Globular Clusters

The Young, the Old, and the Globular

Linda Rowan and Robert Coontz
Science 3 January 2003: 59.
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News

The Milky Way's Restless Swarms of Stars

Robert Irion
Science 3 January 2003: 60-62.
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Breaking Up Is Easy To Do

Robert Irion
Science 3 January 2003: 62.
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Outside Sources Frame a Galactic Puzzle

Govert Schilling
Science 3 January 2003: 63-64.
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Reviews

Age Estimates of Globular Clusters in the Milky Way: Constraints on Cosmology

Lawrence M. Krauss and Brian Chaboyer
Science 3 January 2003: 65-69.
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Genesis of the Heaviest Elements in the Milky Way Galaxy

Christopher Sneden and John J. Cowan
Science 3 January 2003: 70-75.
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This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
Science 3 January 2003: 13.
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Editorial:
Happy New Year

Donald Kennedy
Science 3 January 2003: 17.
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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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News of the Week

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
Universities Ask Supreme Court To Reverse Patent Ruling

David Malakoff
Science 3 January 2003: 26-27.
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U.S. CONGRESS:
New Senate Leader no Stranger to Science Policy

David Malakoff
Science 3 January 2003: 26.
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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR:
Orangutans, Like Chimps, Heed the Cultural Call of the Collective

Gretchen Vogel
Science 3 January 2003: 27-28.
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JAPAN:
Science Fares Well in a Tight Budget

Dennis Normile
Science 3 January 2003: 28.
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HUMAN SUBJECTS:
Crossing a Frontier: Research on the Dead

Jennifer Couzin
Science 3 January 2003: 29-30.
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CHINA:
With Help From Overseas Chinese, a Western-Style Institute Takes Shape

Jeffrey Mervis and Yang Jianxiang
Science 3 January 2003: 30.
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GERMAN SCIENCE:
Stem Cell Project Wins Final Approval

Sabine Steghaus-Kovac
Science 3 January 2003: 31.
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SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT:
More of Bell Labs Physicist's Papers Retracted

Robert F. Service
Science 3 January 2003: 31.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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News Focus

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:
Newborn Neurons Search for Meaning

Marcia Barinaga
Science 3 January 2003: 32-34.
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MANTLE DYNAMICS:
Plumes From the Core Lost and Found

Richard A. Kerr
Science 3 January 2003: 35-36.
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PHYSICS:
Researchers Race to Put the Quantum Into Mechanics

Adrian Cho
Science 3 January 2003: 36-37.
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
Consensus on Ecological Impacts Remains Elusive

Mari N. Jensen
Science 3 January 2003: 38.
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MICROBICIDES:
Raising New Barriers Against HIVInfection

Rebecca Spieler Trager
Science 3 January 2003: 39.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

Science 3 January 2003: 44.
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 Chernobyl: An Overlooked Aspect?

Keith Baverstock and Dillwyn Williams
Science 3 January 2003: 44.
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 Another Look at Water and Ice

Rustum Roy;, C. A. Tulk, C. J. Benmore, D. D. Klug, J. Urquidi, J. Neuefeind, and B. Tomberli
Science 3 January 2003: 44-45.
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 Smart Crows Win Out

Vishwas Parekh
Science 3 January 2003: 45.
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Books et al.

ASTRONOMY:
Ongoing Debate over Cosmic Neighbors

Jill Tarter
Science 3 January 2003: 46-47.
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PHYSICS:
The Pull of Weird Horizons

W. A. Zajc
Science 3 January 2003: 47-48.
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 Browsings

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 Books Received

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Essays on Science and Society

PERCEPTIONS OF SCIENCE:
Beyond the Visible--Microscopy, Nature, and Art

Lynn Gamwell
Science 3 January 2003: 49-50.
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Perspectives

ECOLOGY:
Enhanced: Why Gobies Are Like Hobbits

Stephen R. Palumbi and Robert R. Warner
Science 3 January 2003: 51-52.
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CHEMISTRY:
Diamondoid Hydrocarbons--Delving into Nature's Bounty

Alan P. Marchand
Science 3 January 2003: 52-53.
Published online 29 November 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1079630] (in Science Express Perspectives)
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ASTROPHYSICS:
When a White Dwarf Explodes

David Branch
Science 3 January 2003: 53-54.
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NEUROSCIENCE:
To See Is to Attend

Steven Yantis
Science 3 January 2003: 54-56.
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ECOLOGY:
Social Slime Molds Meet Their Match

Bernard Crespi and Stevan Springer
Science 3 January 2003: 56-57.
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GLACIOLOGY:
An Ice Sheet Remembers

Robert P. Ackert Jr.
Science 3 January 2003: 57-58.
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Brevia

 Synthesis of Serotonin by a Second Tryptophan Hydroxylase Isoform

Diego J. Walther, Jens-Uwe Peter, Saleh Bashammakh, Heide Hörtnagl, Mechthild Voits, Heidrun Fink, and Michael Bader
Science 3 January 2003: 76.
Mice have a second system for synthesizing serotonin, an important neurotransmitter in the brain. Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Research Articles

Thermonuclear Supernovae: Simulations of the Deflagration Stage and Their Implications

Vadim N. Gamezo, Alexei M. Khokhlov, Elaine S. Oran, Almadena Y. Chtchelkanova, and Robert O. Rosenberg
Science 3 January 2003: 77-81.
Published online 21 November 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1078129] (in Science Express Research Articles)
Modeling of a supernova explosion shows that a turbulent flame ignites the detonation at the center of white dwarf stars. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Neuronal Activity in the Lateral Intraparietal Area and Spatial Attention

James W. Bisley and Michael E. Goldberg
Science 3 January 2003: 81-86.
Activity in an ensemble of neurons in one area of the monkey's cortex predicts where the animal will focus its attention. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Reports

Dependence of Upper Critical Field and Pairing Strength on Doping in Cuprates

Yayu Wang, S. Ono, Y. Onose, G. Gu, Yoichi Ando, Y. Tokura, S. Uchida, and N. P. Ong
Science 3 January 2003: 86-89.
The behavior of superconductors in high magnetic fields helps explain the phase diagram of high-temperature superconductors. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Three-Dimensional Mapping of Dislocation Avalanches: Clustering and Space/Time Coupling

Jérôme Weiss and David Marsan
Science 3 January 2003: 89-92.
The pattern of cracks appearing in ice crystals under pressure yields insights about plastic flow, relevant to metal fatigue and earthquakes. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Phengite-Based Chronology of K- and Ba-Rich Fluid Flow in Two Paleosubduction Zones

E. J. Catlos and S. S. Sorensen
Science 3 January 2003: 92-95.
Past fluid-rock interactions in subduction zones have occurred over tens of millions of years, correlated with major tectonic events. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Isolation and Structure of Higher Diamondoids, Nanometer-Sized Diamond Molecules

J. E. Dahl, S. G. Liu, and R. M. K. Carlson
Science 3 January 2003: 96-99.
Published online 29 November 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1078239] (in Science Express Reports)
Higher diamondoids-potentially useful hydrocarbons whose carbon backbones are diamond cages-have been isolated from petroleum and crystallized. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Holocene Deglaciation of Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica

John O. Stone, Gregory A. Balco, David E. Sugden, Marc W. Caffee, Louis C. Sass, III, Seth G. Cowdery, and Christine Siddoway
Science 3 January 2003: 99-102.
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet has been thinning throughout the Holocene, lagging Northern Hemisphere deglaciation. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Orangutan Cultures and the Evolution of Material Culture

Carel P. van Schaik, Marc Ancrenaz, Gwendolyn Borgen, Birute Galdikas, Cheryl D. Knott, Ian Singleton, Akira Suzuki, Sri Suci Utami, and Michelle Merrill
Science 3 January 2003: 102-105.
Despite being largely solitary, orangutans, like chimpanzees, show distinct regional cultures in tool use and other habits. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Single-Gene Greenbeard Effects in the Social Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum

David C. Queller, Eleonora Ponte, Salvatore Bozzaro, and Joan E. Strassmann
Science 3 January 2003: 105-106.
Cooperation among aggregating cells of slime molds is promoted by a newly discovered gene and its protein product. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Genetic Evidence for Local Retention of Pelagic Larvae in a Caribbean Reef Fish

Michael S. Taylor and Michael E. Hellberg
Science 3 January 2003: 107-109.
Behavioral traits ensure that nearby populations of reef fish can remain isolated for thousands of generations, despite wide dispersion of their larvae. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Long-Distance Signaling in Nodulation Directed by a CLAVATA1-Like Receptor Kinase

Iain R. Searle, Artem E. Men, Titeki S. Laniya, Diana M. Buzas, Inaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Bernard J. Carroll, and Peter M. Gresshoff
Science 3 January 2003: 109-112.
Published online 31 October 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1077937] (in Science Express Reports)
The gene and signaling mechanism linking shoot growth and the proliferation of nitrogen-fixing nodules in soybean roots are identified. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Modulation of ATP-Dependent Chromatin-Remodeling Complexes by Inositol Polyphosphates

Xuetong Shen, Hua Xiao, Ryan Ranallo, Wei-Hua Wu, and Carl Wu
Science 3 January 2003: 112-114.
Published online 14 November 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1078068] (in Science Express Reports)
Small lipid molecules reorganize the proteins that surround genes, thus allowing regulation. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Regulation of Chromatin Remodeling by Inositol Polyphosphates

David J. Steger, Elizabeth S. Haswell, Aimee L. Miller, Susan R. Wente, and Erin K. O'Shea
Science 3 January 2003: 114-116.
Published online 14 November 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1078062] (in Science Express Reports)
Small lipid molecules reorganize the proteins that surround genes, thus allowing regulation. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Pregnancy-Stimulated Neurogenesis in the Adult Female Forebrain Mediated by Prolactin

Tetsuro Shingo, Christopher Gregg, Emeka Enwere, Hirokazu Fujikawa, Rozina Hassam, Colleen Geary, James C. Cross, and Samuel Weiss
Science 3 January 2003: 117-120.
Mice release the hormone prolactin during pregnancy, inducing the growth of new forebrain olfactory neurons that may influence social behavior and memory. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Fluids from Aging Ocean Crust That Support Microbial Life

James P. Cowen, Stephen J. Giovannoni, Fabien Kenig, H. Paul Johnson, David Butterfield, Michael S. Rappé, Michael Hutnak, and Phyllis Lam
Science 3 January 2003: 120-123.
Ancient ocean crust fluids support a diverse subsurface ecosystem distinct from that found at black smokers and in overlying sediment. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|