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Science, New Series, Vol. 271, No. 5251, Feb. 16, 1996


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Front Matter (23 pp.)
Editorial: Clusters, p. 889
John I. Brauman


Letters
Fusion Prospects, pp. 891-893
Thomas H. Stix; Ernesto Mazzucato; William E. Parkins
Comparing Student Test Scores, pp. 893-895
Andrew Ahlgren; Iris C. Rotberg
HHMI Awards, p. 895
Iain L. O. Buxton


Corrections and Clarifications: AIDS Trials Take on Peer Review, p. 895
Corrections and Clarifications: The Bell Curve: A Statement, p. 895
Corrections and Clarifications: Ensemble Activity and Behavior: What's the Code?, p. 895
ScienceScope, p. 897
Jocelyn Kaiser


News and Comment
Britain's Big Science in a Bind, pp. 898-899
Nigel Williams
Walker Sets Off Alarm Bells With Efforts to Rein in EOS, p. 900
Andrew Lawler
NCI Cuts Contracts to Fund More Grants, p. 901
Eliot Marshall
Calculus Reform Sparks a Backlash, pp. 901-902
Barry Cipra
Linacs Offer Straight Line to Future, pp. 902-903
Alexander Hellemans
Heavy Hitters Anchor the AAAS Lineup at Annual Meeting, pp. 903-904
Andrew Lawler; Jeffrey Mervis; Eliot Marshall


Research News
Setting a Biological Stopwatch, pp. 905-906
Virginia Morell
Star-Watchers Team Up Telescopes for a Sharper View, pp. 907-908
Andrew Watson
Adding Depth to X-ray Maps, p. 908
James Glanz
New Clues to Brain Dopamine Control, Cocaine Addiction, p. 909
Michael Balter
Seismologists Learn the Language of Quakes, pp. 910-911
Richard A. Kerr
Quark Studies Put Theorists in a Spin, p. 911
Alexander Hellemans
Leishmania Susceptibility Puzzle Gets Another Twist, pp. 912-913
Jean Marx
Researchers Nail Down Leptin Receptor, p. 913
Marcia Barinaga


Random Samples, p. 915
Constance Holden


Cluster


News
Small Clusters Hit the Big Time, pp. 920-922
Robert F. Service
Clusters Whip Light Atomic Nuclei Into Shape, pp. 922-924
Nina Hall

Structure, Dynamics, and Thermodynamics of Clusters: Tales from Topographic Potential Surfaces, pp. 925-929
David J. Wales
Water Clusters, pp. 929-933
K. Liu; J. D. Cruzan; R. J. Saykally
Semiconductor Clusters, Nanocrystals, and Quantum Dots, pp. 933-937
A. P. Alivisatos
Magnetic Clusters in Molecular Beams, Metals, and Semiconductors, pp. 937-941
Jing Shi; S. Gider; K. Babcock; D. D. Awschalom
Ab Initio Calculations of Fullerenes, pp. 942-945
Gustavo E. Scuseria


Book Reviews
Foresighted Virology, p. 948
The DNA Provirus. Howard Temin's Scientific Legacy.
Geoffrey M. Cooper; Rayla Greenberg Temin; Bill Sugden
Review author[s]: G. Steven Martin
Molecular Collectives, p. 949
Supramolecular Chemistry. Concepts and Perspectives.
Jean-Marie Lehn
Review author[s]: Jay S. Siegel
Books Received, p. 950


Perspectives
Do Big and Little Earthquakes Start Differently?, pp. 953-954
John E. Vidale
Bio-Molecular Dynamics Comes of Age, pp. 954-955
Herman J. C. Berendsen
When Proteins Receive Deadly Messages at Birth, pp. 955-956
Stefan Jentsch


Research Article
A Lower Limit on the Age of the Universe, pp. 957-961
Brian Chaboyer; Pierre Demarque; Peter J. Kernan; Lawrence M. Krauss


Reports
Dust: A Diagnostic of the Hydrologic Cycle during the Last Glacial Maximum, pp. 962-963
Yuk L. Yung; Typhoon Lee; Chung-Ho Wang; Ying-Tzung Shieh
From Topographies to Dynamics on Multidimensional Potential Energy Surfaces of Atomic Clusters, pp. 963-966
Keith D. Ball; R. Stephen Berry; Ralph E. Kunz; Feng-Yin Li; Ana Proykova; David J. Wales
Catalytic Cleavage of the C-H and C-C Bonds of Alkanes by Surface Organometallic Chemistry: An EXAFS and IR Characterization of a Zr-H Catalyst, pp. 966-969
Judith Corker; Frédéric Lefebvre; Christine Lécuyer; Véronique Dufaud; Françoise Quignard; Agnès Choplin; John Evans; Jean-Marie Basset
Lamellar Biogels: Fluid-Membrane-Based Hydrogels Containing Polymer Lipids, pp. 969-973
Heidi E. Warriner; Stefan H. J. Idziak; Nelle L. Slack; Patrick Davidson; Cyrus R. Safinya
Were Thick Galactic Disks Made by Levitation?, pp. 973-975
S. Sridhar; J. Touma
Complex Phase Behavior in Solvent-Free Nonionic Surfactants, pp. 976-978
Marc A. Hillmyer; Frank S. Bates; Kristoffer Almdal; Kell Mortensen; Anthony J. Ryan; J. Patrick A. Fairclough
Chain Migration of Neuronal Precursors, pp. 978-981
Carlos Lois; Jose-Manuel García-Verdugo; Arturo Alvarez-Buylla
Role of Rho in Chemoattractant-Activated Leukocyte Adhesion Through Integrins, pp. 981-983
Carlo Laudanna; James J. Campbell; Eugene C. Butcher
Genetic Susceptibility to Leishmania: IL-12 Responsiveness in TH1 Cell Development, pp. 984-987
Mehmet L. Güler; James D. Gorham; Chyi-Song Hsieh; Aaron J. Mackey; Robert G. Steen; William F. Dietrich; Kenneth M. Murphy
Susceptibility to Leishmania major Infection in Interleukin-4-Deficient Mice, pp. 987-990
Nancy Noben-Trauth; Pascale Kropf; Ingrid Müller
Role of a Peptide Tagging System in Degradation of Proteins Synthesized from Damaged Messenger RNA, pp. 990-993
Kenneth C. Keiler; Patrick R. H. Waller; Robert T. Sauer
Phenotypes of Mouse Diabetes and Rat Fatty Due to Mutations in the OB (Leptin) Receptor, pp. 994-996
Streamson C. Chua Jr.; Wendy K. Chung; X. Sharon Wu-Peng; Yiying Zhang; Shun-Mei Liu; Louis Tartaglia; Rudolph L. Leibel
Ligand Binding: Molecular Mechanics Calculation of the Streptavidin-Biotin Rupture Force, pp. 997-999
Helmut Grübmuller; Berthold Heymann; Paul Tavan
Direct Visualization of A-, P-, and E-Site Transfer RNAs in the Escherichia coli Ribosome, pp. 1000-1002
Rajendra K. Agrawal; Pawel Penczek; Robert A. Grassucci; Yanhong Li; ArDean Leith; Knud H. Nierhaus; Joachim Frank


Back Matter (22 pp.)

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