Editorials

Getting personal p1007

The commercialization of personal genomics is moving with dizzying speed and scientists need to find innovative ways of discussing the implications with consumers.

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A look within p1007

A series of Essays examines what science has to say about being human.

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Fair trade? p1008

Europe needs to find a responsible way out of its climate-regulation impasse.

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Research Highlights

Botany: Growing flowers p1010

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Geosciences: Exporting ice p1010

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Nanomedicine: Disease nanosensors p1010

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Chemistry: Selective separation p1010

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Neurology: Contextual views p1010

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Plant chemistry: Banana blues p1010

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Biochemistry: Fungal facilitation p1011

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Ecology: Grunter gathering p1011

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Animal behaviour: Idle ants p1011

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Drug design: Hitting the hinge p1011

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Journal Club

Journal club p1011

Lynne B. McCusker

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News

Biosafety lab passes disaster test p1012

Cash row threatens Earth-monitoring system p1013

Accessible genomes move closer p1014

Eight-month delay for LHC p1015

Pharma payment probe widens its net p1017

Plumes of methane identified on Mars p1018

Iranian paper sparks sense of déjà vu p1019

Canada bans bisphenol A in baby products p1020

US slashes acceptable limit for airborne lead p1020

A sticky situation hits the record books p1020

Initiative waives human life in favour of life on humans p1021

Computer failure leaves Hubble in limbo p1021

US agencies struggle over public relations p1021

News Feature

Language: Disputed definitions p1023

Correspondence

Does risk to humans justify high cost of fighting bovine TB? p1029

Paul Torgerson & David Torgerson

doi:10.1038/4551029a

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Childcare not enough to make a science career family-friendly p1029

Timothy J. Roper & Larissa Conradt

doi:10.1038/4551029b

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Flags of convenience shield polluters in battle to protect seas p1029

Scott P. Wilson

doi:10.1038/4551029c

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Commentary

The charge of technology p1030

Science policies based on techno-nationalist thinking and fantasies about the past technological revolutions will get us nowhere fast, says David Edgerton.

doi:10.1038/4551030a

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Books and Arts

Deciphering vanished scripts p1033

The origins of communication are explored in a landmark compilation that charts the disappearance of writing systems from ancient cuneiform to Turkish Arabic script, explains Andrew Robinson.

doi:10.1038/4551033a

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New look at cancer drugs p1034

Brendan Maher reviews Durchleuchtet

doi:10.1038/4551034a

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Bioethics laid bare p1035

Sheila McLean reviews Future Bioethics: Overcoming Taboos, Myths, and Dogmas by Ronald A. Lindsay

doi:10.1038/4551035a

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Q&A: An insider's view of the body p1036

Radiologist Anders Persson of Linköping University Hospital, Sweden, reveals the body's hidden structures to clinicians by applying new techniques in magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography to produce stunning computer-enhanced three-dimensional images. The winner of the 2008 Lennart Nilsson Award for scientific photography, he tells Nature how visualization can revolutionize medicine.

Anders Persson

doi:10.1038/4551036a

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Essays

Being human: Religion: Bound to believe? p1038

Atheism will always be a harder sell than religion, Pascal Boyer explains, because a slew of cognitive traits predispose us to faith.

Pascal Boyer

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A question of class p1040

Fundamental misunderstandings about classification can lead scientists down unproductive or dangerous paths, argue Jeffrey Parsons and Yair Wand.

Jeffrey Parsons & Yair Wand

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Correction p1041

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News and Views

Biochemistry: Cells enforce an ion curtain p1043

Metal cofactors are an essential part of many proteins. But how is the right choice of metal made? For bacteria, one answer is to change the cellular compartment where cofactor insertion occurs.

Ben C. Berks

doi:10.1038/4551043a

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Economics: Sustainable fisheries p1044

Fishermen's aims of increasing their catch seem at odds with preserving fish stocks by limiting catch. A study of more than 11,000 fisheries shows that 'individual tradable quotas' can reconcile these goals.

Geoffrey Heal & Wolfram Schlenker

doi:10.1038/4551044a

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Inorganic chemistry: Confirmation of the improbable p1045

Certain transition-metal complexes are thought to exist only fleetingly, perhaps as intermediates in reactions. So the discovery of one such complex that is stable at room temperature is provocative.

Craig L. Hill

doi:10.1038/4551045a

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Apoptosis: Stabbed in the BAX p1047

Apoptotic cell death is an intricate and highly regulated process. To initiate apoptosis, the protein BIM binds to a hitherto unrecognized site on the BAX protein to trigger permeabilization of the outer mitochondrial membrane.

Douglas R. Green & Jerry E. Chipuk

doi:10.1038/4551047a

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Astrophysics: How do galaxies form? p1049

A study of galaxies indicates that galaxy formation may be regulated by a single parameter. This unexpected finding shows that prevailing views on the process could need revision.

Sidney van den Bergh

doi:10.1038/4551049a

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Biogeochemistry: Life before the rise of oxygen p1051

The discovery of molecular fossils in 2.7-billion-year-old rocks prompted a re-evaluation of microbial evolution, and of the advent of photosynthesis and rise of atmospheric oxygen. That discovery now comes into question.

Woodward W. Fischer

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50 & 100 years ago p1052

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Obituary: Anatol Zhabotinsky (1938–2008) p1053

Pioneer of oscillating chemical reactions.

Irving R. Epstein

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News and Views Q&A

Systems biology: Metabonomics p1054

Organisms often respond in complex and unpredictable ways to stimuli that cause disease or injury. By measuring and mathematically modelling changes in the levels of products of metabolism found in biological fluids and tissues, metabonomics offers fresh insight into the effects of diet, drugs and disease.

Jeremy K. Nicholson & John C. Lindon

doi:10.1038/4551054a

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Feature

The mental wealth of nations p1057

Countries must learn how to capitalize on their citizens' cognitive resources if they are to prosper, both economically and socially. Early interventions will be key.

John Beddington, Cary L. Cooper, John Field, Usha Goswami, Felicia A. Huppert, Rachel Jenkins, Hannah S. Jones, Tom B. L. Kirkwood, Barbara J. Sahakian & Sandy M. Thomas

doi:10.1038/4551057a

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Brief Communications Arising

MicroRNA-10b and breast cancer metastasis pE8

Harriet E. Gee, Carme Camps, Francesca M. Buffa, Stefano Colella, Helen Sheldon, Jonathan M. Gleadle, Jiannis Ragoussis & Adrian L. Harris

doi:10.1038/nature07362

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Ma et al. reply pE9

Li Ma, Julie Teruya-Feldstein & Robert A. Weinberg

doi:10.1038/nature07363

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Can light be stopped in realistic metamaterials? pE10

A. Reza, M. M. Dignam & S. Hughes

doi:10.1038/nature07359

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Tsakmakidis et al. reply pE11

Kosmas L. Tsakmakidis, Alan D. Boardman & Ortwin Hess

doi:10.1038/nature07360

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Articles

Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways p1061

The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network

doi:10.1038/nature07385

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Somatic mutations affect key pathways in lung adenocarcinoma p1069

Li Ding, Gad Getz, David A. Wheeler, Elaine R. Mardis, Michael D. McLellan, Kristian Cibulskis, Carrie Sougnez, Heidi Greulich, Donna M. Muzny, Margaret B. Morgan, Lucinda Fulton, Robert S. Fulton, Qunyuan Zhang, Michael C. Wendl, Michael S. Lawrence, David E. Larson, Ken Chen, David J. Dooling, Aniko Sabo, Alicia C. Hawes, Hua Shen, Shalini N. Jhangiani, Lora R. Lewis, Otis Hall, Yiming Zhu, Tittu Mathew, Yanru Ren, Jiqiang Yao, Steven E. Scherer, Kerstin Clerc, Ginger A. Metcalf, Brian Ng, Aleksandar Milosavljevic, Manuel L. Gonzalez-Garay, John R. Osborne, Rick Meyer, Xiaoqi Shi, Yuzhu Tang, Daniel C. Koboldt, Ling Lin, Rachel Abbott, Tracie L. Miner, Craig Pohl, Ginger Fewell, Carrie Haipek, Heather Schmidt, Brian H. Dunford-Shore, Aldi Kraja, Seth D. Crosby, Christopher S. Sawyer, Tammi Vickery, Sacha Sander, Jody Robinson, Wendy Winckler, Jennifer Baldwin, Lucian R. Chirieac, Amit Dutt, Tim Fennell, Megan Hanna, Bruce E. Johnson, Robert C. Onofrio, Roman K. Thomas, Giovanni Tonon, Barbara A. Weir, Xiaojun Zhao, Liuda Ziaugra, Michael C. Zody, Thomas Giordano, Mark B. Orringer, Jack A. Roth, Margaret R. Spitz, Ignacio I. Wistuba, Bradley Ozenberger, Peter J. Good, Andrew C. Chang, David G. Beer, Mark A. Watson, Marc Ladanyi, Stephen Broderick, Akihiko Yoshizawa, William D. Travis, William Pao, Michael A. Province, George M. Weinstock, Harold E. Varmus, Stacey B. Gabriel, Eric S. Lander, Richard A. Gibbs, Matthew Meyerson & Richard K. Wilson

doi:10.1038/nature07423

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BAX activation is initiated at a novel interaction site p1076

Evripidis Gavathiotis, Motoshi Suzuki, Marguerite L. Davis, Kenneth Pitter, Gregory H. Bird, Samuel G. Katz, Ho-Chou Tu, Hyungjin Kim, Emily H.-Y. Cheng, Nico Tjandra & Loren D. Walensky

doi:10.1038/nature07396

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Letters

Galaxies appear simpler than expected p1082

M. J. Disney, J. D. Romano, D. A. Garcia–Appadoo, A. A. West, J. J. Dalcanton & L. Cortese

doi:10.1038/nature07366

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Solid-state quantum memory using the ³¹P nuclear spin p1085

John J. L. Morton, Alexei M. Tyryshkin, Richard M. Brown, Shyam Shankar, Brendon W. Lovett, Arzhang Ardavan, Thomas Schenkel, Eugene E. Haller, Joel W. Ager & S. A. Lyon

doi:10.1038/nature07295

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Correlation between nanosecond X-ray flashes and stick–slip friction in peeling tape p1089

Carlos G. Camara, Juan V. Escobar, Jonathan R. Hird & Seth J. Putterman

doi:10.1038/nature07378

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Evidence for a terminal Pt(iv)-oxo complex exhibiting diverse reactivity p1093

Elena Poverenov, Irena Efremenko, Anatoly I. Frenkel, Yehoshoa Ben-David, Linda J. W. Shimon, Gregory Leitus, Leonid Konstantinovski, Jan M. L. Martin & David Milstein

doi:10.1038/nature07356

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Fault-induced seismic anisotropy by hydration in subducting oceanic plates p1097

Manuele Faccenda, Luigi Burlini, Taras V. Gerya & David Mainprice

doi:10.1038/nature07376

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Reassessing the first appearance of eukaryotes and cyanobacteria p1101

Birger Rasmussen, Ian R. Fletcher, Jochen J. Brocks & Matt R. Kilburn

doi:10.1038/nature07381

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A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers p1105

Fucheng Zhang, Zhonghe Zhou, Xing Xu, Xiaolin Wang & Corwin Sullivan

doi:10.1038/nature07447

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Innate immunity and intestinal microbiota in the development of Type 1 diabetes p1109

Li Wen, Ruth E. Ley, Pavel Yu. Volchkov, Peter B. Stranges, Lia Avanesyan, Austin C. Stonebraker, Changyun Hu, F. Susan Wong, Gregory L. Szot, Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Jeffrey I. Gordon & Alexander V. Chervonsky

doi:10.1038/nature07336

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Conjugated action of two species-specific invasion proteins for fetoplacental listeriosis p1114

Olivier Disson, Solène Grayo, Eugénie Huillet, Georgios Nikitas, Francina Langa-Vives, Olivier Dussurget, Marie Ragon, Alban Le Monnier, Charles Babinet, Pascale Cossart & Marc Lecuit

doi:10.1038/nature07303

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Paracrine Wingless signalling controls self-renewal of Drosophila intestinal stem cells p1119

Guonan Lin, Na Xu & Rongwen Xi

doi:10.1038/nature07329

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MicroRNAs to Nanog, Oct4 and Sox2 coding regions modulate embryonic stem cell differentiation p1124

Yvonne Tay, Jinqiu Zhang, Andrew M. Thomson, Bing Lim & Isidore Rigoutsos

doi:10.1038/nature07299

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p53 and Pten control neural and glioma stem/progenitor cell renewal and differentiation p1129

Hongwu Zheng, Haoqiang Ying, Haiyan Yan, Alec C. Kimmelman, David J. Hiller, An-Jou Chen, Samuel R. Perry, Giovanni Tonon, Gerald C. Chu, Zhihu Ding, Jayne M. Stommel, Katherine L. Dunn, Ruprecht Wiedemeyer, Mingjian J. You, Cameron Brennan, Y. Alan Wang, Keith L. Ligon, Wing H. Wong, Lynda Chin & Ronald A. DePinho

doi:10.1038/nature07443

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Control of plant germline proliferation by SCF^FBL17 degradation of cell cycle inhibitors p1134

Hyo Jung Kim, Sung Aeong Oh, Lynette Brownfield, Sung Hyun Hong, Hojin Ryu, Ildoo Hwang, David Twell & Hong Gil Nam

doi:10.1038/nature07289

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Protein-folding location can regulate manganese-binding versus copper- or zinc-binding p1138

Steve Tottey, Kevin J. Waldron, Susan J. Firbank, Brian Reale, Conrad Bessant, Katsuko Sato, Timothy R. Cheek, Joe Gray, Mark J. Banfield, Christopher Dennison & Nigel J. Robinson

doi:10.1038/nature07340

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Naturejobs

Is this Singapore's golden era? p1143

Paul Smaglik

doi:10.1038/nj7216-1143a

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Singapore surges upwards p1144

The Fusionopolis towers are the latest signs of Singapore's determination to build its future on science. But can the city-state meet the expectations it has raised? David Cyranoski reports.

David Cyranoski

doi:10.1038/nj7216-1144a

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Spotlight on Singapore

doi:10.1038/nj0232

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Spotlight on Singapore

doi:10.1038/nj0233

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Futures

Dewey Smith and the meaning of All p1148

Physics in action.

Robert Reed

doi:10.1038/4551148a

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