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Volume 409 Issue 6816, 4 January 2001

Volume 409 Issue 6816

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Opinion

  • This publication is set to be ever more proactive in its development of content and services. But reflections are appropriate as we finally enter a new millennium, as well as some statements of commitment.

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News

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News in Brief

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News Feature

  • Physicists are still searching for a convincing theory of high-temperature superconductivity. But at least the nature of the puzzle is becoming clearer. Mark Buchanan weighs the odds of a breakthrough in understanding.

    • Mark Buchanan
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Correspondence

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Commentary

  • The last will and testament of Alfred Nobel provides rich pickings.

    • J. L. Heilbron
    • W. F. Bynum
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Book Review

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Millennium Essay

  • The twentieth century was made in Budapest.

    • Vaclav Smil
    Millennium Essay
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News & Views

  • Giant planets like Jupiter need a large reservoir of gas to grow to full size. New observations indicate that such planetary nurseries last twice as long as previously thought.

    • Jack J. Lissauer

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  • Investigations of a neurotransmitter receptor required for 'background' neuronal inhibition in mice show the importance of such inhibition in keeping neuronal excitability under control.

    • Ivan Soltesz
    • Zoltan Nusser
    News & Views

  • Quantum entanglement between two particles is a spooky connection that means measuring one has an instant effect on the other. Connecting many atoms in this way would be the first step towards a quantum computer.

    • Nick Bigelow
    News & Views

  • Did advanced mammals evolve on the southern continents and then move north? Not according to a new study, which concludes that such mammals evolved in both the south and the north.

    • Anne Weil
    News & Views

  • In vivo studies of a pair of co-stimulatory molecules in the immune system of mice may further our understanding of allergic reactions and inflammatory immune responses in humans.

    • Ronald H. Schwartz
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  • It is not easy finding a worthy successor to highly refined microchip technologies. But electronic devices built from molecular-scale components are fast becoming a good bet.

    • David H. Cobden
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  • The standard DNA-replicating machinery cannot copy damaged DNA, so SOS enzymes come to the rescue. It now seems, at least in some bacteria, that different enzymes are required for different types of damage.

    • Fumio Hanaoka
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Brief Communication

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Review Article

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Article

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Letter

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New on the Market

  • Apoptosis detection, avoiding western blots and a hand-held video camera.

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