Opportunity at Meridiani Planum

Opportunity Runneth Over

Linda Rowan
Science 3 December 2004: 1697.
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Research Articles

The Opportunity Rover's Athena Science Investigation at Meridiani Planum, Mars

S. W. Squyres, R. E. Arvidson, J. F. Bell, III, J. Brückner, N. A. Cabrol, W. Calvin, M. H. Carr, P. R. Christensen, B. C. Clark, L. Crumpler, D. J. Des Marais, C. d'Uston, T. Economou, J. Farmer, W. Farrand, W. Folkner, M. Golombek, S. Gorevan, J. A. Grant, R. Greeley, J. Grotzinger, L. Haskin, K. E. Herkenhoff, S. Hviid, J. Johnson, G. Klingelhöfer, A. H. Knoll, G. Landis, M. Lemmon, R. Li, M. B. Madsen, M. C. Malin, S. M. McLennan, H. Y. McSween, D. W. Ming, J. Moersch, R. V. Morris, T. Parker, J. W. Rice, Jr., L. Richter, R. Rieder, M. Sims, M. Smith, P. Smith, L. A. Soderblom, R. Sullivan, H. Wänke, T. Wdowiak, M. Wolff, and A. Yen
Science 3 December 2004: 1698-1703.
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Pancam Multispectral Imaging Results from the Opportunity Rover at Meridiani Planum

J. F. Bell, III, S. W. Squyres, R. E. Arvidson, H. M. Arneson, D. Bass, W. Calvin, W. H. Farrand, W. Goetz, M. Golombek, R. Greeley, J. Grotzinger, E. Guinness, A. G. Hayes, M. Y. H. Hubbard, K. E. Herkenhoff, M. J. Johnson, J. R. Johnson, J. Joseph, K. M. Kinch, M. T. Lemmon, R. Li, M. B. Madsen, J. N. Maki, M. Malin, E. McCartney, S. McLennan, H. Y. McSween, Jr., D. W. Ming, R. V. Morris, E. Z. Noe Dobrea, T. J. Parker, J. Proton, J. W. Rice, Jr., F. Seelos, J. M. Soderblom, L. A. Soderblom, J. N. Sohl-Dickstein, R. J. Sullivan, C. M. Weitz, and M. J. Wolff
Science 3 December 2004: 1703-1709.
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In Situ Evidence for an Ancient Aqueous Environment at Meridiani Planum, Mars

S. W. Squyres, J. P. Grotzinger, R. E. Arvidson, J. F. Bell, III, W. Calvin, P. R. Christensen, B. C. Clark, J. A. Crisp, W. H. Farrand, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. R. Johnson, G. Klingelhöfer, A. H. Knoll, S. M. McLennan, H. Y. McSween, Jr., R. V. Morris, J. W. Rice, Jr., R. Rieder, and L. A. Soderblom
Science 3 December 2004: 1709-1714.
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Opportunity at Meridiani Planum: Plates

Science 3 December 2004: 1715-1722.
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Mineralogy at Meridiani Planum from the Mini-TES Experiment on the Opportunity Rover

P. R. Christensen, M. B. Wyatt, T. D. Glotch, A. D. Rogers, S. Anwar, R. E. Arvidson, J. L. Bandfield, D. L. Blaney, C. Budney, W. M. Calvin, A. Fallacaro, R. L. Fergason, N. Gorelick, T. G. Graff, V. E. Hamilton, A. G. Hayes, J. R. Johnson, A. T. Knudson, H. Y. McSween, Jr., G. L. Mehall, L. K. Mehall, J. E. Moersch, R. V. Morris, M. D. Smith, S. W. Squyres, S. W. Ruff, and M. J. Wolff
Science 3 December 2004: 1733-1739.
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Jarosite and Hematite at Meridiani Planum from Opportunity's Mössbauer Spectrometer

G. Klingelhöfer, R. V. Morris, B. Bernhardt, C. Schröder, D. S. Rodionov, P. A. de Souza, Jr., A. Yen, R. Gellert, E. N. Evlanov, B. Zubkov, J. Foh, U. Bonnes, E. Kankeleit, P. Gütlich, D. W. Ming, F. Renz, T. Wdowiak, S. W. Squyres, and R. E. Arvidson
Science 3 December 2004: 1740-1745.
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Reports

Soils of Eagle Crater and Meridiani Planum at the Opportunity Rover Landing Site

L. A. Soderblom, R. C. Anderson, R. E. Arvidson, J. F. Bell, III, N. A. Cabrol, W. Calvin, P. R. Christensen, B. C. Clark, T. Economou, B. L. Ehlmann, W. H. Farrand, D. Fike, R. Gellert, T. D. Glotch, M. P. Golombek, R. Greeley, J. P. Grotzinger, K. E. Herkenhoff, D. J. Jerolmack, J. R. Johnson, B. Jolliff, G. Klingelhöfer, A. H. Knoll, Z. A. Learner, R. Li, M. C. Malin, S. M. McLennan, H. Y. McSween, D. W. Ming, R. V. Morris, J. W. Rice, Jr., L. Richter, R. Rieder, D. Rodionov, C. Schröder, F. P. Seelos, IV, J. M. Soderblom, S. W. Squyres, R. Sullivan, W. A. Watters, C. M. Weitz, M. B. Wyatt, A. Yen, and J. Zipfel
Science 3 December 2004: 1723-1726.
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Evidence from Opportunity's Microscopic Imager for Water on Meridiani Planum

K. E. Herkenhoff, S. W. Squyres, R. Arvidson, D. S. Bass, J. F. Bell, III, P. Bertelsen, B. L. Ehlmann, W. Farrand, L. Gaddis, R. Greeley, J. Grotzinger, A. G. Hayes, S. F. Hviid, J. R. Johnson, B. Jolliff, K. M. Kinch, A. H. Knoll, M. B. Madsen, J. N. Maki, S. M. McLennan, H. Y. McSween, D. W. Ming, J. W. Rice, Jr., L. Richter, M. Sims, P. H. Smith, L. A. Soderblom, N. Spanovich, R. Sullivan, S. Thompson, T. Wdowiak, C. Weitz, and P. Whelley
Science 3 December 2004: 1727-1730.
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Localization and Physical Property Experiments Conducted by Opportunity at Meridiani Planum

R. E. Arvidson, R. C. Anderson, P. Bartlett, J. F. Bell, III, P. R. Christensen, P. Chu, K. Davis, B. L. Ehlmann, M. P. Golombek, S. Gorevan, E. A. Guinness, A. F. C. Haldemann, K. E. Herkenhoff, G. Landis, R. Li, R. Lindemann, D. W. Ming, T. Myrick, T. Parker, L. Richter, F. P. Seelos, IV, L. A. Soderblom, S. W. Squyres, R. J. Sullivan, and J. Wilson
Science 3 December 2004: 1730-1733.
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Chemistry of Rocks and Soils at Meridiani Planum from the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer

R. Rieder, R. Gellert, R. C. Anderson, J. Brückner, B. C. Clark, G. Dreibus, T. Economou, G. Klingelhöfer, G. W. Lugmair, D. W. Ming, S. W. Squyres, C. d'Uston, H. Wänke, A. Yen, and J. Zipfel
Science 3 December 2004: 1746-1749.
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First Atmospheric Science Results from the Mars Exploration Rovers Mini-TES

Michael D. Smith, Michael J. Wolff, Mark T. Lemmon, Nicole Spanovich, Don Banfield, Charles J. Budney, R. Todd Clancy, Amitabha Ghosh, Geoffrey A. Landis, Peter Smith, Barbara Whitney, Philip R. Christensen, and Steven W. Squyres
Science 3 December 2004: 1750-1753.
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Atmospheric Imaging Results from the Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit and Opportunity

M. T. Lemmon, M. J. Wolff, M. D. Smith, R. T. Clancy, D. Banfield, G. A. Landis, A. Ghosh, P. H. Smith, N. Spanovich, B. Whitney, P. Whelley, R. Greeley, S. Thompson, J. F. Bell, III, and S. W. Squyres
Science 3 December 2004: 1753-1756.
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This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Clinical Trials and Public Trust

Donald Kennedy
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Editors' Choice

Highlights of the recent literature.
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News of the Week

U.S. SCIENCE BUDGET:
Science Agencies Caught in Postelection Spending Squeeze

Andrew Lawler and Jeffrey Mervis
Science 3 December 2004: 1662-1663.
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The Omnibus Bill Isn't Only About Dollars

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Constance Holden, Charles Seife, and Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 3 December 2004: 1663.
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TOXICOLOGY: Factory Study Shows Low Levels of Benzene Reduce Blood Cell Counts

Erik Stokstad
Science 3 December 2004: 1665.
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LUNAR EXPLORATION:
India, China Vie for Best Look at the Moon

Pallava Bagla
Science 3 December 2004: 1666.
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CELL BIOLOGY:
Long-Term Stress May Chip Away at the Ends of Chromosomes

Constance Holden
Science 3 December 2004: 1666.
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GENETIC DIVERSITY:
Consortium Hopes to Map Human History in Asia

Dennis Normile
Science 3 December 2004: 1667.
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ITER:
Cadarache: More Than Just a Candidate Site

Daniel Clery
Science 3 December 2004: 1669.
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SCIENCE POLICY:
Europe Advances a Plan for Merit-Based Funding

Martin Enserink
Science 3 December 2004: 1669.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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News Focus

Revisiting the Bhopal Tragedy

Charlene Crabb
Science 3 December 2004: 1670-1671.
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AGRICULTURE:
Plant Pathologists Gear Up for Battle With Dread Fungus

Erik Stokstad
Science 3 December 2004: 1672-1673.
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CLINICAL TRIALS:
Nail-Biting Time for Trials of COX-2 Drugs

Jennifer Couzin
Science 3 December 2004: 1673-1675.
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DIVISION FOR PLANETARY SCIENCES MEETING:
Did Jupiter and Saturn Team Up to Pummel the Inner Solar System?

Richard A. Kerr
Science 3 December 2004: 1676.
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DIVISION FOR PLANETARY SCIENCES MEETING:
Hydrocarbon Seas of Titan Gone Missing

Richard A. Kerr
Science 3 December 2004: 1676-1677.
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DIVISION FOR PLANETARY SCIENCES MEETING:
Amazing Shrinking Kuiper Belt Objects

Richard A. Kerr
Science 3 December 2004: 1677.
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DIVISION FOR PLANETARY SCIENCES MEETING:
Snapshots From the Meeting

Richard A. Kerr
Science 3 December 2004: 1677.
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 Prescribed Fire and Natural Disturbance

Max A. Moritz and Dennis C. Odion
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 The Origins of Afroasiatic

Christopher Ehret, S. O. Y. Keita, Paul Newman;, and Peter Bellwood
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 Earth's Entropy

Nathan G. Phillips; and Ralph D. Lorenz
Science 3 December 2004: 1681-1683.
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Joseph M. Notterman
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NEUROPSYCHOLOGY:
Getting Things Right

Ralph Adolphs and James Woodward
Science 3 December 2004: 1684.
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EDUCATION:
Stressed for Success

Bryan Garman
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BEYOND THE IVORY TOWER:
The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change

Naomi Oreskes
Science 3 December 2004: 1686.
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Perspectives

IMMUNOLOGY:
The Elusive NKT Cell Antigen--Is the Search Over?

Dale I. Godfrey, Daniel G. Pellicci, and Mark J. Smyth
Science 3 December 2004: 1687-1689.
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PLANETARY SCIENCE:
Enhanced: Proof for Water, Hints of Life?

Jeffrey S. Kargel
Science 3 December 2004: 1689-1691.
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APPLIED PHYSICS:
X-ray Movies of Wiggling Crystals

Philip H. Bucksbaum
Science 3 December 2004: 1691-1692.
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BIOMEDICINE:
Prion Dormancy and Disease

Robin W. Carrell
Science 3 December 2004: 1692-1693.
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DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:
Bits and Pieces

Alessandro Minelli
Science 3 December 2004: 1693-1694.
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EVOLUTION:
Sex...Only If Really Necessary in a Feminine Monarchy

Raghavendra Gadagkar
Science 3 December 2004: 1694-1695.
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Brevia

The Cryptic Filtering House of an Invertebrate Larva

Bruno Pernet
Science 3 December 2004: 1757.
The larva of a marine worm secretes a temporary, collapsible net to trawl for food particles. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Reports

Detection of Methane in the Atmosphere of Mars

Vittorio Formisano, Sushil Atreya, Thérèse Encrenaz, Nikolai Ignatiev, and Marco Giuranna
Science 3 December 2004: 1758-1761.
Published online 28 October 2004 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1101732] (in Science Express Reports)
The spectrometer aboard Mars Express has detected low levels of methane emanating from regions of Mars. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Abrupt Temperature Changes in the Western Mediterranean over the Past 250,000 Years

Belen Martrat, Joan O. Grimalt, Constancia Lopez-Martinez, Isabel Cacho, Francisco J. Sierro, Jose Abel Flores, Rainer Zahn, Miquel Canals, Jason H. Curtis, and David A. Hodell
Science 3 December 2004: 1762-1765.
During the past 250,000 years, rapid changes in sea surface temperature (up to 10°C in 1000 years) occurred in the western Mediterranean, especially following long warm periods. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Efficient Deactivation of a Model Base Pair via Excited-State Hydrogen Transfer

Thomas Schultz, Elena Samoylova, Wolfgang Radloff, Ingolf V. Hertel, Andrzej L. Sobolewski, and Wolfgang Domcke
Science 3 December 2004: 1765-1768.
The hydrogen bonds in aminopyridine clusters rapidly and efficiently dissipate energy from ultraviolet light, accounting for its stability and, by analogy, perhaps that of DNA. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Interface Structure and Atomic Bonding Characteristics in Silicon Nitride Ceramics

A. Ziegler, J. C. Idrobo, M. K. Cinibulk, C. Kisielowski, N. D. Browning, and R. O. Ritchie
Science 3 December 2004: 1768-1770.
Trace amounts of rare-earth atoms bind between the grains and matrix of a silicon nitride ceramic and, if correctly sized, may improve the strength of the material. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Coherent Atomic Motions in a Nanostructure Studied by Femtosecond X-ray Diffraction

M. Bargheer, N. Zhavoronkov, Y. Gritsai, J. C. Woo, D. S. Kim, M. Woerner, and T. Elsaesser
Science 3 December 2004: 1771-1773.
The ability to image atomic motion reveals the rapid expansion and contraction of coupled layers in a semiconductor. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Hematotoxicity in Workers Exposed to Low Levels of Benzene

Qing Lan, Luoping Zhang, Guilan Li, Roel Vermeulen, Rona S. Weinberg, Mustafa Dosemeci, Stephen M. Rappaport, Min Shen, Blanche P. Alter, Yongji Wu, William Kopp, Suramya Waidyanatha, Charles Rabkin, Weihong Guo, Stephen Chanock, Richard B. Hayes, Martha Linet, Sungkyoon Kim, Songnian Yin, Nathaniel Rothman, and Martyn T. Smith
Science 3 December 2004: 1774-1776.
At levels below the U.S. occupational standard, the chemical benzene is still toxic to blood cells, particularly in genetically susceptible individuals. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

A Survey Method for Characterizing Daily Life Experience: The Day Reconstruction Method

Daniel Kahneman, Alan B. Krueger, David A. Schkade, Norbert Schwarz, and Arthur A. Stone
Science 3 December 2004: 1776-1780.
A method that reconstructs people's daily experiences, applied to a sample of working women, implies that circumstances like income and marital status have only a small effect on happiness. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Conditional Use of Sex and Parthenogenesis for Worker and Queen Production in Ants

Morgan Pearcy, Serge Aron, Claudie Doums, and Laurent Keller
Science 3 December 2004: 1780-1783.
A European forest ant maximizes the benefits and minimizes the cost of sex by producing queens parthenogenetically and workers sexually. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Status and Trends of Amphibian Declines and Extinctions Worldwide

Simon N. Stuart, Janice S. Chanson, Neil A. Cox, Bruce E. Young, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Debra L. Fischman, and Robert W. Waller
Science 3 December 2004: 1783-1786.
Published online 14 October 2004 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1103538] (in Science Express Reports)
A global census shows that most of the 5743 known amphibian species are in decline and one-third are currently endangered. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Lysosomal Glycosphingolipid Recognition by NKT Cells

Dapeng Zhou, Jochen Mattner, Carlos Cantu, III, Nicolas Schrantz, Ning Yin, Ying Gao, Yuval Sagiv, Kelly Hudspeth, Yun-Ping Wu, Tadashi Yamashita, Susann Teneberg, Dacheng Wang, Richard L. Proia, Steven B Levery, Paul B. Savage, Luc Teyton, and Albert Bendelac
Science 3 December 2004: 1786-1789.
Published online 11 November 2004 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1103440] (in Science Express Reports)
An endogenous lipid stimulates and may direct development of an unusual type of immune cell previously thought to recognize only lipids from external sources. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Crystal Structure of a Photolyase Bound to a CPD-Like DNA Lesion After in Situ Repair

Alexandra Mees, Tobias Klar, Petra Gnau, Ulrich Hennecke, Andre P. M. Eker, Thomas Carell, and Lars-Oliver Essen
Science 3 December 2004: 1789-1793.
X-ray bombardment of a light-sensitive DNA repair enzyme bound to a DNA lesion triggered catalysis by the enzyme, yielding the structure of a reaction intermediate. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Human Prion Protein with Valine 129 Prevents Expression of Variant CJD Phenotype

Jonathan D. F. Wadsworth, Emmanuel A. Asante, Melanie Desbruslais, Jacqueline M. Linehan, Susan Joiner, Ian Gowland, Julie Welch, Lisa Stone, Sarah E. Lloyd, Andrew F. Hill, Sebastian Brandner, and John Collinge
Science 3 December 2004: 1793-1796.
Published online 11 November 2004 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1103932] (in Science Express Reports)
Polymorphisms in the prion gene can prevent transmission of prions between species and determine the symptoms of the resulting disease. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Rescue of Dystrophic Muscle Through U7 snRNA-Mediated Exon Skipping

Aurélie Goyenvalle, Adeline Vulin, Françoise Fougerousse, France Leturcq, Jean-Claude Kaplan, Luis Garcia, and Olivier Danos
Science 3 December 2004: 1796-1799.
Published online 4 November 2004 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1104297] (in Science Express Reports)
A corrected version of a diseased muscle protein, formed by eliminating the defective part of its messenger RNA, restores function in mice with muscular dystrophy. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|