This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Meeting the Energy Challenge

John P. Holdren
Science 9 February 2001: 945.
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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

Science 9 February 2001: 1069-1071.

News of the Week

HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS:
Muon Experiment Challenges Reigning Model of Particles

Charles Seife
Science 9 February 2001: 958.
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RUSSIAN SCIENCE:
Danger to Peer Review Is in Eye of Beholder

Vladimir Pokrovsky
Science 9 February 2001: 959.
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ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION:
NRC Panel Pokes Holes In Everglades Scheme

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 9 February 2001: 959-961.
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PLANETARY SCIENCE:
Caltech Picks Insider to Lead JPL

Andrew Lawler
Science 9 February 2001: 961-962.
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HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS:
Nuclei Crash Through The Looking-Glass

David Voss
Science 9 February 2001: 962.
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ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY:
Stratospheric 'Rocks' May Bode Ill for Ozone

Richard A. Kerr
Science 9 February 2001: 962-963.
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GENOME RESEARCH:
Progress for the 'Mouse Gene Encyclopedia'

Dennis Normile
Science 9 February 2001: 963-964.
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SWISS SCIENCE:
New Program Draws Praise, Complaints

Min Ku
Science 9 February 2001: 964.
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KNOT THEORY:
Loopy Solution Brings Infinite Relief

Charles Seife
Science 9 February 2001: 965.
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ECOLOGY:
Scientists Begin Taming Killer Lake

John Pickrell
Science 9 February 2001: 965-967.
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POLYGRAPH SCREENING:
Panel Seeks Truth in Lie Detector Debate

Constance Holden
Science 9 February 2001: 967.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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News Focus

MARINE BIOLOGY:
Keeping the Stygian Waters at Bay

Dan Ferber
Science 9 February 2001: 968-973.
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MARINE BIOLOGY:
Off Denmark, a Drawn-Out War Against Hypoxia

John S. MacNeil
Science 9 February 2001: 969.
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MARINE BIOLOGY:
The Dead Zone's Fiercest Crusaders

Dan Ferber
Science 9 February 2001: 970-971.
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AVIATION:
Dirigibles to Grace Skies Over Germany Once Again

Olaf Fritsche
Science 9 February 2001: 973-974.
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MILLIMETER ASTRONOMY:
U.S.-Mexican Telescope Gains Firmer Footing

Andrew Lawler
Science 9 February 2001: 974-975.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

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 Venezuelan Response to Yanomamo Book

Virgilio Bosh, Luis Carbonell, Eduardo Coll, Gabriel Chuchani, Miguel Laufer, Miguel Layrisse, Jorge Vera, Gloria Villegas, and Raimundo Villegas
Science 9 February 2001: 985-986.
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 Discovery of Earliest Hominid Remains

Martin Pickford; and Eustace Gitonga
Science 9 February 2001: 986.
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 Wording Blurs Survey on Animal Protection

Howard H. Garrison
Science 9 February 2001: 986-987.
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 The Real Power of Artificial Markets

David M. Pennock, Steve Lawrence, C. Lee Giles, and Finn Årup Nielsen
Science 9 February 2001: 987-988.
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 CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

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Books et al.

MICROBIOLGY:
Life from Smut

Lynn Margulis
Science 9 February 2001: 991-992.
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THEORETICAL BIOLOGY:
Viral Immunology from Math

Charles R. M. Bangham and Becca Asquith
Science 9 February 2001: 992.
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 Browsings

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 Books Received

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Policy Forum

SCIENCE AND BUSINESS:
Conflicts of Interest--Moving Beyond Disclosure

Thomas R. Cech and Joan S. Leonard
Science 9 February 2001: 989.
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Perspectives

CELL BIOLOGY:
A Lipid Oils the Endocytosis Machine

David J. Gillooly and Harald Stenmark
Science 9 February 2001: 993-994.
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MATERIALS SCIENCE:
The Simplicity of Complexity--Rational Design of Giant Pores

Gérard Férey
Science 9 February 2001: 994-995.
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RADIOACTIVITY:
Are Protons Leaving in Pairs?

Phil Woods
Science 9 February 2001: 995-997.
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ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION:
Enhanced: The Risk of Extinction--What You Don't Know Will Hurt You

John L. Gittleman and Matthew E. Gompper
Science 9 February 2001: 997-999.
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APPLIED PHYSICS:
A New Twist for Magnets

Dan Ralph
Science 9 February 2001: 999-1000.
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RETROSPECTIVE IN SCIENCE:
Louis Néel (1904-2000)

Bernard Barbara and Claudine Lacroix
Science 9 February 2000: 1000.
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Review

Principles for the Buffering of Genetic Variation

John L. Hartman, IV, Barbara Garvik, and Lee Hartwell
Science 9 February 2001: 1001-1004.
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Reports

A Decoherence-Free Quantum Memory Using Trapped Ions

D. Kielpinski, V. Meyer, M. A. Rowe, C. A. Sackett, W. M. Itano, C. Monroe, and D. J. Wineland
Science 9 February 2001: 1013-1015.
Published online 4 January 2001 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1057357] (in Science Express Reports)
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Magnetization Precession by Hot Spin Injection

W. Weber, S. Riesen, and H. C. Siegmann
Science 9 February 2001: 1015-1018.
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Molecular Rulers for Scaling Down Nanostructures

A. Hatzor and P. S. Weiss
Science 9 February 2001: 1019-1020.
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Interwoven Metal-Organic Framework on a Periodic Minimal Surface with Extra-Large Pores

Banglin Chen, M. Eddaoudi, S. T. Hyde, M. O'Keeffe, and O. M. Yaghi
Science 9 February 2001: 1021-1023.
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Surface-Directed Liquid Flow Inside Microchannels

Bin Zhao, Jeffrey S. Moore, and David J. Beebe
Science 9 February 2001: 1023-1026.
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The Detection of Large HNO₃-Containing Particles in the Winter Arctic Stratosphere

D. W. Fahey, R. S. Gao, K. S. Carslaw, J. Kettleborough, P. J. Popp, M. J. Northway, J. C. Holecek, S. C. Ciciora, R. J. McLaughlin, T. L. Thompson, R. H. Winkler, D. G. Baumgardner, B. Gandrud, P. O. Wennberg, S. Dhaniyala, K. McKinney, Th. Peter, R. J. Salawitch, T. P. Bui, J. W. Elkins, C. R. Webster, E. L. Atlas, H. Jost, J. C. Wilson, R. L. Herman, A. Kleinböhl, and M. von König
Science 9 February 2001: 1026-1031.
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The Indian Ocean Experiment: Widespread Air Pollution from South and Southeast Asia

J. Lelieveld, P. J. Crutzen, V. Ramanathan, M. O. Andreae, C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, T. Campos, G. R. Cass, R. R. Dickerson, H. Fischer, J. A. de Gouw, A. Hansel, A. Jefferson, D. Kley, A. T. J. de Laat, S. Lal, M. G. Lawrence, J. M. Lobert, O. L. Mayol-Bracero, A. P. Mitra, T. Novakov, S. J. Oltmans, K. A. Prather, T. Reiner, H. Rodhe, H. A. Scheeren, D. Sikka, and J. Williams
Science 9 February 2001: 1031-1036.
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Recolonizing Carnivores and Naïve Prey: Conservation Lessons from Pleistocene Extinctions

Joel Berger, Jon E. Swenson, and Inga-Lill Persson
Science 9 February 2001: 1036-1039.
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An hPer2 Phosphorylation Site Mutation in Familial Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome

Kong L. Toh, Christopher R. Jones, Yan He, Erik J. Eide, William A. Hinz, David M. Virshup, Louis J. Ptáek, and Ying-Hui Fu
Science 9 February 2001: 1040-1043.
Published online 11 January 2001 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1057499] (in Science Express Reports)
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TRP-PLIK, a Bifunctional Protein with Kinase and Ion Channel Activities

Loren W. Runnels, Lixia Yue, and David E. Clapham
Science 9 February 2001: 1043-1047.
Published online 18 January 2001 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1058519] (in Science Express Reports)
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Role of the ENTH Domain in Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate Binding and Endocytosis

Toshiki Itoh, Seizo Koshiba, Takanori Kigawa, Akira Kikuchi, Shigeyuki Yokoyama, and Tadaomi Takenawa
Science 9 February 2001: 1047-1051.
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Simultaneous Binding of PtdIns(4,5)P₂ and Clathrin by AP180 in the Nucleation of Clathrin Lattices on Membranes

Marijn G. J. Ford, Barbara M. F. Pearse, Matthew K. Higgins, Yvonne Vallis, David J. Owen, Adele Gibson, Colin R. Hopkins, Philip R. Evans, and Harvey T. McMahon
Science 9 February 2001: 1051-1055.
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Notch Inhibition of RAS Signaling Through MAP Kinase Phosphatase LIP-1 During C. elegans Vulval Development

Thomas Berset, Erika Fröhli Hoier, Gopal Battu, Stefano Canevascini, and Alex Hajnal
Science 9 February 2001: 1055-1058.
Published online 25 January 2001 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1055642] (in Science Express Reports)
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Hydrogel Control of Xylem Hydraulic Resistance in Plants

Maciej A. Zwieniecki, Peter J. Melcher, and N. Michele Holbrook
Science 9 February 2001: 1059-1062.
Published online 25 January 2001 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1057175] (in Science Express Reports)
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Technical Comments

 Dam Breaching and Chinook Salmon Recovery

Jeffrey M. Dambacher, Philippe A. Rossignol, Hiram W. Li, John M. Emlen, Peter Kareiva, Michelle Marvier, and Michelle McClure
Science 9 February 2001: 939.
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