This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Embracing the Embargo

Floyd E. Bloom
Science 30 October 1998: 877.
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NetWatch

Best of the Web in science.
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 NEW PRODUCTS

Science 30 October 1998: 955-956.

 AAAS News & Notes

Science 30 October 1998: 957-959.

News of the Week

PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY:
Seed-Sterilizing 'Terminator Technology' Sows Discord

Robert F. Service
Science 30 October 1998: 850-851.
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FORENSIC SCIENCE:
HIV Strain Analysis Debuts in Murder Trial

Gretchen Vogel
Science 30 October 1998: 851-852.
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ACADEMIC PUBLISHING:
New Journals Launched to Fight Rising Prices

David Malakoff
Science 30 October 1998: 853-854.
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ECOLOGY:
Mutual Nonaggression Pact May Aid Ant Spread

Evelyn Strauss
Science 30 October 1998: 854-855.
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ITALIAN RESEARCH:
Reforms at Final Stage Under New Minister

Susan Biggin
Science 30 October 1998: 855-856.
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AGING RESEARCH:
Single Gene Controls Fruit Fly Life-Span

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 30 October 1998: 856.
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FOOD SAFETY:
U.K. Government Tries to Reassure Wary Public

Nigel Williams
Science 30 October 1998: 856-857.
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BIOETHICS:
Panel Pulls Back Report After NIH Critique

Eliot Marshall
Science 30 October 1998: 857-859.
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HUMAN GENETICS:
Opponents Criticize Iceland's Database

Martin Enserink
Science 30 October 1998: 859.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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News Focus

EMBARGOES:
Good, Bad, or 'Necessary Evil'?

Eliot Marshall
Science 30 October 1998: 860-867.
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EMBARGOES:
Franz Ingelfinger's Legacy Shaped Biology Publishing

Eliot Marshall
Science 30 October 1998: 861.
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EMBARGOES:
Too Hot to Hold: Life on Mars and Cloned Sheep Couldn't Be Kept Under Wraps

Eliot Marshall
Science 30 October 1998: 862.
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EMBARGOES:
Trading in Science: A Volatile Mix of Stock Prices and Embargoed Data

Eliot Marshall
Science 30 October 1998: 865.
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EMBARGOES:
Public Lashings and Blackballing Enforce System Built on Trust

Eliot Marshall
Science 30 October 1998: 866.
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MEETINGS:
Scientific Meetings Produce Clash of Agendas

Eliot Marshall
Science 30 October 1998: 867-868.
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ASTRONOMY:
A Media Darling Thrives on Publicity

James Glanz
Science 30 October 1998: 868-869.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

Science 30 October 1998: 879.
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 Human Rights Workshop

Irving A. Lerch
Science 30 October 1998: 879.
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 Ecological Science and the Human Predicament

Fakhri Bazzaz, Gerardo Ceballos, Margaret Davis, Rodolfo Dirzo, Paul R. Ehrlich, Thomas Eisner, Simon Levin, John H. Lawton, Jane Lubchenco, Pamela A. Matson, Harold A. Mooney, Peter H. Raven, Joan E. Roughgarden, Jose Sarukhan, David G. Tilman, Peter Vitousek, Brian Walker, Diana H. Wall, Edward O. Wilson, and George M. Woodwell
Science 30 October 1998: 879.
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 The Cerebellum: So Much More

Ralph-Axel MŸller, Eric Courchesne, and Greg Allen
Science 30 October 1998: 879.
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 Cosmic Chirality

Mark M. Green and Jonathan V. Selinger
Science 30 October 1998: 879.
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 Preparing Graduate Students in Biology

Andrew J. Gale, Elizabeth Marincola, and Frank Solomon
Science 30 October 1998: 879.
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 CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

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Books et al.

EARTH HISTORY:
Pieces of the Geologic Frame, Assembled

Gordon P. Eaton
Science 30 October 1998: 885.
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STATE OF SCIENCE:
Far From the Finish

David L. Goodstein
Science 30 October 1998: 886.
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 Browsings

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Policy Forum

ECOLOGY:
Nature's Subsidies to Shrimp and Salmon Farming

Rosamond L. Naylor, Rebecca J. Goldburg, Harold Mooney, Malcolm Beveridge, Jason Clay, Carl Folke, Nils Kautsky, Jane Lubchenco, Jurgenne Primavera, and Meryl Williams
Science 30 October 1998: 883-884.
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Perspectives

MATERIALS SCIENCE:
Opals in a New Light

Alfons van Blaaderen
Science 30 October 1998: 887-888.
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THIN-FILM PATTERN FORMATION:
The Artistic Side of Intermolecular Forces

Günter Reiter
Science 30 October 1998: 888-889.
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EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS:
Enhanced: The Causes of Haldane's Rule

Michael Turelli
Science 30 October 1998: 889-891.
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DEVELOPMENT:
How Cyanobacteria Count to 10

Robert Haselkorn
Science 30 October 1998: 891-892.
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 PHYSICS:
Nota Bene: Just a Light Squeeze

David Voss
Science 30 October 1998: 892.
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Association Affairs

 ESSAYS ON SCIENCE AND SOCIETY:
Inspired Choices

Paul Berg and Maxine Singer
Science 30 October 1998: 873-874.
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Review

Long-Term Agroecosystem Experiments: Assessing Agricultural Sustainability and Global Change

Paul E. Rasmussen, Keith W. T. Goulding, James R. Brown, Peter R. Grace, H. Henry Janzen, and Martin Körschens
Science 30 October 1998: 893-896.
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Research Articles

Carbon Structures with Three-Dimensional Periodicity at Optical Wavelengths

Anvar A. Zakhidov, Ray H. Baughman, Zafar Iqbal, Changxing Cui, Ilyas Khayrullin, Socrates O. Dantas, Jordi Marti, and Victor G. Ralchenko
Science 30 October 1998: 897-901.
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Force and Velocity Measured for Single Molecules of RNA Polymerase

Michelle D. Wang, Mark J. Schnitzer, Hong Yin, Robert Landick, Jeff Gelles, and Steven M. Block
Science 30 October 1998: 902-907.
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Reports

Strong Enhancement of Nonlinear Optical Properties Through Supramolecular Chirality

Thierry Verbiest, Sven Van Elshocht, Martti Kauranen, Louis Hellemans, Johan Snauwaert, Colin Nuckolls, Thomas J. Katz, and André Persoons
Science 30 October 1998: 913-915.
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Spinodal Dewetting in Liquid Crystal and Liquid Metal Films

Stephan Herminghaus, Karin Jacobs, Klaus Mecke, Jörg Bischof, Andreas Fery, Mohammed Ibn-Elhaj, and Stefan Schlagowski
Science 30 October 1998: 916-919.
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Control of Chemical Reactions by Feedback-Optimized Phase-Shaped Femtosecond Laser Pulses

A. Assion, T. Baumert, M. Bergt, T. Brixner, B. Kiefer, V. Seyfried, M. Strehle, and G. Gerber
Science 30 October 1998: 919-922.
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The Effect of Alumina on the Electrical Conductivity of Silicate Perovskite

Yousheng Xu, Catherine McCammon, and Brent T. Poe
Science 30 October 1998: 922-924.
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Seismic Evidence for an Inner Core Transition Zone

Xiaodong Song and Don V. Helmberger
Science 30 October 1998: 924-927.
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Isotopic Evidence for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Impactor and Its Type

A. Shukolyukov and G. W. Lugmair
Science 30 October 1998: 927-930.
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Isotopic Mass and Lattice Constant: X-ray Standing Wave Measurements

Alexander Kazimirov, Jörg Zegenhagen, and Manuel Cardona
Science 30 October 1998: 930-932.
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Spontaneous Emission Spectrum in Double Quantum Dot Devices

Toshimasa Fujisawa, Tjerk H. Oosterkamp, Wilfred G. van der Wiel, Benno W. Broer, Ramón Aguado, Seigo Tarucha, and Leo P. Kouwenhoven
Science 30 October 1998: 932-935.
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Heterocyst Pattern Formation Controlled by a Diffusible Peptide

Ho-Sung Yoon and James W. Golden
Science 30 October 1998: 935-938.
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Binding of Hepatitis C Virus to CD81

Piero Pileri, Yasushi Uematsu, Susanna Campagnoli, Giuliano Galli, Fabiana Falugi, Roberto Petracca, Amy J. Weiner, Michael Houghton, Domenico Rosa, Guido Grandi, and Sergio Abrignani
Science 30 October 1998: 938-941.
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TNF- Induction of CD44-Mediated Leukocyte Adhesion by Sulfation

Arpita Maiti, Guitta Maki, and Pauline Johnson
Science 30 October 1998: 941-943.
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Extended Life-Span and Stress Resistance in the Drosophila Mutant methuselah

Yi-Jyun Lin, Laurent Seroude, and Seymour Benzer
Science 30 October 1998: 943-946.
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Cardiovascular Failure in Mouse Embryos Deficient in VEGF Receptor-3

Daniel J. Dumont, Lotta Jussila, Jussi Taipale, Athina Lymboussaki, Tuija Mustonen, Katri Pajusola, Martin Breitman, and Kari Alitalo
Science 30 October 1998: 946-949.
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Loss of Intraspecific Aggression in the Success of a Widespread Invasive Social Insect

David A. Holway, Andrew V. Suarez, and Ted J. Case
Science 30 October 1998: 949-952.
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Haldane's Rule in Taxa Lacking a Hemizygous X

Daven C. Presgraves and H. Allen Orr
Science 30 October 1998: 952-954.
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Technical Comments

 Ebola Virus, Neutrophils, and Antibody Specificity

Toshiaki Maruyama, Michael J. Buchmeier, Paul W. H. I. Parren, Dennis R. Burton;, Zhi-yong Yang, Rafael Delgado, Ling Xu, Robert F. Todd, Elizabeth G. Nabel, Anthony Sanchez, and Gary J. Nabel;
Science 30 October 1998: 843.
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