This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
Science 7 June 1996: 1397.
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Editorial:
The Three Rs and Biomedical Research

Alan M. Goldberg, Joanne Zurlo, and Deborah Rudacille
Science 7 June 1996: 1403-0.
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 ScienceScope|

Science 7 June 1996: 1411-0.
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 Random Samples|Cancer Gene Testing * Agar Move Over? * Dutch Cat Death Puzzle * World's Most Powerful Laser

Science 7 June 1996: 1425-0.
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 Book Reviews|Our Stolen Future, reviewed by A. N. Hirshfield, M. F. Hirshfield, J. A. Flaws * The Nature of Space and Time, R. M. Wald * Books Received

Science 7 June 1996: 1444-1445.
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 Products & Materials|

Science 7 June 1996: 1505-1506.
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News

Infectious Disease: Koch Keeps New Watch on Infections

Robert Koenig
Science 7 June 1996: 1412-1414.
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Disease Surveillance: A Shared European Concern

Robert Koenig
Science 7 June 1996: 1412-0.
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Disease Surveillance: U.S. Beefs Up CDC's Capabilities

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 7 June 1996: 1413-0.
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Theoretical Physics: Seoul Unveils Regional Center

Dennis Normile
Science 7 June 1996: 1414-1415.
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Congress and the Budget: Panel Strikes Balance for NASA, NSF

Andrew Lawler
Science 7 June 1996: 1415-1416.
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Infectious Diseases: Malaria Hideout Found in New Mothers

Nigel Williams
Science 7 June 1996: 1416-1417.
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Astronomy: Movie Captures Dance of the Crab

Kim Peterson
Science 7 June 1996: 1417-0.
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Environmental Estrogens: New Yeast Study Finds Strength in Numbers

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 7 June 1996: 1418-0.
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Digital Libraries: Computation Cracks 'Semantic Barriers' Between Databases

Steve Nadis
Science 7 June 1996: 1419-0.
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Meeting Briefs: Biogeographers Take a New View of the Ancient Andes

Anne Simon Moffat
Science 7 June 1996: 1420-1421.
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AIDS: SIV Data Raise Concern on Oral-Sex Risk

Jon Cohen
Science 7 June 1996: 1421-1422.
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Heart Disease: Chlamydia Linked to Atherosclerosis

Christine Mlot
Science 7 June 1996: 1422-0.
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Medical Imaging: New Dynamic Duo: PET, MRI, Joined for the First Time

Robert F. Service
Science 7 June 1996: 1423-0.
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Special News Report

 Weighing the Universe: Astronomers are making inventories of the unseen mass in the universe to learn its composition and fate. They also want to test an elegant theory of its origin

Dennis Overbye
Science 7 June 1996: 1426-1428.
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Special News Report: Eye on the Early Universe

Tim Appenzeller
Science 7 June 1996: 1426-1437.
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Origins and Fate: Weighing the Universe

Dennis Overbye
Science 7 June 1996: 1426-1428.
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Primordial Matter: Astronomers Probe Creation by Measuring Isotopes

James Glanz
Science 7 June 1996: 1429-1431.
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Primordial Matter: How to Duel With Deuterium

James Glanz
Science 7 June 1996: 1430-0.
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Seeds of Structure: Microwave Wrinkles Promise Vital Statistics of the Cosmos

Gary Taubes
Science 7 June 1996: 1431-1433.
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Galaxy Formation: From Snapshots of Distant Galaxies, a History Emerges

Ann Finkbeiner
Science 7 June 1996: 1434-1436.
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Structure Formation: Galaxy Surveys Seek the Architecture of the Cosmos

James Glanz
Science 7 June 1996: 1436-1437.
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Letters

 This Week's Letters

Science 7 June 1996: 1405-1409.
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 Immunological Tolerance

Arthur M. Silverstein;, Paul V. Lehmann;, Ephraim J. Fuchs, John P. Ridge, Polly Matzinger;, Marcella Sarzotti;, Neil Blumberg, and Joanna M. Heal
Science 7 June 1996: 1405-1409.
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 Abelson on Nuclear Power

Mike McCormack;, Gregory C. Pratt;, and C. R. Malone
Science 7 June 1996: 1405-1409.
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 ``Obscure'' Journal?

Roland Rosenfelder
Science 7 June 1996: 1405-1409.
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 Response: Immunological Tolerance

Ephraim J. Fuchs, John Paul Ridge, and Polly Matzinger
Science 7 June 1996: 1406-1408.
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 Response: Immunological Tolerance

Marcella Sarzotti
Science 7 June 1996: 1408.
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 Immunological Tolerance

Neil Blumberg and Joanna M. Heal
Science 7 June 1996: 1408.
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 Abelson on Nuclear Power

Mike McCormack
Science 7 June 1996: 1409.
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 Abelson on Nuclear Power

Gregory C. Pratt
Science 7 June 1996: 1409.
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 Abelson on Nuclear Power

C. R. Malone
Science 7 June 1996: 1409.
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 "Obscure" Journal?

Roland Rosenfelder
Science 7 June 1996: 1409.
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 Corrections and Clarifications

Science 7 June 1996: 1405-1409.
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Corrections and Clarifications

Science 7 June 1996: 1409.
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Books et al.

 Quantum Gravitationists: The Nature of Space and Time.

Robert M. Wald
Science 7 June 1996: 1445.
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 Books Recieved

Science 7 June 1996: 1445.
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Perspectives

Transition State Spectroscopy

Daniel M. Neumark
Science 7 June 1996: 1446-1447.
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To See a World in 80 Kilograms of Rock

Allan Treiman
Science 7 June 1996: 1447-1448.
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The "Bio" in Biochemistry--Protein Folding Inside and Outside the Cell

John R. Ellis
Science 7 June 1996: 1448-0.
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A New Turn (or Two) for Twist

Alan M. Michelson
Science 7 June 1996: 1449-0.
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Environmental Estrogens--Can Two "Alrights" Make a Wrong?

Stoney S. Simons, Jr.
Science 7 June 1996: 1451-0.
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Articles

Long-Range (Casimir) Interactions

Larry Spruch
Science 7 June 1996: 1452-1455.
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Reports

Transition-State Spectroscopy of Cyclooctatetraene

Paul G. Wenthold, David A. Hrovat, Weston Thatcher Borden, and W. Carl Lineberger
Science 7 June 1996: 1456-1459.
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Far-Infrared Hydrogen Lasers in the Peculiar Star MWC 349A

Vladimir Strelnitski, Michael R. Haas, Howard A. Smith, Edwin F. Erickson, Sean W. J. Colgan, and David J. Hollenbach
Science 7 June 1996: 1459-1461.
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Intrinsic Transport Properties and Performance Limits of Organic Field-Effect Transistors

L. Torsi, A. Dodabalapur, L. J. Rothberg, A. W. P. Fung, and H. E. Katz
Science 7 June 1996: 1462-1464.
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Lithospheric Contributions to Arc Magmatism: Isotope Variations Along Strike in Volcanoes of Honshu, Japan

Annie B. Kersting, Richard J. Arculus, and David A. Gust
Science 7 June 1996: 1464-1468.
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Amorphization of Serpentine at High Pressure and High Temperature

Tetsuo Irifune, Koji Kuroda, Nobumasa Funamori, Takeyuki Uchida, Takehiko Yagi, Toru Inoue, and Nobuyoshi Miyajima
Science 7 June 1996: 1468-1470.
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Blockage by Adenovirus E4orf6 of Transcriptional Activation by the p53 Tumor Suppressor

Thomas Dobner, Nobuo Horikoshi, Susanne Rubenwolf, and Thomas Shenk
Science 7 June 1996: 1470-1473.
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Evidence That Spt6p Controls Chromatin Structure by a Direct Interaction with Histones

Alex Bortvin and Fred Winston
Science 7 June 1996: 1473-1476.
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Inhibition of Myogenic bHLH and MEF2 Transcription Factors by the bHLH Protein Twist

Douglas B. Spicer, James Rhee, Wang L. Cheung, and Andrew B. Lassar
Science 7 June 1996: 1476-1480.
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twist: A Myogenic Switch in Drosophila

Mary K. Baylies and Michael Bate
Science 7 June 1996: 1481-1484.
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Structural Evidence for Functional Domains in the Rat Hippocampus

P. Y. Risold and L. W. Swanson
Science 7 June 1996: 1484-1486.
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Infection and AIDS in Adult Macaques After Nontraumatic Oral Exposure to Cell-Free SIV

Timothy W. Baba, Anita M. Trichel, Li An, Vladimir Liska, Louis N. Martin, Michael Murphey-Corb, and Ruth M. Ruprecht
Science 7 June 1996: 1486-1489.
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Synergistic Activation of Estrogen Receptor with Combinations of Environmental Chemicals

Steven F. Arnold, Diane M. Klotz, Bridgette M. Collins, Peter M. Vonier, Louis J. Guillette, Jr., and John A. McLachlan
Science 7 June 1996: 1489-1492.
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Regulation of the Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor by Tyrosine Phosphorylation

Thottala Jayaraman, Karol Ondria, Elena Ondriaová, and Andrew R. Marks
Science 7 June 1996: 1492-1494.
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A Subfamily of P-Type ATPases with Aminophospholipid Transporting Activity

Xiaojing Tang, Margaret S. Halleck, Robert A. Schlegel, and Patrick Williamson
Science 7 June 1996: 1495-1497.
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Principles of Chaperone-Assisted Protein Folding: Differences Between in Vitro and in Vivo Mechanisms

Judith Frydman and F. Ulrich Hartl
Science 7 June 1996: 1497-1502.
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Adherence of Plasmodium falciparum to Chondroitin Sulfate A in the Human Placenta

Michal Fried and Patrick E. Duffy
Science 7 June 1996: 1502-1504.
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