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Science, New Series, Vol. 283, No. 5398, Jan. 1, 1999


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Front Matter (11 pp.)
Netwatch, pp. 7-8
Jocelyn Kaiser


News


News of the Week
RNA Molecules May Carry Long-Distance Signals in Plants, pp. 12-13
Evelyn Strauss
Iceland OKs Private Health Databank, p. 13
Martin Enserink
Has a Dark Particle Come to Light?, pp. 13-14
James Glanz
Filling in the Blanks of the GABAB Receptor, pp. 14-15
Ingrid Wickelgren
ScienceScope, pp. 15+17
Moon-Forming Crash is Likely in New Model, pp. 15-16
Dana Mackenzie
Korean Report Sparks Anger and Inquiry, pp. 16-17
Michael Baker
DNA Chips Give New View of Classic Test, pp. 17-18
Elizabeth Pennisi
EPA Ponders Pesticide Tests in Humans, pp. 18-19
Jocelyn Kaiser
Flat Budget Keeps Space Science on Edge, p. 19
Helen Gavaghan
Galaxies Seen at the Universe's Dawn, pp. 19+21
Govert Schilling
Microwave Hump Reveals Flat Universe, p. 21
James Glanz


News Focus
Eastern Europe's Research Gamble, pp. 22-24
Robert Koenig
Money and Mentors Hold Onto Young Researchers, p. 25
Robert Koenig
Bringing Diverging Paths Back Together, pp. 25-26
Robert Koenig
End of Joint Programs Leaves Researchers Feeling Jilted, p. 26
Richard Stone
Borrowing from Biology to Power the Petite, pp. 27-28
Robert F. Service
From Eastern Quakes to a Warming's Icy Clues, pp. 28-29
Richard A. Kerr


Random Samples, p. 31
Constance Holden


Science's Compass


Editorial
Taking Inventory, p. 32
Floyd E. Bloom


Letters
Journal Economics, p. 33
Richard Johnson; Dana L. Roth
Miracle Heifer?, p. 33
John Ebeler
What's in a "Midden"?, p. 33
Jerry L. Modisette
From Mice to Maize, pp. 33-34
Colm Lawler; Fred Erbisch
Replacing Ancient Forests, p. 34
David W. Stahle
Hominid Brain Volume, pp. 34-35
Ralph L. Holloway; Glenn C. Conroy; Gerhard W. Weber; Horst Seidler; Phillip V. Tobias


Corrections and Clarifications: Genome Sequence of the Nematode C. elegans: A Platform for Investigating Biology, p. 35
Corrections and Clarifications: Caenorhabditis elegans is a Nematode, p. 35
Corrections and Clarifications: X-ray Crystal Structure of the Fe-Only Hydrogenase (Cpl) from Clostridium pasteurianum to 1.8 Angstrom Resolution, p. 35
Corrections and Clarifications: Oxygen Isotope Exchange Between Refactory Inclusion in Allende and Solar Nebula Gas, p. 35
Corrections and Clarifications: Single-molecule Enzymatic Dynamics, p. 35
Corrections and Clarifications: Coupling of Mitosis to the Completion of S Phase Through Cdc-34 Mediated Degradation of Wee1, p. 35
Corrections and Clarifications: The Science and Technology-Bereft Department of State, p. 35


Science's Compass


Policy Forum
Effects of Medical Research on Health Care and the Economy, pp. 36-37
Herbert Pardes; Kenneth G. Manton; Eric S. Lander; H. Dennis Tolley; Arthur D. Ullian; Hans Palmer


Books et al.
A Wondrous and Poetic Spectrum, pp. 38-39
Unweaving the Rainbow. Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder.
Richard Dawkins
Review author[s]: Charles M. Vest
Going to Extremes in America, p. 39
Darwinism Comes to America.
Ronald L. Numbers
Review author[s]: Peter J. Bowler


Perspectives
Out of the Minds of Babes, pp. 40-41
Steven Pinker
Driven Liquids, pp. 41-42
Michael Grunze
Effective Mass and Color Change, pp. 42-43
M. V. Klein; G. Blumberg


Research


Reports
Superionic and Metallic States of Water and Ammonia at Giant Planet Conditions, pp. 44-46
C. Cavazzoni; G. L. Chiarotti; S. Scandolo; E. Tosatti; M. Bernasconi; M. Parrinello
Liquid Morphologies on Structured Surfaces: From Microchannels to Microchips, pp. 46-49
Hartmut Gau; Stephan Herminghaus; Peter Lenz; Reinhard Lipowsky
Sum Rules and Interlayer Conductivity of High-Tc Cuprates, pp. 49-52
D. N. Basov; S. I. Woods; A. S. Katz; E. J. Singley; R. C. Dynes; M. Xu; D. G. Hinks; C. C. Homes; M. Strongin
Imaging Electron Wave Functions of Quantized Energy Levels in Carbon Nanotubes, pp. 52-55
Liesbeth C. Venema; Jeroen W. G. Wildöer; Jorg W. Janssen; Sander J. Tans; Hinne L. J. Temminck Tuinstra; Leo P. Kouwenhoven; Cees Dekker
DOAS Measurements of Tropospheric Bromine Oxide in Mid-Latitudes, pp. 55-57
Kai Hebestreit; Jochen Stutz; David Rosen; Valery Matveiv; Mordechai Peleg; Menachem Luria; Ulrich Platt
Electrochemical Principles for Active Control of Liquids on Submillimeter Scales, pp. 57-60
Benedict S. Gallardo; Vinay K. Gupta; Franklin D. Eagerton; Lana I. Jong; Vincent S. Craig; Rahul R. Shah; Nicholas L. Abbott
Quantum Statistical Corrections to Dynamic Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, pp. 61-65
Leonard J. Mueller; Daniel P. Weitekamp
Chain Length Recognition: Core-Shell Supramolecular Assembly from Oppositely Charged Block Copolymers, pp. 65-67
Atsushi Harada; Kazunori Kataoka
Requirement for Diverse, Low-Abundance Peptides in Positive Selection of T Cells, pp. 67-70
Gregory M. Barton; Alexander Y. Rudensky
Blockade of NMDA Receptors and Apoptotic Neurodegeneration in the Developing Brain, pp. 70-74
Chrysanthy Ikonomidou; Friederike Bosch; Michael Miksa; Petra Bittigau; Jessica Vöckler; Krikor Dikranian; Tanya I. Tenkova; Vanya Stefovska; Lechoslaw Turski; John W. Olney
Role of Heteromer Formation in GABAB Receptor Function, pp. 74-77
Rohini Kuner; Georg Köhr; Sylvia Grünewald; Gisela Eisenhardt; Alfred Bach; Hans-Christian Kornau
Rule Learning by Seven-Month-Old Infants, pp. 77-80
G. F. Marcus; S. Vijayan; S. Bandi Rao; P. M. Vishton
Assembly and Analysis of Conical Models for the HIV-1 Core, pp. 80-83
Barbie K. Ganser; Su Li; Victor Y. Klishko; John T. Finch; Wesley I. Sundquist
The Transcriptional Program in the Response of Human Fibroblasts to Serum, pp. 83-87
Vishwanath R. Iyer; Michael B. Eisen; Douglas T. Ross; Greg Schuler; Troy Moore; Jeffrey C. F. Lee; Jeffrey M. Trent; Louis M. Staudt; James Hudson Jr.; Mark S. Boguski; Deval Lashkari; Dari Shalon; David Botstein; Patrick O. Brown
Regulated Delivery of Therapeutic Proteins After In vivo Somatic Cell Gene Transfer, pp. 88-91
Xuehai Ye; Victor M. Rivera; Philip Zoltick; Franklin Cerasoli Jr.; Michael A. Schnell; Guang-ping Gao; Joseph V. Hughes; Michael Gilman; James M. Wilson
Processing of the Notch Ligand Delta by the Metalloprotease Kuzbanian, pp. 91-94
Huilin Qi; Matthew D. Rand; Xiaohui Wu; Nenad Sestan; Weiyi Wang; Pasko Rakic; Tian Xu; Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas
Plant Paralog to Viral Movement Protein that Potentiates Transport of mRNA into the Phloem, pp. 94-98
Beatriz Xoconostle-Cázares; Yu Xiang; Roberto Ruiz-Medrano; Hong-Li Wang; Jan Monzer; Byung-Chun Yoo; K. C. McFarland; Vincent R. Franceschi; William J. Lucas


Back Matter (34 pp.)

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