This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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 Editorial:
Future Supplies of Electricity

Philip H. Abelson
Science 11 February 2000: 971.
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Editors' Choice

Highlights of the recent literature.
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NetWatch

Best of the Web in science.
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 NEW PRODUCTS

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 Gordon Research Conferences

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News of the Week

HIV TRANSMISSION:
AIDS Researchers Look to Africa for New Insights

Jon Cohen
Science 11 February 2000: 942-943.
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SCIENTIFIC ADVICE:
Academies Get Together to Tackle the Big Issues

Robert Koenig
Science 11 February 2000: 943-945.
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MATERIALS SCIENCE:
New Material Promises Chillier Currents

Adrian Cho
Science 11 February 2000: 945-946.
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ASTRONOMY:
Fine Details Point to Space Hydrocarbons

Alexander Hellemans
Science 11 February 2000: 946.
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PLANETARY METEOROLOGY:
Deep, Moist Heat Drives Jovian Weather

Richard A. Kerr
Science 11 February 2000: 946-947.
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NEUROBIOLOGY:
A New Clue to How Alcohol Damages Brains

Marcia Barinaga
Science 11 February 2000: 947-948.
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STEM CELLS:
Wisconsin to Distribute Embryonic Cell Lines

Gretchen Vogel
Science 11 February 2000: 948-949.
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STEM CELLS:
Report Would Open Up Research in Japan

Dennis Normile
Science 11 February 2000: 949-951.
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HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS:
CERN Stakes Claim on New State of Matter

Charles Seife
Science 11 February 2000: 949-951.
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HUMAN GENETICS:
Start-Up Claims Piece of Iceland's Gene Pie

Martin Enserink
Science 11 February 2000: 951.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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News Focus

SCIENCE POLICY
Balancing the Science Budget

David Malakoff
Science 11 February 2000: 952-955.
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SCIENCE POLICY
Plan to Reduce Number of New Grants Tempers Enthusiasm for NIH Budget Hike

Eliot Marshall
Science 11 February 2000: 953.
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SCIENCE POLICY
Solar Missions Brighten NASA's Hopes for Space Science Research

Andrew Lawler
Science 11 February 2000: 954.
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SCIENCE POLICY
Up, Down, and Sideways: How Other Research Agencies Fared

Adrian Cho, Jocelyn Kaiser, David Malakoff, Jeffrey Mervis, Charles Seife, and Erik Stokstad
Science 11 February 2000: 955.
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U.S. SCHOOL REFORM:
Packard Heir Signs Up for National 'Math Wars'

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 11 February 2000: 956-959.
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U.S. SCHOOL REFORM:
Effort to Pick Best Math Texts Denounced at Congressional Hearing

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 11 February 2000: 957.
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AIDS RESEARCH:
Vaccine Studies Stymied by Shortage of Animals

Jon Cohen
Science 11 February 2000: 959-960.
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STATISTICS:
Revealing Uncertainties in Computer Models

Barry Cipra
Science 11 February 2000: 960-961.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

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 What Went Wrong with the Mars Landing?

F. Koster van Groos and Stephen Guggenheim
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 Splitting the Rent

Buzz Bloom
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 Veterinary Perspective on Gene Therapy with Adenoviruses

Michael J. Studdert
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 Luzia Is Not Alone

Walter Neves
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 We Aren't Worth a Mention?

Robert W. Kates
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 Economics of Bushmeat

David S. Wilkie and Ricardo A. Godoy
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 Retraction

Thomas R. Geballe, S. A. Sandford, and L. J. Allamandola
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 CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

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Books et al.

COGNITION:
Tales of a Talented Bird

Edward Kako
Science 11 February 2000: 980-981.
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BIOWEAPONS:
Disdained by Generals

Raymond A. Zilinskas
Science 11 February 2000: 981.
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 Books Received

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Policy Forum

ECONOMICS:
The Problematic Venture Capitalist

Josh Lerner
Science 11 February 2000: 977-979.
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Perspectives

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION:
Signals to Move Cells

Lodewijk V. Dekker and Anthony W. Segal
Science 11 February 2000: 982-985.
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Asymmetric signal transduction

Lodewijk V. Dekker and Anthony W. Segal
Science 11 February 2000: 983.
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EVOLUTION:
Enhanced: Is Bigger Better in Cricket?

Pierre Capy
Science 11 February 2000: 985-986.
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ULTRACOLD MATTER:
Molecules at Rest

C. J. Williams and P. S. Julienne
Science 11 February 2000: 986-987.
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PALEOCLIMATE:
The Last Interglacial

George J. Kukla
Science 11 February 2000: 987-988.
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Pathways of Discovery

Planetary Science--A Space Odyssey

David J. Stevenson
Science 11 February 2000: 997-1005.
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More Minds Are Better Than One

David J. Stevenson
Science 11 February 2000: 1003.
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Review

Conservation and Novelty in the Evolution of Cell Adhesion and Extracellular Matrix Genes

Harald Hutter, Bruce E. Vogel, John D. Plenefisch, Carolyn R. Norris, Rui B. Proenca, John Spieth, Chaobo Guo, Surjeet Mastwal, Xiaoping Zhu, Jochen Scheel, and Edward M. Hedgecock
Science 11 February 2000: 989-994.
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Reports

Quantization of Multiparticle Auger Rates in Semiconductor Quantum Dots

V. I. Klimov, A. A. Mikhailovsky, D. W. McBranch, C. A. Leatherdale, and M. G. Bawendi
Science 11 February 2000: 1011-1013.
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Observation of Antiferromagnetic Domains in Epitaxial Thin Films

A. Scholl, J. Stöhr, J. Lüning, J. W. Seo, J. Fompeyrine, H. Siegwart, J.-P. Locquet, F. Nolting, S. Anders, E. E. Fullerton, M. R. Scheinfein, and H. A. Padmore
Science 11 February 2000: 1014-1016.
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Molecules in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Roahn Wynar, R. S. Freeland, D. J. Han, C. Ryu, and D. J. Heinzen
Science 11 February 2000: 1016-1019.
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Zener Model Description of Ferromagnetism in Zinc-Blende Magnetic Semiconductors

T. Dietl, H. Ohno, F. Matsukura, J. Cibert, and D. Ferrand
Science 11 February 2000: 1019-1022.
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Ambipolar Pentacene Field-Effect Transistors and Inverters

J. H. Schön, S. Berg, Ch. Kloc, and B. Batlogg
Science 11 February 2000: 1022-1023.
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CsBi₄Te₆: A High-Performance Thermoelectric Material for Low-Temperature Applications

Duck-Young Chung, Tim Hogan, Paul Brazis, Melissa Rocci-Lane, Carl Kannewurf, Marina Bastea, Ctirad Uher, and Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Science 11 February 2000: 1024-1027.
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Physics of Iron at Earth's Core Conditions

A. Laio, S. Bernard, G. L. Chiarotti, S. Scandolo, and E. Tosatti
Science 11 February 2000: 1027-1030.
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Surface Expression of HLA-E, an Inhibitor of Natural Killer Cells, Enhanced by Human Cytomegalovirus gpUL40

Peter Tomasec, Veronique M. Braud, Carole Rickards, Martin B. Powell, Brian P. McSharry, Stephan Gadola, Vincenzo Cerundolo, Leszek K. Borysiewicz, Andrew J. McMichael, and Gavin W. G. Wilkinson
Science 11 February 2000: 1031-1033.
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Localization of the G Protein Complex in Living Cells During Chemotaxis

Tian Jin, Ning Zhang, Yu Long, Carole A. Parent, and Peter N. Devreotes
Science 11 February 2000: 1034-1036.
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Polarization of Chemoattractant Receptor Signaling During Neutrophil Chemotaxis

Guy Servant, Orion D. Weiner, Paul Herzmark, Tamás Balla, John W. Sedat, and Henry R. Bourne
Science 11 February 2000: 1037-1040.
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Function of PI3K in Thymocyte Development, T Cell Activation, and Neutrophil Migration

Takehiko Sasaki, Junko Irie-Sasaki, Russell G. Jones, Antonio J. Oliveira-dos-Santos, William L. Stanford, Brad Bolon, Andrew Wakeham, Annick Itie, Dennis Bouchard, Ivona Kozieradzki, Nicholas Joza, Tak W. Mak, Pamela S. Ohashi, Akira Suzuki, and Josef M. Penninger
Science 11 February 2000: 1040-1046.
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Roles of PLC-2 and -3 and PI3K in Chemoattractant-Mediated Signal Transduction

Zhong Li, Huiping Jiang, Wei Xie, Zuchuan Zhang, Alan V. Smrcka, and Dianqing Wu
Science 11 February 2000: 1046-1049.
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Central Role for G Protein-Coupled Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase  in Inflammation

Emilio Hirsch, Vladimir L. Katanaev, Cecilia Garlanda, Ornella Azzolino, Luciano Pirola, Lorenzo Silengo, Silvano Sozzani, Alberto Mantovani, Fiorella Altruda, and Matthias P. Wymann
Science 11 February 2000: 1049-1053.
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Requirement for DARPP-32 in Progesterone-Facilitated Sexual Receptivity in Female Rats and Mice

S. K. Mani, A. A. Fienberg, J. P. O'Callaghan, G. L. Snyder, P. B. Allen, P. K. Dash, A. N. Moore, A. J. Mitchell, J. Bibb, P. Greengard, and B. W. O'Malley
Science 11 February 2000: 1053-1056.
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Ethanol-Induced Apoptotic Neurodegeneration and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Chrysanthy Ikonomidou, Petra Bittigau, Masahiko J. Ishimaru, David F. Wozniak, Christian Koch, Kerstin Genz, Madelon T. Price, Vanya Stefovska, Friederike Hörster, Tanya Tenkova, Krikor Dikranian, and John W. Olney
Science 11 February 2000: 1056-1060.
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Evidence for DNA Loss as a Determinant of Genome Size

Dmitri A. Petrov, Todd A. Sangster, J. Spencer Johnston, Daniel L. Hartl, and Kerry L. Shaw
Science 11 February 2000: 1060-1062.
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Technical Comments

 NADH Shuttle and Insulin Secretion

Avital Schurr, Ralphiel S. Payne;, Michael J. MacDonald, Leonard A. Fahien;, Kazuhiro Eto, Yoshiharu Tsubamoto, and Takashi Kadowaki;
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