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Science, New Series, Vol. 287, No. 5452, Jan. 21, 2000


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Front Matter (29 pp.)
Netwatch, p. 387
Jocelyn Kaiser

Editors' Choice, pp. 393+395
Gilbert Chin


News


News of the Week
Windfall Breeds Fresh but Vulnerable Crop of Grants, p. 402
Jocelyn Kaiser
Gamma Ray Satellite Faces Premature End, p. 403
Govert Schilling
E.U. Grabs Food Safety by the Horns, pp. 403+405
Robert Koenig
Getting Researchers to Pull Together, pp. 405-406
Robert Koenig
ScienceScope, pp. 405+407
Michael Baker; Andrew Lawler; Laura Helmuth; Dennis Normile; Gretchen Vogel; Pallava Bagla
Did the Dinosaurs Live on a Topsy-Turvy Earth?, pp. 406-407
Richard A. Kerr
The Promise of All Weather, All the Time, pp. 407-408
Andrew Lawler
Embryos Attacked by Mom's Natural Defenses, p. 408
Michael Hagmann
Laid-Off Satellite Group Sets up Shop, p. 409
Michael Baker
How Rotavirus Causes Diarrhea, pp. 409+411
Ingrid Wickelgren
Black Holes Begin to Lose Their Mystery, p. 411
Robert Irion


News Focus
Reaping the Plant Gene Harvest, pp. 412-414
Trisha Gura
New Age Semiconductors Pick up the Pace, pp. 415-417
Robert F. Service
New Incentives Lure Chinese Talent Back Home, pp. 417-418
Dennis Normile
Integrating the Many Aspects of Biology, pp. 419+421
Elizabeth Pennisi
Researchers Cash In on Personalized Species Names, p. 421
Sabine Steghaus-Kovac


Random Samples, p. 423
Constance Holden


Science's Compass


Editorial
Science in Response to Basic Human Needs, p. 425
M. S. Swaminathan


Letters
Misallocation of CDC Funds, p. 427
John H. Gagnon
Childhood Cancer, p. 427
Julie A. Ross
Societal Responsibilities, pp. 427-428
Sheldon F. Gottlieb; Tim Clair; Yechiel Becker; A. Loren Amacher; Joseph Rotblat
Considering Manure and Carbon Sequestration, pp. 428-429
Pete Smith; David S. Powlson; William H. Schlesinger


Corrections and Clarifications: The Elusive Causes of Childhood Cancer, p. 429


Science's Compass


Policy Forum: Genetic Technologies
Monitoring and Labeling for Genetically Modified Products, pp. 431-432
Alexander G. Haslberger


Books et al.
Origins of Trade-Offs in Maternal Care, pp. 433-434
Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
Review author[s]: A. Magdalena Hurtado
Spiraling Storm Systems, p. 434
Hurricanes of the North Atlantic: Climate and Society
James B. Elsner; A. Birol Kara
Review author[s]: Charles J. Neumann


Perspectives
Some like It Hot, pp. 435+437
Thomas D. Sharkey
Nickel Comes Full Cycle, pp. 437-438
Eric N. Jacobsen; Rolf Breinbauer
A Tail of Histone Acetylation and DNA Recombination, pp. 438-440
Mark S. Schlissel
Unraveling the Riddle of ProCys tRNA Synthetase, pp. 440-441
Michael Yarus
Quantum Information Processing without Entanglement, pp. 441-442
Peter Knight


Review
Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife-Threats to Biodiversity and Human Health, pp. 443-449
Peter Daszak; Andrew A. Cunningham; Alex D. Hyatt


Tech.Sight
Bead-Based Fiber-Optic Arrays, pp. 451-452
David R. Walt
e-Grants?, p. 453
GrantSlam
Review author[s]: J. Bruce McCallum
Sequence Analysis Star, pp. 453-454
Lasergene99
Review author[s]: Darryl Nishimura


Research


Research Article
Late Cretaceous Polar Wander of the Pacific Plate: Evidence of a Rapid True Polar Wander Event, pp. 455-459
William W. Sager; Anthony A. P. Koppers


Reports
Neutral, Single-Component Nickel (II) Polyolefin Catalysts That Tolerate Heteroatoms, pp. 460-462
Todd R. Younkin; Eric F. Connor; Jason I. Henderson; Stefan K. Friedrich; Robert H. Grubbs; Donald A. Bansleben
Information Storage and Retrieval through Quantum Phase, pp. 463-465
J. Ahn; T. C. Weinacht; P. H. Bucksbaum
Mirrorless Lasing from Mesostructured Waveguides Patterned by Soft Lithography, pp. 465-467
Peidong Yang; Gernot Wirnsberger; Howard C. Huang; Steven R. Cordero; Michael D. McGehee; Brian Scott; Tao Deng; George M. Whitesides; Bradley F. Chmelka; Steven K. Buratto; Galen D. Stucky
Detection of Molecular Alignment in Confined Films, pp. 468-470
F. Eisert; M. Gurka; A. Legant; M. Buck; M. Grunze
Ultrafast Mid-Infrared Response of YBa2Cu3O 7-δ </latex>, pp. 470-473
R. A. Kaindl; M. Woerner; T. Elsaesser; D. C. Smith; J. F. Ryan; G. A. Farnan; M. P. McCurry; D. G. Walmsley
All-Optical Magnetic Resonance in Semiconductors, pp. 473-476
J. M. Kikkawa; D. D. Awschalom
Trienoic Fatty Acids and Plant Tolerance of High Temperature, pp. 476-479
Yuuki Murakami; Michito Tsuyama; Yoshichika Kobayashi; Hiroaki Kodama; Koh Iba
One Polypeptide with Two Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Activities, pp. 479-482
Constantinos Stathopoulos; Tong Li; Randy Longman; Ute C. Vothknecht; Hubert D. Becker; Michael Ibba; Dieter Söll
A H+-Gated Urea Channel: The Link between Helicobacter pylori Urease and Gastric Colonization, pp. 482-485
David L. Weeks; Sepehr Eskandari; David R. Scott; George Sachs
Transmission of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus from Infected to Noninfected Black Flies Co-Feeding on Nonviremic Deer Mice, pp. 485-487
Daniel G. Mead; Frank B. Ramberg; David G. Besselsen; C. John Maré
Transgenic Mouse Model of Stunned Myocardium, pp. 488-491
Anne M. Murphy; Harald Kögler; Dimitrios Georgakopoulos; Jason L. McDonough; David A. Kass; Jennifer E. van Eyk; Eduardo Marbán
Role of the Enteric Nervous System in the Fluid and Electrolyte Secretion of Rotavirus Diarrhea, pp. 491-495
Ove Lundgren; Attila Timar Peregrin; Kjell Persson; Shirin Kordasti; Ingrid Uhnoo; Lennart Svensson
A Role for Histone Acetylation in the Developmental Regulation of V(D)J Recombination, pp. 495-498
Michelle Taylor McMurry; Michael S. Krangel
A Critical Role for Murine Complement Regulator Crry in Fetomaternal Tolerance, pp. 498-501
Chenguang Xu; Dailing Mao; V. Michael Holers; Ben Palanca; Alec M. Cheng; Hector Molina
Rad6-Dependent Ubiquitination of Histone H2B in Yeast, pp. 501-504
Kenneth Robzyk; Judith Recht; Mary Ann Osley


Back Matter (32 pp.)

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