This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
Science 21 March 1997: 1713.
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Editorial:
Budgetary Foul Weather

David Atlas
Science 21 March 1997: 1719-0.
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 Book Reviews|The Biological Universe, reviewed by J. N. Tatarewicz * Electron Correlation in Molecules and Condensed Phases, S. Das Sarma * Vignettes * Browsings

Science 21 March 1997: 1748-0.

 Products & Materials|

Science 21 March 1997: 1811-0.

News and Comment

France: Who Rules French Science?

Michael Balter
Science 21 March 1997: 1728-0.
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France: France's Industry-Academe Jobs Agency

Michael Balter
Science 21 March 1997: 1729-0.
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Department of Energy: Researchers Vie for Role in Nuclear-Waste Cleanup

Andrew Lawler
Science 21 March 1997: 1730-0.
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Scientific Community: A New Voice for European Scientists?

Alexander Hellemans
Science 21 March 1997: 1731-0.
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Paleontology: Feathered Dino Wins a Few Friends

Ann Gibbons
Science 21 March 1997: 1731-0.
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South Pole: U.S. Antarctic Panel Makes Case for Replacement Station

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 21 March 1997: 1732-0.
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Biomedical Policy: Mammalian Cloning Debate Heats Up

Eliot Marshall
Science 21 March 1997: 1733-0.
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Plant Pathology: ATCC Plant-Virus Collection Threatened

Anne Simon Moffat
Science 21 March 1997: 1733-0.
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Japanese Industry: Staying Off Beaten Track Puts LED Researcher a Step Ahead

Dennis Normile
Science 21 March 1997: 1734-0.
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ScienceScope

Science 21 March 1997: 1727.
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Random Samples

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Research News

Astronomy: To Catch a WIMP

Andrew Watson
Science 21 March 1997: 1736-0.
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Astronomy: Gamma-Ray Source in Distant Universe?

Govert Schilling and Susan Biggin
Science 21 March 1997: 1738-0.
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Virology: First Genes Isolated From the Deadly 1918 Flu Virus

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 21 March 1997: 1739-0.
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Biodiversity: Microbiologists Explore Life's Rich, Hidden Kingdoms

Robert F. Service
Science 21 March 1997: 1740-0.
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Physics: Subatomic Spin Still in Crisis

Andrew Watson
Science 21 March 1997: 1742-0.
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Evolutionary Biology: Thanks to a Parasite, Asexual Reproduction Catches On

Martin Enserink
Science 21 March 1997: 1743-0.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

Science 21 March 1997: 1721-1725.
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 Breast-Screening Brawl

James Sowinski;, Helen Hansma;, and Daniel B. Kopans
Science 21 March 1997: 1721-1725.
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 Presidential Chairs in Chile

Pedro Labarca, Ramon Latorre;, and Alan Neely
Science 21 March 1997: 1721-1725.
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 Butterfly Identification

John A. Hyatt
Science 21 March 1997: 1721-1725.
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 Bullish About the Bear?

Bernard Brown
Science 21 March 1997: 1721-1725.
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Policy Forum

Genetic Information and the Workplace: Legislative Approaches and Policy Challenges

Karen Rothenberg, Barbara Fuller, Mark Rothstein, Troy Duster, Mary Jo Ellis Kahn, Rita Cunningham, Beth Fine, Kathy Hudson, Mary-Claire King, Patricia Murphy, Gary Swergold, and Francis Collins
Science 21 March 1997: 1755-1757.
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Perspectives

Protein Prenylation, et cetera--Signal Transduction in Two Dimensions

Michael H. Gelb
Science 21 March 1997: 1750-0.
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Nematic Emulsions

J. F. Joanny
Science 21 March 1997: 1751-0.
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Enhanced: -Catenin as Oncogene--The Smoking Gun

Mark Peifer
Science 21 March 1997: 1752-0.
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Science 21 March 1997: 1752-0.

Atomic Parity Violation and the Nuclear Anapole Moment

W. C. Haxton
Science 21 March 1997: 1753-0.
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Research Article

Measurement of Parity Nonconservation and an Anapole Moment in Cesium

C. S. Wood, S. C. Bennett, D. Cho, B. P. Masterson, J. L. Roberts, C. E. Tanner, and C. E. Wieman
Science 21 March 1997: 1759-1763.
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Reports

Giant Friedel Oscillations on the Beryllium(0001) Surface

P. T. Sprunger, L. Petersen, E. W. Plummer, E. Lægsgaard, and F. Besenbacher
Science 21 March 1997: 1764-1767.
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Probing the Local Effects of Magnetic Impurities on Superconductivity

Ali Yazdani, B. A. Jones, C. P. Lutz, M. F. Crommie, and D. M. Eigler
Science 21 March 1997: 1767-1770.
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Novel Colloidal Interactions in Anisotropic Fluids

Philippe Poulin, Holger Stark, T. C. Lubensky, and D. A. Weitz
Science 21 March 1997: 1770-1773.
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Direct Radiometric Observations of the Water Vapor Greenhouse Effect Over the Equatorial Pacific Ocean

Francisco P. J. Valero, William D. Collins, Peter Pilewskie, Anthony Bucholtz, and Piotr J. Flatau
Science 21 March 1997: 1773-1776.
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Direct Radiative Forcing by Smoke from Biomass Burning

Peter V. Hobbs, Jeffrey S. Reid, Robert A. Kotchenruther, Ronald J. Ferek, and Ray Weiss
Science 21 March 1997: 1777-1778.
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A High-Temperature Electrical Conduction Mechanism in the Lower Mantle Phase (Mg,Fe)_1xO

David P. Dobson, Nicola C. Richmond, and John P. Brodholt
Science 21 March 1997: 1779-1781.
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SBF Cell Cycle Regulator as a Target of the Yeast PKC-MAP Kinase Pathway

Kevin Madden, Yi-Jun Sheu, Kristin Baetz, Brenda Andrews, and Michael Snyder
Science 21 March 1997: 1781-1784.
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Constitutive Transcriptional Activation by a -Catenin-Tcf Complex in APC^/ Colon Carcinoma

Vladimir Korinek, Nick Barker, Patrice J. Morin, Dick van Wichen, Roel de Weger, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Bert Vogelstein, and Hans Clevers
Science 21 March 1997: 1784-1787.
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Activation of -Catenin-Tcf Signaling in Colon Cancer by Mutations in -Catenin or APC

Patrice J. Morin, Andrew B. Sparks, Vladimir Korinek, Nick Barker, Hans Clevers, Bert Vogelstein, and Kenneth W. Kinzler
Science 21 March 1997: 1787-1790.
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Stabilization of -Catenin by Genetic Defects in Melanoma Cell Lines

Bonnee Rubinfeld, Paul Robbins, Mona El-Gamil, Iris Albert, Emilio Porfiri, and Paul Polakis
Science 21 March 1997: 1790-1792.
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Initial Genetic Characterization of the 1918 "Spanish" Influenza Virus

Jeffery K. Taubenberger, Ann H. Reid, Amy E. Krafft, Karen E. Bijwaard, and Thomas G. Fanning
Science 21 March 1997: 1793-1796.
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Modulation of Ras and a-Factor Function by Carboxyl-Terminal Proteolysis

Victor L. Boyartchuk, Matthew N. Ashby, and Jasper Rine
Science 21 March 1997: 1796-1800.
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Crystal Structure of Protein Farnesyltransferase at 2.25 Angstrom Resolution

Hee-Won Park, Sobha R. Boduluri, John F. Moomaw, Patrick J. Casey, and Lorena S. Beese
Science 21 March 1997: 1800-1805.
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Reproducibility and Variability in Neural Spike Trains

Rob R. de Ruyter van Steveninck, Geoffrey D. Lewen, Steven P. Strong, Roland Koberle, and William Bialek
Science 21 March 1997: 1805-1808.
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