Volume 276 Issue 5690, 21 December 1978

Opinion

Opinion | 21 December 1978

No end in sight to jobs gloom

News

News | 21 December 1978

US extends recombinant DNA controls to private industry
- David Dickson
News | 21 December 1978

UK researchers claim rights over short-term contracts

At least two scientists believe universities and research councils are treating post-docs shabbily, writes Joe Schwartz
- Joe Schwartz
News | 21 December 1978

Better Med than Dead

Vera Rich reports on Israel's plan to save the Dead Sea from drying up by building a canal linking it to the Mediterranean
- Vera Rich
News | 21 December 1978

Inflation forces new tactics on US environmentalists
- David Dickson

News in Brief

News in Brief | 21 December 1978

News in Brief
News in Brief | 21 December 1978

Science in China: is ‘the bumpy road’ better?

China is bent on a great leap forward in science and technology—but it should not be at the expense of its peasants or workers
- Stephen Risch
- , Michael Hansen
- , Judith Weinstein
- , Theodore Goldfarb
- & Carol Cina
News in Brief | 21 December 1978

Frelimo concentrates on the practical side of science

Pamela Smith and David Wield recently spent two years in Maputo at the Ministry of Health and the University Eduardo Mondlane. Here they assess the state of science in Mozambique
- Pamela Smith
- & David Wield
News in Brief | 21 December 1978

‘By nature not nurture’ they sang …
- KENNETH MELLANBY

Correspondence

Correspondence | 21 December 1978

Biochemical nomenclature
- P. KARLSON
- & H. B. F. DIXON
Correspondence | 21 December 1978

Has food production kept up?
- TILO L. V. ULBRICHT
Correspondence | 21 December 1978

Mr Moon's philosophy
- JANE SALTER
Correspondence | 21 December 1978

Laser progress?
- C. B. LUCAS

News & Views

News & Views | 21 December 1978

Echoes of the bat's cry
- Jennifer Altman
- & Shin-Ho Chung
News & Views | 21 December 1978

Positrons at surfaces
- John Pendry
News & Views | 21 December 1978

A hundred years ago
News & Views | 21 December 1978

Discrepancies in claims for endothermy in therapsids and dinosaurs
- R. E. H. Reid
News & Views | 21 December 1978

Long-range molecules
- Graham Richards
News & Views | 21 December 1978

Metallic hydrogen
- N. E. Cussack
News & Views | 21 December 1978

The cladistic revolution–can it make the grade?
- L. B. Halstead
News & Views | 21 December 1978

Earthquakes and fault gouge
- Peter J. Smith
News & Views | 21 December 1978

Sicily: the world reservoir for thalassemias and haemoglobinopathies
- Gino Schilirò
News & Views | 21 December 1978

Phase transitions in spin glasses

Review

Review Article | 21 December 1978

Electron cooling and its applications in elementary particle physics
- N. S. Dikansky
- , I. N. Meshkov
- & A. N. Skrinsky

Articles

Article | 21 December 1978

Bent beams and the overall size of extragalactic radio sources
- A. C. S. Readhead
- , M. H. Cohen
- , T. J. Pearson
- & P. N. Wilkinson
Article | 21 December 1978

Olivine fractionation equations for basaltic and ultrabasic liquids
- T. H. Pearce
Article | 21 December 1978

Degenerate perturbations of protein structure as the mechanism of anaesthetic action
- C. D. Richards
- , K. Martin
- , S. Gregory
- , C. A. Keightley
- , T. R. Hesketh
- , G. A. Smith
- , G. B. Warren
- & J. C. Metcalfe
Article | 21 December 1978

Multiplicity of germline genes specifying a group of related mouse κ chains with implications for the generation of immunoglobulin diversity
- Oscar Valbuena
- , Kenneth B. Marcu
- , Martin Weigert
- & Robert P. Perry
Article | 21 December 1978

Rearrangement of genetic information may produce immunoglobulin diversity
- M. Weigert
- , L. Gatmaitan
- , E. Loh
- , J. Schilling
- & L. Hood
Article | 21 December 1978

The arrangement and rearrangement of antibody genes
- J. G. Seidman
- & Philip Leder
Article | 21 December 1978

Synthesis of growth hormone by bacteria
- P. H. Seeburg
- , J. Shine
- , J. A. Martial
- , R. D. Ivarie
- , J. A. Morris
- , A. Ullrich
- , J. D. Baxter
- & H. M. Goodman

Letters

Letter | 21 December 1978

Discovery and optical identification of 2S0921 – 630
- F. K. LI
- , J. A. VAN PARADIJS
- , G. W. CLARK
- , J. G. JERNIGAN
- , S. LAUSTSEN
- & E. J. ZUIDERWIJK
Letter | 21 December 1978

Simultaneous radio and X-ray observations of MXB1837 + 05 (Ser X−1)
- M. P. ULMER
- , R. M. HJELLMING
- , W. H. G. LEWIN
- , J. A. HOFFMAN
- , J. G. JERNIGAN
- , W. WHEATON
- , F. PRIMIMI
- , J. DOTY
- & H. MARSHALL
Letter | 21 December 1978

Interplanetary dust: are there two independent populations?
- L. B. LE SERGEANT
- & P. L. LAMY
Letter | 21 December 1978

Is the Sun almost-intransitive?
- R. K. TAVAKOL
Letter | 21 December 1978

Waves in narrow channels: faster capillary waves
- JOHN C. SCOTT
- & T. BROOKE BENJAMIN
Letter | 21 December 1978

SSTs, nitrogen fertilizer and stratospheric ozone
- R. P. TURCO
- , R. C. WHITTEN
- , I. G. POPPOFF
- & L. A. CAPONE
Letter | 21 December 1978

Precambrian solution photochemistry, inverse segregation, and banded iron formations
- A. G. CAIRNS-SMITH
Letter | 21 December 1978

Stable isotopic compositions of early Archaean sulphate deposits of probable evaporitic and volcanogenic origins
- I. B. LAMBERT
- , T. H. DONNELLY
- , J. S. R. DUNLOP
- & D. I. GROVES
Letter | 21 December 1978

Metal-enriched sediments from the TAG Hydrothermal Field
- MARTHA R. SCOTT
- , ROBERT B. SCOTT
- , JOHN W. MORSE
- , PETER R. BETZER
- , LOUIS W. BUTLER
- & PETER A. RONA
Letter | 21 December 1978

A survey of ozone levels in the British Isles using indicator plants
- M. R. ASHMORE
- , J. N. B. BELL
- & C. L. REILY
Letter | 21 December 1978

¹³C Content of human collagen as a measure of prehistoric diet in woodland North America
- NIKOLAAS J. VAN DER MERWE
- & J. C. VOGEL
Letter | 21 December 1978

A C4 plant from the Pliocene
- E. M. V. NAMBUDIRI
- , W. D. TIDWELL
- , B. N. SMITH
- & N. P. HEBBERT
Letter | 21 December 1978

Canine tooth size in female primates
- PAUL H. HARVEY
- , MICHAEL KAVANAGH
- & T. H. CLUTTON-BROCK
Letter | 21 December 1978

The distance and nature of the light-trap response of moths
- R. ROBIN BAKER
- & YVONNE SADOVY
Letter | 21 December 1978

Male mating experience and competitive courtship success in Drosophila melanogaster
- THERESE ANN MARKOW
- , MAUREEN QUAID
- & STEVEN KERR
Letter | 21 December 1978

Co-carcinogenic effects of dietary cholesterol in experimental colon cancer
- J. P. CRUSE
- , M. R. LEWIN
- , G. P. FERULANO
- & C. G. CLARK
Letter | 21 December 1978

Protease inhibitors suppress radiation-induced malignant transformation in vitro
- ANN R. KENNEDY
- & JOHN B. LITTLE
Letter | 21 December 1978

Immunological properties of the surface of parasitic nematodes
- C. D. MACKENZIE
- , PATRICIA M. PRESTON
- & BRIDGET M. OGILVIE
Letter | 21 December 1978

Interferon inhibits the release of plasminogen activator from SV3T3 cells
- EDWARD W. SCHRODER
- , IIH-NAN CHOU
- , SUSAN JAKEN
- & PAUL H. BLACK
Letter | 21 December 1978

Different rules govern help for cytotoxic T cells and B cells
- JACK R. BENNINK
- & PETER C. DOHERTY
Letter | 21 December 1978

Suppression of human T-cell colony formation during pregnancy
- ROLAND STAHN
- , HANS-ÅKE FABRICIUS
- & WOLFGANG HARTLEITNER
Letter | 21 December 1978

Catecholamines of supposed inhibitory hypophysiotrophic function suppress action potentials in prolactin cells
- P. S. TARASKEVICH
- & W. W. DOUGLAS
Letter | 21 December 1978

Neurone-specific enolase is a molecular marker for peripheral and central neuroendocrine cells
- DONALD SCHMECHEL
- , PAUL J. MARANGOS
- & MILTON BRIGHTMAN
Letter | 21 December 1978

Slow synaptic excitation mediated by serotonin in Auerbach's plexus
- J. D. WOOD
- & C. J. MAYER
Letter | 21 December 1978

Neurotransmitters decrease the calcium component of sensory neurone action potentials
- KATHLEEN DUNLAP
- & GERALD D. FISCHBACH
Letter | 21 December 1978

Adenosine inhibits the accumulation of cyclic AMP in cultured brain cells
- DIETRICH VAN CALKER
- , MARGARETE MÜLLER
- & BERND HAMPRECHT
Letter | 21 December 1978

Indomethacin in submicromolar concentrations inhibits cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase
- HARVEY S. KANTOR
- & MICHAEL HAMPTON
Letter | 21 December 1978

Agropine—a major new plasmid-determined metabolite in crown gall tumours
- J. L. FIRMIN
- & G. R. FENWICK
Letter | 21 December 1978

A physically altered leucyl-tRNA synthetase complex in a CHO cell mutant
- ARNOLD E. HAMPEL
- , PRESTON O. RITTER
- & M. DUANE ENGER
Letter | 21 December 1978

Nucleotide sequence at the insertion sites of a kanamycin transposon
- ATSUHIRO OKA
- , NOBUO NOMURA
- , KAZUNORI SUGIMOTO
- , HIROYUKI SUGISAKI
- & MITURU TAKANAMI
Letter | 21 December 1978

The chromophore binding space of opsin
- F. J. M. DAEMEN

Matters Arising

Matters Arising | 21 December 1978

Premelting near crystal defects
- J. L. TALLON
Matters Arising | 21 December 1978

Premelting near crystal defects (reply)
- F. J. BARTIS
Matters Arising | 21 December 1978

The Golgi complex and inter-relationships of arthropods
- S. M. MANTON
Matters Arising | 21 December 1978

Are viroids negative-strand viruses?
- R. E. F. MATTHEWS

Book Reviews

Book Review | 21 December 1978

Thoughts on ageing
- A. J. S. Davies
Book Review | 21 December 1978

Atomic and molecular physics
- Werner Eissner

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