This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
Science 9 May 1997: 873.
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Editorial:
Spring Preening

Floyd E. Bloom
Science 9 May 1997: 879.
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 Products & Materials

Science 9 May 1997: 969.

News

Biomedical Research: NIH Plans Peer-Review Overhaul

Eliot Marshall
Science 9 May 1997: 888-889.
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Biomedical Research: Review Panels Under Review

Eliot Marshall
Science 9 May 1997: 889.
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Department of Energy: Changes at Brookhaven Shock National Lab System

Andrew Lawler
Science 9 May 1997: 890.
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Genomics: Whitehead, Three Firms Splice a Deal

Wade Roush
Science 9 May 1997: 891.
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Neutron Research: Europeans Plan Their Next Big Source

Alexander Hellemans
Science 9 May 1997: 891.
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Genome Research: Watson Urges 'Put Hitler Behind Us'

Robert Koenig
Science 9 May 1997: 892.
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Biodiversity: Unique, All-Taxa Survey in Costa Rica "Self-Destructs"

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 9 May 1997: 893.
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Archaeobiology: Squash Seeds Yield New View of Early American Farming

Wade Roush
Science 9 May 1997: 894-895.
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Materials Science: Will UV Lasers Beat the Blues?

Robert F. Service
Science 9 May 1997: 895.
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Paleoanthropology: Bone Sizes Trace the Decline of Man (and Woman)

Ann Gibbons
Science 9 May 1997: 896-897.
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Astronomy: Antimatter Hints at Galactic Turmoil

Erik Stokstad
Science 9 May 1997: 897.
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AIDS: Stubborn HIV Reservoirs Vulnerable to New Treatments

Jon Cohen
Science 9 May 1997: 898.
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Astronomy: Primordial Gas: Fog Not Clouds

Charles Seife
Science 9 May 1997: 899.
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ScienceScope

Science 9 May 1997: 887.
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Random Samples

Science 9 May 1997: 905.
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Special News Report

National Research Council: Is the NRC Ready for Reform?

Andrew Lawler
Science 9 May 1997: 900-904.
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National Research Council: Two Strategies for Dealing With Dissent

Andrew Lawler
Science 9 May 1997: 901.
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National Research Council: NRC Alters Report After Complaints

Andrew Lawler
Science 9 May 1997: 902.
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National Research Council: The High Price of Being World Class

Andrew Lawler
Science 9 May 1997: 904.
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Letters

Higher authority

Science 9 May 1997: 881-884.
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 Testing the Power of Belief

J. S. Heilig;, Dalman Mayer;, and James W. Larrick
Science 9 May 1997: 881-884.
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 Tenure Study

Sylvia Manning; and Ivy E. Broder;
Science 9 May 1997: 881-884.
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 Science by the Country

Guillermo R. Barreto;, Robert M. Bauin;, Robert M. Bauin;, Robert M. Bauin;, Robert M. Bauin;, Robert M. Bauin;, Robert M. Bauin;, and Robert M. Bauin;
Science 9 May 1997: 881-884.
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 Corrections and Clarifications

Science 9 May 1997: 881-884.
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Books et al.

Famous Felids

Dawn A. Adams
Science 9 May 1997: 909-910.
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An Epoch Past

Joseph L. Birman
Science 9 May 1997: 910.
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Policy Forum

Ozone Pollution in the Rural United States and the New NAAQS

W. L. Chameides, R. D. Saylor, and E. B. Cowling
Science 9 May 1997: 916.
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Perspectives

Materials Science: Charge Ordering in Manganates

C. N. R. Rao and A. K. Cheetham
Science 9 May 1997: 911-912.
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Plant Biology: New Fatty Acid-Based Signals: A Lesson from the Plant World

Edward E. Farmer
Science 9 May 1997: 912-913.
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Neuroscience: Adaptation by Hyperpolarization

Horace Barlow
Science 9 May 1997: 913-914.
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Climate Change: Are We Seeing Global Warming?

K. Hasselmann
Science 9 May 1997: 914-915.
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Articles

Thermodynamics and Kinetics of a Brownian Motor

R. Dean Astumian
Science 9 May 1997: 917-922.
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Reports

Functionalized Monolayers on Ordered Mesoporous Supports

X. Feng, G. E. Fryxell, L.-Q. Wang, A. Y. Kim, J. Liu, and K. M. Kemner
Science 9 May 1997: 923-926.
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Manganese Oxide Mesoporous Structures: Mixed-Valent Semiconducting Catalysts

Zheng-Rong Tian, Wei Tong, Jin-Yun Wang, Nian-Gao Duan, Venkatesan V. Krishnan, and Steven L. Suib
Science 9 May 1997: 926-930.
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Polarization-Enhanced NMR Spectroscopy of Biomolecules in Frozen Solution

Dennis A. Hall, Douglas C. Maus, Gary J. Gerfen, Souheil J. Inati, Lino R. Becerra, Frederick W. Dahlquist, and Robert G. Griffin
Science 9 May 1997: 930-932.
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The Initial Domestication of Cucurbita pepo in the Americas 10,000 Years Ago

Bruce D. Smith
Science 9 May 1997: 932-934.
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North and Northeast Greenland Ice Discharge from Satellite Radar Interferometry

E. J. Rignot, S. P. Gogineni, W. B. Krabill, and S. Ekholm
Science 9 May 1997: 934-937.
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Surface Composition of Kuiper Belt Object 1993SC

Robert H. Brown, Dale P. Cruikshank, Yvonne Pendleton, and Glenn J. Veeder
Science 9 May 1997: 937-939.
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Modeling of Cometary X-rays Caused by Solar Wind Minor Ions

Roman M. Häberli, Tamas I. Gombosi, Darren L. De Zeeuw, Michael R. Combi, and Kenneth G. Powell
Science 9 May 1997: 939-942.
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A Proficient Enzyme Revisited: The Predicted Mechanism for Orotidine Monophosphate Decarboxylase

Jeehiun K. Lee and and K. N. Houk
Science 9 May 1997: 942-945.
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An Elicitor of Plant Volatiles from Beet Armyworm Oral Secretion

H. T. Alborn, T. C. J. Turlings, T. H. Jones, G. Stenhagen, J. H. Loughrin, and J. H. Tumlinson
Science 9 May 1997: 945-949.
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A Tonic Hyperpolarization Underlying Contrast Adaptation in Cat Visual Cortex

Matteo Carandini and and David Ferster
Science 9 May 1997: 949-952.
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Regulation of Protein Phosphatase 2A by Direct Interaction with Casein Kinase 2

Jean-Karim Hériché, Franck Lebrin, Thierry Rabilloud, Didier Leroy, Edmond M. Chambaz, and Yves Goldberg
Science 9 May 1997: 952-955.
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Structures of the Tyrosine Kinase Domain of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor in Complex with Inhibitors

Moosa Mohammadi, Gerald McMahon, Li Sun, Cho Tang, Peter Hirth, Brian K. Yeh, Stevan R. Hubbard, and Joseph Schlessinger
Science 9 May 1997: 955-960.
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Kinetics of Response in Lymphoid Tissues to Antiretroviral Therapy of HIV-1 Infection

Winston Cavert, Daan W. Notermans, Katherine Staskus, Stephen W. Wietgrefe, Mary Zupancic, Kristin Gebhard, Keith Henry, Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Roger Mills, Hugh McDade, Jaap Goudsmit, Sven A. Danner, and Ashley T. Haase
Science 9 May 1997: 960-964.
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Technical Comments

 Interactions Between Epithelial Cells and Bacteria, Normal and Pathogenic

Yoshinori Umesaki, Yasushi Okada, Akemi Imaoka, Hiromi Setoyama, Satoshi Matsumoto;, J. I. Gordon, L. V. Hooper, L. Bry, T. Midtvedt, and P. G. Falk
Science 9 May 1997: 964-965.
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 Determining the Early History of El Niņo

T. J. DeVries, L. Ortlieb, A. Diaz, L. Wells, Cl. Hillaire-Marcel;, Lisa E. Wells, Jay S. Noller;, Daniel H. Sandweiss, James B. Richardson, III, Elizabeth J. Reitz, Harold B. Rollins, and Kirk A. Maasch
Science 9 May 1997: 965-967.
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