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Previous Issue: New Series, Vol. 285, No. 5427, Jul. 23, 1999
Next Issue: New Series, Vol. 285, No. 5429, Aug. 6, 1999
Front Matter (16 pp.)
Netwatch, p. 635
- Jocelyn Kaiser
News
News of the Week
- Report of New Hepatitis Virus Has Researchers Intrigued and Upset, pp. 644-645
- Jon Cohen
- A Trigger of Natural (and Other) Killers, pp. 645+647
- Michael Hagmann
- Support Builds for Allègre's Reforms, pp. 647-648
- Michael Balter
- ScienceScope, pp. 647+649
- Kassirer Forced Out at New England Journal, pp. 648-649
- Eliot Marshall
- Telling Pluto and Its Partner Apart, pp. 649-650
- Mark Sincell
- NIH to Help Fund Big Physics Facilities, p. 650
- Robert F. Service
- Stem Cells as Potential Nerve Therapy, pp. 650-651
- Sabine Steghaus-Kovac
- Keck Gives $110 Million for USC Initiatives, p. 651
- Jocelyn Kaiser
News Focus
- X-ray Observatory Takes to the Sky, pp. 652-654
- Ann Finkbeiner; Alexander Hellemans
- Gaining New Insight into the Molecular Basis of Evolution, pp. 654-655
- Elizabeth Pennisi
- And Now, the Asteroid Forecast..., p. 655
- Govert Schilling
- Glimmerings of Hope from the Bottom of the Well, pp. 656-657
- Jon Cohen
- A Cooler Way to Balance the Sea's Salt Budget, pp. 657-658
- Richard A. Kerr
- Switchable Reflections Make Electronic Ink, p. 658
- Meher Antia
- Indian Scientists Question Government Grip on Data, p. 659
- Pallava Bagla
Random Samples, p. 661
- Constance Holden
Science's Compass
Editorial
- A Responsible Energy Future, p. 662
- Rush Holt
Letters
- Science and "Truth", p. 663
- Kenell J. Touryan; David W. Hogg; John F. Wójcik; James S. Brush
- Retinoblastoma Treatment, pp. 663-664
- Richard L. Hurwitz; Malcolm K. Brenner; David G. Poplack; Marc C. Horowitz
- Seismic Hazard at the New Madrid Seismic Zone, pp. 664-665
- Mark D. Zoback; Andrew Newman; Seth Stein; John Weber; Joseph Engeln; Ailin Mao; Timothy Dixon
- Asking the Right Questions, p. 665
- Mark A. Smith; Akihiko Nunomura; Atsushi Takeda; George Perry
- Corrections and Clarifications: Multilineage Potential of Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells, p. 665
- Corrections and Clarifications: Large Animals in the Fast Lane, p. 665
- Corrections and Clarifications: NIH Urged to Fund Centers to Merge Computing and Biology, p. 665
- Corrections and Clarifications: Crystal Structure of the Human Papillomavirus Type 18 E2 Activation Domain, p. 665
Policy Forum
- Proposed Changes for NIH's Center for Scientific Review, pp. 666-667
- Bruce M. Alberts; Francisco J. Ayala; David Botstein; Ellen Frank; Edward W. Holmes; Ronald D. Lee; Eduardo R. Macagno; Philippa Marrack; Suzanne Oparil; Stuart H. Orkin; Arthur H. Rubenstein; Carolyn W. Slayman; P. Frederick Sparling; Larry R. Squire; Peter H. von Hippel; Keith R. Yamamoto
Books et al.
- In the Beginning, There was RNA, pp. 668-669
- The RNA World.
- Raymond F. Gesteland; Thomas R. Cech; John F. Atkins
- Review author[s]: Walter Keller
Perspectives
- New Avenues in Ethylene Synthesis, pp. 670-671
- Carmo J. Pereira
- Deep Slip Rates on the San Andreas Fault, pp. 671-672
- Terry E. Tullis
- Is Art Lawful?, pp. 673-674
- Christopher W. Tyler
- Lentiviral Vectors -- The Promise of Gene Therapy Within Reach?, pp. 674-676
- Rafael G. Amado; Irvin S. Y. Chen
Energy
- Powering the Next Century, p. 677
- Richard Stone; Phil Szuromi
News
- Bright Future--or Brief Flare--for Renewable Energy?, pp. 678-680
- Kathryn S. Brown
- Solar Homes for the Masses, p. 679
- Alexander Hellemans
- U.S. Supercars: Around the Corner, or Running on Empty?, pp. 680-682
- David Malakoff
- Toyota's Hybrid Hits the Streets First, p. 681
- Dennis Normile
- Bringing Fuel Cells Down to Earth, pp. 682+684-685
- Robert F. Service
- Company Aims to Give Fuel Cells a Little Backbone, p. 683
- David Voss
- Turning Engineers Into Resource Accountants, pp. 685-686
- Jocelyn Kaiser
Viewpoints
- A Realizable Renewable Energy Future, pp. 687-689
- John A. Turner
- Underinvestment: The Energy Technology and R&D Policy Challenge, pp. 690-692
- Robert M. Margolis; Daniel M. Kammen
Reviews
- Photovoltaic Technology: The Case for Thin-Film Solar Cells, pp. 692-698
- A. Shah; P. Torres; R. Tscharner; N. Wyrsch; H. Keppner
- Ceramic Fibers for Matrix Composites in High-Temperature Engine Applications, pp. 699-703
- Peter Baldus; Martin Jansen; Dieter Sporn
- Thermoelectric Cooling and Power Generation, pp. 703-706
- Francis J. DiSalvo
- Environmental Engineering: Energy Value of Replacing Waste Disposal with Resource Recovery, pp. 706-711
- R. Iranpour; M. Stenstrom; G. Tchobanoglous; D. Miller; J. Wright; M. Vossoughi
Research
Reports
- High Selectivities to Ethylene by Partial Oxidation of Ethane, pp. 712-715
- A. S. Bodke; D. A. Olschki; L. D. Schmidt; E. Ranzi
- Localization-Delocalization Transition in Quantum Dots, pp. 715-718
- N. B. Zhitenev; M. Brodsky; R. C. Ashoori; L. N. Pfeiffer; K. W. West
- Fault Slip Rates at Depth from Recurrence Intervals of Repeating Microearthquakes, pp. 718-721
- Robert M. Nadeau; Thomas V. McEvilly
- Detection of Low-Temperature Hydrothermal Fluxes by Seawater Mg and Ca Anomalies, pp. 721-723
- Stephanie de Villiers; Bruce K. Nelson
- Mechanisms of Climate Warming at the End of the Paleocene, pp. 724-727
- Santo Bains; Richard M. Corfield; Richard D. Norris
- Activation of NK Cells and T Cells by NKG2D, a Receptor for Stress-Inducible MICA, pp. 727-729
- Stefan Bauer; Veronika Groh; Jun Wu; Alexander Steinle; Joseph H. Phillips; Lewis L. Lanier; Thomas Spies
- An Activating Immunoreceptor Complex Formed by NKG2D and DAP10, pp. 730-732
- Jun Wu; Yaoli Song; Alexander B. H. Bakker; Stefan Bauer; Thomas Spies; Lewis L. Lanier; Joseph H. Phillips
- Host Defense Mechanisms Triggered by Microbial Lipoproteins Through Toll-Like Receptors, pp. 732-736
- Hans D. Brightbill; Daniel H. Libraty; Stephan R. Krutzik; Ruey-Bing Yang; John T. Belisle; Joshua R. Bleharski; Michael Maitland; Michael V. Norgard; Scott E. Plevy; Stephen T. Smale; Patrick J. Brennan; Barry R. Bloom; Paul J. Godowski; Robert L. Modlin
- Cell Activation and Apoptosis by Bacterial Lipoproteins Through Toll-Like Receptor-2, pp. 736-739
- Antonios O. Aliprantis; Ruey-Bing Yang; Melanie R. Mark; Shelly Suggett; Brigitte Devaux; Justin D. Radolf; Gary R. Klimpel; Paul Godowski; Arturo Zychlinsky
- Genetic Mechanisms of Age Regulation of Human Blood Coagulation Factor IX, pp. 739-743
- Sumiko Kurachi; Yoshihiro Deyashiki; Junko Takeshita; Kotoku Kurachi
- Peptide Antagonists of the Human Estrogen Receptor, pp. 744-746
- John D. Norris; Lisa A. Paige; Dale J. Christensen; Ching-Yi Chang; Maria R. Huacani; Daju Fan; Paul T. Hamilton; Dana M. Fowlkes; Donald P. McDonnell
- Association of BRCA1 with the hRad50-hMre 11-p95 Complex and the DNA Damage Response, pp. 747-750
- Qing Zhong; Chi-Fen Chen; Shang Li; Yumay Chen; Chuan-Cheng Wang; Jun Xiao; Phang-Lang Chen; Z. Dave Sharp; Wen-Hwa Lee
- Detecting Protein Function and Protein-Protein Interactions from Genome Sequences, pp. 751-753
- Edward M. Marcotte; Matteo Pellegrini; Ho-Leung Ng; Danny W. Rice; Todd O. Yeates; David Eisenberg
- Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Glial Precursors: A Source of Myelinating Transplants, pp. 754-756
- Oliver Brüstle; Kimberly N. Jones; Randall D. Learish; Khalad Karram; Khalid Choudhary; Otmar D. Wiestler; Ian D. Duncan; Ronald D. G. McKay
- Two-Metal-Ion Catalysis in Adenylyl Cyclase, pp. 756-760
- John J. G. Tesmer; Roger K. Sunahara; Roger A. Johnson; Gilles Gosselin; Alfred G. Gilman; Stephen R. Sprang
- Staphylococcus aureus Sortase, an Enzyme That Anchors Surface Proteins to the Cell Wall, pp. 760-763
- Sarkis K. Mazmanian; Gwen Liu; Hung Ton-That; Olaf Schneewind
- Phosphorylation and Sequestration of Serotonin Transporters Differentially Modulated by Psychostimulants, pp. 763-766
- Sammanda Ramamoorthy; Randy D. Blakely
AAAS News and Notes, pp. 767-768
- Tiffany Ayers
Back Matter (24 pp.)
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