the public better than excommunication.
doi: 10.1038/437001a
Still not deterred p1
Universities should back researchers determined to stand up for animal research in the face of terrorism.
doi: 10.1038/437001b
Three cheers p2
This issue of Nature includes several reasons for editorial celebration.
doi: 10.1038/437002a
News
Advice on nuclear safety set for update in wake of floods p6
Tsunami highlights reactor vulnerability.
Quirin Schiermeier
doi: 10.1038/437006a
Snapshot: Sea heats up for hurricane season p7
Satellite shows warm ocean waters.
doi: 10.1038/437007a
Hospital closure puts tissue bank in jeopardy p7
Pathologists ponder fate of key medical repository.
Geoff Brumfiel
doi: 10.1038/437007b
Designs on Europa unfurl p8
Earth flyby may bring mission within NASA's budget.
Tony Reichhardt
doi: 10.1038/437008a
Scientist quits climate-change panel p9
Row over report prompts resignation.
Geoff Brumfiel
doi: 10.1038/437009a
NIH ethics rules come off probation p9
Ban on consulting fees to be reviewed next year.
Emma Marris
doi: 10.1038/437009b
Governors take the initiative over US carbon dioxide emissions p11
Nine states impose limits on greenhouse-gas pollution.
Emma Marris
doi: 10.1038/437011a
Sidelines p12
doi: 10.1038/437012a
Satellite view alerts China to soaring pollution p12
Air quality is worse than thought — and is deteriorating fast.
David Cyranoski
doi: 10.1038/437012b
Commuters remain stoical in face of terrorist attacks p13
Experience of terrorism may have helped Londoners overcome stress.
Jennifer Wild
doi: 10.1038/437013a
News Features
Chimp genome: Branching out p17
The chimp was a great start. But the genomes of our other primate relatives will help to reveal a whole lot more, says Carina Dennis.
doi: 10.1038/437017a
See also: Editor's summary
What the chimp means to me p20
Interacting with our closest living relative can be a profound experience. To mark the publication of the chimpanzee genome, Nature asked four individuals for their different perspectives.
doi: 10.1038/437020a
See also: Editor's summary
Business
US set to endorse human pesticide testing p24
Pesticide manufacturers are pushing hard to ensure that data from toxicity tests on people can be used in licence applications for their products.
Meredith Wadman
doi: 10.1038/437024a
See also: Editor's summary
In brief p25
doi: 10.1038/437025a
Market watch p25
doi: 10.1038/437025b
Correspondence
Time to use neuroscience findings in teacher training p26
Daniel Ansari
doi: 10.1038/437026a
Embryo's moral status is unaffected by alteration p26
Lee Turnpenny
doi: 10.1038/437026b
Industrial practices set no standard for science p26
Steven Tait
doi: 10.1038/437026c
Farming need not replace fishing if stocks are rebuilt p26
Julia K. Baum, Jana M. McPherson and Ransom A. Myers
doi: 10.1038/437026d
Commentaries
The ethics of research on great apes p27
In the wake of the chimpanzee genome publication, Pascal Gagneux, James J. Moore and Ajit Varki consider the ethical and scientific challenges for scientists who work on captive great apes.
doi: 10.1038/437027a
See also: Editor's summary
A unique biomedical resource at risk p30
Research using chimpanzees has been crucial in the fight against human diseases such as hepatitis. John L. VandeBerg, Stuart M. Zola and colleagues urge that this now dwindling resource be sustained.
doi: 10.1038/437030a
See also: Editor's summary
Books and Arts
A family resemblance p33
We are closely related to other apes, but how similar are we really?
Robert Sapolsky reviews Our Inner Ape by Frans de Waal
doi: 10.1038/437033a
See also: Editor's summary
Symmetry by numbers p34
István Hargittai reviews The Equation that Couldn't be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry by Mario Livio
doi: 10.1038/437034a
Robots have feelings too p35
Dylan Evans reviews Who Needs Emotions? The Brain Meets the Robot
doi: 10.1038/437035a
News and Views
Astrophysics: How to make a massive star p37
Two competing theories have been applied to the formation of high-mass stars. Observations of two stellar systems now suggest that the accretion model has a weightier claim than its rival merger model.
Barbara A. Whitney
doi: 10.1038/437037a
See also: Editor's summary
Palaeontology: Between water and land p38
The most informative examples of large-scale evolution are provided by major transitions between environments. Fresh research on an ancient amphibian shows how it adapted to locomotion both in water and on land.
Robert L. Carroll
doi: 10.1038/437038a
See also: Editor's summary
Palaeoclimate: The riddle of the sediments p39
The ratio of oxygen isotopes contained in the signal in deep-sea sediments can tell us a great deal about past ice-volume variations. The challenge is to disentangle the different contributions to the signal.
Mark Siddall
doi: 10.1038/437039a
See also: Editor's summary
Cancer immunology: Cat and mouse games p41
The immune system is intimately involved in how tumours develop. But how do tumours avoid being killed by immune responses? It seems that in some instances they can lull immune cells into a false sense of security.
Cornelis J. M. Melief
doi: 10.1038/437041a
See also: Editor's summary
50 & 100 years ago p41
doi: 10.1038/437041b
Obituary: John Norris Bahcall 1935−2005 p43
Nuclear astrophysicist who uncovered the solar neutrino problem.
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
doi: 10.1038/437043a
Brief Communications
Phytochemistry: Ibuprofen-like activity in extra-virgin olive oil p45
Enzymes in an inflammation pathway are inhibited by oleocanthal, a component of olive oil.
Gary K. Beauchamp, Russell S. J. Keast, Diane Morel, Jianming Lin, Jana Pika, Qiang Han, Chi-Ho Lee, Amos B. Smith and Paul A. S. Breslin
doi: 10.1038/437045a
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (219K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary
Geophysics: A moving fluid pulse in a fault zone p46
Matthew M. Haney, Roel Snieder, Jon Sheiman and Steven Losh
doi: 10.1038/437046a
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (173K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary
Top of page
Brief Communications Arising
Plant genetics: Hothead healer and extragenomic information pE1
Abed Chaudhury
doi: 10.1038/nature04062
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (141K)
Plant genetics: RNA cache or genome trash? pE1
Animesh Ray
doi: 10.1038/nature04063
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (161K)
Plant genetics: Hothead healer and extragenomic information (reply) pE2
Susan J. Lolle, Jennifer L. Victor, Jessica M. Young and Robert E. Pruitt
doi: 10.1038/nature04064
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (86K)
The Chimpanzee Genome
The chimpanzee genome p47
Chris Gunter and Ritu Dhand
doi: 10.1038/436047a
Timeline: A brief history of chimps p48
As our closest living relative, the chimpanzee holds a unique fascination for researchers from anthropologists to geneticists. Here, we chart the history of mankind's relationship with the chimp, culminating in this week's landmark genomic achievement.
doi: 10.1038/437048a
News & Views: The chimpanzee and us p50
Publication of the draft DNA sequence of the chimpanzee genome is an especially notable event: the data provide a treasury of information for understanding human biology and evolution.
Wen-Hsiung Li and Matthew A. Saunders
doi: 10.1038/437050a
Progress
The second inheritance system of chimpanzees and humans p52
Andrew Whiten
doi: 10.1038/nature04023
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (284K)
See also: Editor's summary
A century of getting to know the chimpanzee p56
Frans B. M. de Waal
doi: 10.1038/nature03999
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (205K)
Our chimpanzee mind p60
Marc Hauser
doi: 10.1038/nature03917
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (224K)
Molecular insights into human brain evolution p64
Robert Sean Hill and Christopher A. Walsh
doi: 10.1038/nature04103
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (221K)
Articles
Initial sequence of the chimpanzee genome and comparison with the human genome p69
The Chimpanzee Sequencing and Analysis Consortium
doi: 10.1038/nature04072
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (928K) | Supplementary information
See also: The Chimpanzee Genome by Li & Saunders
A genome-wide comparison of recent chimpanzee and human segmental duplications p88
Ze Cheng, Mario Ventura, Xinwei She, Philipp Khaitovich, Tina Graves, Kazutoyo Osoegawa, Deanna Church, Pieter DeJong, Richard K. Wilson, Svante Pääbo, Mariano Rocchi and Evan E. Eichler
doi: 10.1038/nature04000
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (440K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary | The Chimpanzee Genome by Li & Saunders
Human subtelomeres are hot spots of interchromosomal recombination and segmental duplication p94
Elena V. Linardopoulou, Eleanor M. Williams, Yuxin Fan, Cynthia Friedman, Janet M. Young and Barbara J. Trask
doi: 10.1038/nature04029
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (923K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary
Letters
Conservation of Y-linked genes during human evolution revealed by comparative sequencing in chimpanzee p100
Jennifer F. Hughes, Helen Skaletsky, Tatyana Pyntikova, Patrick J. Minx, Tina Graves, Steve Rozen, Richard K. Wilson and David C. Page
doi: 10.1038/nature04101
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (261K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary
First fossil chimpanzee p105
Sally McBrearty and Nina G. Jablonski
doi: 10.1038/nature04008
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (253K)
See also: Editor's summary
A disk of dust and molecular gas around a high-mass protostar p109
Nimesh A. Patel, Salvador Curiel, T. K. Sridharan, Qizhou Zhang, Todd R. Hunter, Paul T. P. Ho, José M. Torrelles, James M. Moran, José F. Gómez and Guillem Anglada
doi: 10.1038/nature04011
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (215K)
See also: Editor's summary | News and Views by Whitney
A circumstellar disk associated with a massive protostellar object p112
Zhibo Jiang, Motohide Tamura, Misato Fukagawa, Jim Hough, Phil Lucas, Hiroshi Suto, Miki Ishii and Ji Yang
doi: 10.1038/nature04012
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (378K)
See also: Editor's summary | News and Views by Whitney
A photonic quantum information interface p116
S. Tanzilli, W. Tittel, M. Halder, O. Alibart, P. Baldi, N. Gisin and H. Zbinden
doi: 10.1038/nature04009
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (313K)
See also: Editor's summary
A general strategy for nanocrystal synthesis p121
Xun Wang, Jing Zhuang, Qing Peng and Yadong Li
doi: 10.1038/nature03968
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (461K) | Supplementary information
Modelled atmospheric temperatures and global sea levels over the past million years p125
Richard Bintanja, Roderik S.W. van de Wal and Johannes Oerlemans
doi: 10.1038/nature03975
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (397K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary | News and Views by Siddall
Increase in tropospheric nitrogen dioxide over China observed from space p129
Andreas Richter, John P. Burrows, Hendrik Nü
, Claire Granier
and Ulrike Niemeier
doi: 10.1038/nature04092
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (458K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary
Fracture surface energy of the Punchbowl fault, San Andreas system p133
Judith S. Chester, Frederick M. Chester and Andreas K. Kronenberg
doi: 10.1038/nature03942
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (407K)
See also: Editor's summary
The axial skeleton of the Devonian tetrapod Ichthyostega p137
Per Erik Ahlberg, Jennifer A. Clack and Henning Blom
doi: 10.1038/nature03893
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (360K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary | News and Views by Carroll
Sporadic immunogenic tumours avoid destruction by inducing T-cell tolerance p141
Gerald Willimsky and Thomas Blankenstein
doi: 10.1038/nature03954
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (420K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary | News and Views by Melief
Role of nucleophosmin in embryonic development and tumorigenesis p147
Silvia Grisendi, Rosa Bernardi, Marco Rossi, Ke Cheng, Luipa Khandker, Katia Manova and Pier Paolo Pandolfi
doi: 10.1038/nature03915
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (668K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary
Structural mechanism for sterol sensing and transport by OSBP-related proteins p154
Young Jun Im, Sumana Raychaudhuri, William A. Prinz and James H. Hurley
doi: 10.1038/nature03923
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (543K) | Supplementary information
Observation of a dewetting transition in the collapse of the melittin tetramer p159
Pu Liu, Xuhui Huang, Ruhong Zhou and B. J. Berne
doi: 10.1038/nature03926
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (275K) | Supplementary information
Naturejobs
ProspectA boost for the Big Apple p163
Investment in New York biotech infrastructure and basic research could draw more entrepreneurs to the area
Paul Smaglik
doi:10.1038/nj7055-163a
Careers and Recruitment
Expression of interest p164
Scientists willing to tackle membrane proteins should find opportunities unfolding, says Hannah Hoag.
Hannah Hoag
doi:10.1038/nj7055-164a
Highlights
Highlight on Norway
doi:10.1038/nj0088
Highlight: Vienna
doi:10.1038/nj0089