This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
"Well, They Were Doing It Too"

Donald Kennedy
Science 3 October 2003: 17.
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Editors' Choice

Highlights of the recent literature.
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NetWatch

Best of the Web in science.
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 NEW PRODUCTS

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News of the Week

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH:
Speeding Up Delivery: NIH Aims to Push for Clinical Results

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 3 October 2003: 28-29.
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EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL:
Experts Put Some Flesh on a Bare-Bones Proposal

Gretchen Vogel
Science 3 October 2003: 29.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES:
SARS Experts Want Labs to Improve Safety Practices

Dennis Normile
Science 3 October 2003: 31.
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ASTRONOMY:
Smashup Sends Alien Stars Streaming Near the Sun

Robert Irion
Science 3 October 2003: 32.
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ECOLOGY:
'Tragedy of the Commons' Author Dies

Constance Holden
Science 3 October 2003: 32.
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WOMEN IN SCIENCE:
Princeton Study Strikes Sad But Familiar Chord

Andrew Lawler
Science 3 October 2003: 33.
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SPACE EXPLORATION:
Europe Embarks on Leisurely Lunar Odyssey

Daniel Clery
Science 3 October 2003: 35.
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ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT:
Report Says Listings Draw on Sound Science

Robert F. Service
Science 3 October 2003: 35.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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News Focus

10 YEARS AFTER THE SSC:
Physics Tries to Leave the Tunnel

Charles Seife
Science 3 October 2003: 36-38.
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10 YEARS AFTER THE SSC:
Lots of Reasons, But Few Lessons

Jeffrey Mervis and Charles Seife
Science 3 October 2003: 38-40.
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10 YEARS AFTER THE SSC:
Scientists Are Long Gone, But Bitter Memories Remain

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 3 October 2003: 40-41.
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10 YEARS AFTER THE SSC:
The Power of Words: The SSC in Literature

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 3 October 2003: 41.
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CHINESE UNIVERSITIES:
An End to Business as Usual?

Yimin Ding and Xiong Lei
Science 3 October 2003: 43.
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BUDDHISM AND NEUROSCIENCE:
Studying the Well-Trained Mind

Marcia Barinaga
Science 3 October 2003: 44-46.
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AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY MEETING:
Molecular Scaffolding Helps Raise a Crop of Neurons

Robert F. Service
Science 3 October 2003: 46-47.
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AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY MEETING:
Arraymaker Speeds Analyses by Months

Robert F. Service
Science 3 October 2003: 47.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

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 SARS, Wildlife, and Human Health

Jianguo Liu
Science 3 October 2003: 53.
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 How Would a Cable Science Network Work?

Michael N. Nitabach;, Terrence J. Sejnowski, and Roger Bingham
Science 3 October 2003: 53-55.
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 A Suggestion for the Multiple Author Issue

Hershel Raff
Science 3 October 2003: 55-57.
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 A Heterozygote Advantage

Philip W. Hedrick
Science 3 October 2003: 57.
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 CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

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Books et al.

MATHEMATICS:
Prime Time for the Riemann Hypothesis

Brian Conrey
Science 3 October 2003: 60-61.
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NEUROSCIENCE:
Thoughts Without a Thinker

Franz Mechsner and Albert Newen
Science 3 October 2003: 61.
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 Books Received

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Policy Forum

MEDICINE:
The NIH Roadmap

Elias Zerhouni
Science 3 October 2003: 63-72.
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Perspectives

NEUROSCIENCE:
Stout Guards of the Central Nervous System

R. Mechoulam and A. H. Lichtman
Science 3 October 2003: 65-67.
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PHYSICS:
Driving the Electron Over the Edge

Gabriel Kotliar
Science 3 October 2003: 67-69.
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CHEMISTRY:
How to Assemble a Molecular Junction

Andrew C. Kummel
Science 3 October 2003: 69-70.
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CHEMISTRY:
Toward Vibrational Mode Control in Catalysis

A. C. Luntz
Science 3 October 2003: 70-71.
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PLANT BIOLOGY:
Enhanced: Hormones and the Green Revolution

Francesco Salamini
Science 3 October 2003: 71-72.
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Brevia

 Genes Record a Prehistoric Volcano Eruption in the Galápagos

Luciano B. Beheregaray, Claudio Ciofi, Dennis Geist, James P. Gibbs, Adalgisa Caccone, and Jeffrey R. Powell
Science 3 October 2003: 75.
Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from giant tortoises that live on a Galápagos Island volcano show genetic traces of an eruption that decimated the population about 100,000 years ago. Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Research Articles

Visualization and Spectroscopy of a Metal-Molecule-Metal Bridge

G. V. Nazin, X. H. Qiu, and W. Ho
Science 3 October 2003: 77-81.
Published online 4 September 2003 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1088971] (in Science Express Research Articles)
The electronic structure of a metal-molecule interface can be followed and controlled by building up the metal contacts atom by atom. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Loss of an MDR Transporter in Compact Stalks of Maize br2 and Sorghum dw3 Mutants

Dilbag S. Multani, Steven P. Briggs, Mark A. Chamberlin, Joshua J. Blakeslee, Angus S. Murphy, and Gurmukh S. Johal
Science 3 October 2003: 81-84.
A protein in maize and sorghum regulates plant height by controlling transport of a growth hormone; removal of the gene leads to stronger, shorter stalks. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

CB1 Cannabinoid Receptors and On-Demand Defense Against Excitotoxicity

Giovanni Marsicano, Sharon Goodenough, Krisztina Monory, Heike Hermann, Matthias Eder, Astrid Cannich, Shahnaz C. Azad, Maria Grazia Cascio, Silvia Ortega Gutiérrez, Mario van der Stelt, Maria Luz López-Rodríguez, Emilio Casanova, Günther Schütz, Walter Zieglgänsberger, Vincenzo Di Marzo, Christian Behl, and Beat Lutz
Science 3 October 2003: 84-88.
Cannabinoid receptors on excitatory neurons of the forebrain trigger a response that protects the brain against overstimulation and potential damage. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Reports

Universality and Critical Behavior at the Mott Transition

P. Limelette, A. Georges, D. Jérome, P. Wzietek, P. Metcalf, and J. M. Honig
Science 3 October 2003: 89-92.
The thermodynamics of correlated electrons near the critical point of the metal-insulator transition of vanadium oxide are analogous to those of the familiar liquid to gas transition. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

The Anomalous Hall Effect and Magnetic Monopoles in Momentum Space

Zhong Fang, Naoto Nagaosa, Kei S. Takahashi, Atsushi Asamitsu, Roland Mathieu, Takeshi Ogasawara, Hiroyuki Yamada, Masashi Kawasaki, Yoshinori Tokura, and Kiyoyuki Terakura
Science 3 October 2003: 92-95.
Invoking the existence of magnetic monopoles in momentum space of the ferromagnetic metal SrRuO₃ can explain the unconventional transport properties of this material. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Coherent Soft X-ray Generation in the Water Window with Quasi-Phase Matching

Emily A. Gibson, Ariel Paul, Nick Wagner, Ra'anan Tobey, David Gaudiosi, Sterling Backus, Ivan P. Christov, Andy Aquila, Eric M. Gullikson, David T. Attwood, Margaret M. Murnane, and Henry C. Kapteyn
Science 3 October 2003: 95-98.
A hollow fiber filled with neon gas can be used to convert laser light to x-rays that are transparent to water but interact with carbon, useful for biological imaging. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Vibrational Mode-Specific Reaction of Methane on a Nickel Surface

Rainer D. Beck, Plinio Maroni, Dimitrios C. Papageorgopoulos, Tung T. Dang, Mathieu P. Schmid, and Thomas R. Rizzo
Science 3 October 2003: 98-100.
Contrary to expectations, methane (CH4) with one doubly excited C-H bond reacts much more readily with a nickel catalyst than molecules with two singly excited bonds. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Identification of a Plant Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Involved in Hormonal Signaling

Fang-Qing Guo, Mamoru Okamoto, and Nigel M. Crawford
Science 3 October 2003: 100-103.
A plant enzyme that makes nitric oxide to regulate cellular activity behaves like its mammalian counterparts, yet differs in sequence and structure. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Talin Binding to Integrin ß Tails: A Final Common Step in Integrin Activation

Seiji Tadokoro, Sanford J. Shattil, Koji Eto, Vera Tai, Robert C. Liddington, José M. de Pereda, Mark H. Ginsberg, and David A. Calderwood
Science 3 October 2003: 103-106.
Membrane-spanning proteins that cause cells to adhere to one another are activated when their intracellular tails are bound by a cytoskeletal protein. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Self-Assembly of Proteins into Designed Networks

Philippe Ringler and Georg E. Schulz
Science 3 October 2003: 106-109.
Proteins are engineered to assemble into a regular, square template in which the mesh spacing can be varied in increments of 5 nanometers. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Untangling Desmosomal Knots with Electron Tomography

Wanzhong He, Pamela Cowin, and David L. Stokes
Science 3 October 2003: 109-113.
Cells bind flexibly to each other when the tips of cadherin proteins on each cell surface form swiveling connections within the cell-cell junctions. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Wild-Type Nonneuronal Cells Extend Survival of SOD1 Mutant Motor Neurons in ALS Mice

A. M. Clement, M. D. Nguyen, E. A. Roberts, M. L. Garcia, S. Boillée, M. Rule, A. P. McMahon, W. Doucette, D. Siwek, R. J. Ferrante, R. H. Brown, Jr., J.-P. Julien, L. S. B. Goldstein, and D. W. Cleveland
Science 3 October 2003: 113-117.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis does not develop if nerve cells with the mutation for the disease are surrounded by nonneural cells that lack the mutation. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Thalamic Control of Visceral Nociception Mediated by T-Type Ca²⁺ Channels

Daesoo Kim, Donghyun Park, Soonwook Choi, Sukchan Lee, Minjeong Sun, Chanki Kim, and Hee-Sup Shin
Science 3 October 2003: 117-119.
Pain signals passing from the limbs and viscera to the cortex of the brain are inhibited by calcium channels at an intermediate brain nucleus. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Performance Monitoring by the Anterior Cingulate Cortex During Saccade Countermanding

Shigehiko Ito, Veit Stuphorn, Joshua W. Brown, and Jeffrey D. Schall
Science 3 October 2003: 120-122.
The anterior cingulate, part of the cortex that affects attention and emotions, also monitors the consequences of one's actions. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Technical Comments

 Comment on "Rapid Evolution of Egg Size in Captive Salmon" (I)

Ian A. Fleming, Sigurd Einum, Bror Jonsson, and Nina Jonsson
Science 3 October 2003: 59.
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 Response to Comment on "Rapid Evolution of Egg Size in Captive Salmon" (I)

Charles W. Fox and Daniel D. Heath
Science 3 October 2003: 59.
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 Comment on "Rapid Evolution of Egg Size in Captive Salmon" (II)

Terry D. Beacham
Science 3 October 2003: 59.
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 Response to Comment on "Rapid Evolution of Egg Size in Captive Salmon" (II)

Daniel D. Heath, Jordi Moya-Laraño, and Charles W. Fox
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