This Week in Science

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Science 6 June 1997: 1473.
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Editorial:
Universities: At The Center of U.S. Research

Richard C. Atkinson
Science 6 June 1997: 1479.
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 Products & Materials

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 Science's Next Wave Build Your Career In Science--By Crossing National Borders

Science 6 June 1997: 1581.

News and Comment

 

May I See Your License, Please?

Science 6 June 1997: 1488.

SCIENCE AND COMMERCE:
PCR Patent Tangle Slows Quick Assay of HIV Levels

Jon Cohen
Science 6 June 1997: 1488-1491.
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SCIENCE AND COMMERCE:
Varmus to Rule in Fight Over Cell-Sorting Technology

Eliot Marshall
Science 6 June 1997: 1488-1490.
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SCIENCE AND COMMERCE:
Exclusive License Rankles Genome Researchers

Jon Cohen
Science 6 June 1997: 1489.
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SCIENCE AND COMMERCE:
The Madison Avenue Treatment

Eliot Marshall
Science 6 June 1997: 1490.
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Science 6 June 1997: 1491.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING:
Privatized Cancer Journal Triggers Senate Reaction

Andrew Lawler
Science 6 June 1997: 1492.
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AUSTRALIAN SUIT:
Ark Claim Survives Court Fight

Elizabeth Finkel
Science 6 June 1997: 1493.
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INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION:
Partners Heed Japan's Funding Plea

Nigel Williams
Science 6 June 1997: 1493-1494.
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MARINE ECOLOGY:
Scientists Launch Survey of Reef Health

Barbie Bischof
Science 6 June 1997: 1494.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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Research News

CELL BIOLOGY:
How the Nucleus Gets It Together

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 6 June 1997: 1495-1497.
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PLANT SCIENCE:
Making Plants Aluminum Tolerant

Marcia Barinaga
Science 6 June 1997: 1497.
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INFORMATION MANAGEMENT:
The Search for Mr. Goodfile Generates New Online Tools

Dennis Normile
Science 6 June 1997: 1498-1499.
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MICROBIOLOGY:
Physics, Biology Meet in Self-Assembling Bacterial Fibers

Carol Potera
Science 6 June 1997: 1499-1500.
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ASTRONOMY:
Mapping a Star's Magnetic Field

Erik Stokstad
Science 6 June 1997: 1500.
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PALEONTOLOGY:
Fossilized Hatchling Heats Up the Bird-Dinosaur Debate

Virginia Morell
Science 6 June 1997: 1501.
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GENETICS:
No Bones About a Genetic Switch for Bone Growth

Steven Dickman
Science 6 June 1997: 1502.
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Letters

A "best strategy"

Science 6 June 1997: 1481-1485.
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 Antiretroviral Drug Trials

Alasdair Breckenridge, Valerie Kitchen, Janet H. Darbyshire;, Koen K. A. Van Rompay, Marta L. Marthas;, and Joep M. A. Lange
Science 6 June 1997: 1481-1485.
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 What Nobelists Deserve

Harry Tong
Science 6 June 1997: 1481-1485.
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 An "Excellent Exercise"

Timothy McNellis
Science 6 June 1997: 1481-1485.
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 Corrections and Clarifications

Science 6 June 1997: 1481-1485.
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Books et al.

AI as Sport

John McCarthy
Science 6 June 1997: 1518-1519.
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Crystals That Came in from the Cold

Russell J. Hemley
Science 6 June 1997: 1519.
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Policy Forum

Lessons from Litigation over Silicone Breast Implants: A Call for Activism by Scientists

James T. Rosenbaum
Science 6 June 1997: 1524-1525.
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Perspectives

OPTICAL PHYSICS:
Enhanced: Solitons Made Simple

Y. R. Shen
Science 6 June 1997: 1520.
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MICROBIOLOGY:
Breathing with Chlorinated Solvents

Perry L. McCarty
Science 6 June 1997: 1521-1522.
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HUMAN GENETICS:
Twins: En Route to QTLs for Cognition

Irving I. Gottesman
Science 6 June 1997: 1522-1523.
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 Webwatch

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Reports

Arecibo Radar Mapping of the Lunar Poles: A Search for Ice Deposits

N. J. S. Stacy, D. B. Campbell, and P. G. Ford
Science 6 June 1997: 1527-1530.
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The Source of Green Light Emission Determined from a Heavy-Ion Storage Ring Experiment

D. Kella, L. Vejby-Christensen, P. J. Johnson, H. B. Pedersen, and L. H. Andersen
Science 6 June 1997: 1530-1533.
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Design of Surfaces for Patterned Alignment of Liquid Crystals on Planar and Curved Substrates

Vinay K. Gupta and Nicholas L. Abbott
Science 6 June 1997: 1533-1536.
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Perturbed Equilibria and Statistical Energy Redistribution in a Gas-Phase S_N2 Reaction

Stephen L. Craig and John I. Brauman
Science 6 June 1997: 1536-1538.
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Accessible Solitons

Allan W. Snyder and D. John Mitchell
Science 6 June 1997: 1538-1541.
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Preservation of Chitin in 25-Million-Year-Old Fossils

B. Artur Stankiewicz, Derek E. G. Briggs, Richard P. Evershed, Matthew B. Flannery, and Michael Wuttke
Science 6 June 1997: 1541-1543.
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A Nestling Bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain: Implications for Avian Skull and Neck Evolution

José L. Sanz, Luis M. Chiappe, Bernardino P. Pérez-Moreno, José J. Moratalla, Francisco Hernández-Carrasquilla, Angela D. Buscalioni, Francisco Ortega, Francisco J. Poyato-Ariza, Diego Rasskin-Gutman, and Xavier Martínez-Delclòs
Science 6 June 1997: 1543-1546.
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The Origin Recognition Complex, SIR1, and the S Phase Requirement for Silencing

Catherine A. Fox, Ann E. Ehrenhofer-Murray, Stephen Loo, and Jasper Rine
Science 6 June 1997: 1547-1551.
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Orientation Selectivity in Pinwheel Centers in Cat Striate Cortex

Pedro E. Maldonado, Imke Gödecke, Charles M. Gray, and Tobias Bonhoeffer
Science 6 June 1997: 1551-1555.
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Genetic Feminization of Pheromones and Its Behavioral Consequences in Drosophila Males

Jean-François Ferveur, Fabrice Savarit, Cahir J. O'Kane, Gilles Sureau, Ralph J. Greenspan, and Jean-Marc Jallon
Science 6 June 1997: 1555-1558.
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A Similarity Between Viral Defense and Gene Silencing in Plants

Frank Ratcliff, Bryan D. Harrison, and David C. Baulcombe
Science 6 June 1997: 1558-1560.
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Substantial Genetic Influence on Cognitive Abilities in Twins 80 or More Years Old

Gerald E. McClearn, Boo Johansson, Stig Berg, Nancy L. Pedersen, Frank Ahern, Stephen A. Petrill, and Robert Plomin
Science 6 June 1997: 1560-1563.
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An Aquaporin-Like Gene Required for the Brassica Self-Incompatibility Response

Seishi Ikeda, June B. Nasrallah, Ram Dixit, Susanne Preiss, and Mikhail E. Nasrallah
Science 6 June 1997: 1564-1566.
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Aluminum Tolerance in Transgenic Plants by Alteration of Citrate Synthesis

Juan Manuel de la Fuente, Verenice Ramírez-Rodríguez, José Luis Cabrera-Ponce, and Luis Herrera-Estrella
Science 6 June 1997: 1566-1568.
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Isolation of a Bacterium That Reductively Dechlorinates Tetrachloroethene to Ethene

Xavier Maymó-Gatell, Yueh-tyng Chien, James M. Gossett, and Stephen H. Zinder
Science 6 June 1997: 1568-1571.
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Membrane and Morphological Changes in Apoptotic Cells Regulated by Caspase-Mediated Activation of PAK2

Thomas Rudel and Gary M. Bokoch
Science 6 June 1997: 1571-1574.
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Technical Comments

 Dating the Ngandong Humans

Rainer Grün, Alan Thorne;, Carl C. Swisher, III, W. Jack Rink, Henry P. Schwarcz, and Susan C. Antón;
Science 6 June 1997: 1575-1576.
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