Disks in Space

Everywhere You Turn

Linda Rowan, Daniel Clery, and Robert Coontz
Science 7 January 2005: 63.
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News

As the Galaxies Turn

Robert Irion
Science 7 January 2005: 64-65.
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Disks of Destruction

Robert Irion
Science 7 January 2005: 66-67.
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Viewpoint

From Stars to Dust: Looking into a Circumstellar Disk Through Chondritic Meteorites

Harold C. Connolly, Jr.
Science 7 January 2005: 75-76.
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Reviews

Disks Around Stars and the Growth of Planetary Systems

Jane S. Greaves
Science 7 January 2005: 68-71.
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The Kuiper Belt and the Solar System's Comet Disk

Brett Gladman
Science 7 January 2005: 71-75.
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Black Hole Accretion

Ramesh Narayan and Eliot Quataert
Science 7 January 2005: 77-80.
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This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
A New Year and Anniversary

Donald Kennedy
Science 7 January 2005: 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

_{INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI:}
In Wake of Disaster, Scientists Seek Out Clues to Prevention

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
Science 7 January 2005: 22-23.
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VIROLOGY:
Chemokine Gene Number Tied to HIV Susceptibility, But With a Twist

Jon Cohen
Science 7 January 2005: 23-24.
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JAPAN:
New Budget Accelerates Shift to Competitive Grants

Dennis Normile
Science 7 January 2005: 24.
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ANTHROPOLOGY:
Coral Ages Show Hawaiian Temples Sprang From Political Revolution

Erik Stokstad
Science 7 January 2005: 25.
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ASTROPHYSICS:
Gorging Black Hole Carves Out Gigantic Cavities of Gas

Robert Irion
Science 7 January 2005: 26.
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PHYSICS:
Cesium Collisions Help Create Colder Antihydrogen

Charles Seife
Science 7 January 2005: 26-27.
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AVIAN FLU:
Mild Illnesses Confound Researchers

Dennis Normile
Science 7 January 2005: 27.
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PLANETARY EXPLORATION:
Europe Draws Up Its Own Strategy for Visiting the Moon and Mars

Daniel Clery
Science 7 January 2005: 28.
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SYSTEMATICS:
Philadelphia Institution Forced to Cut Curators

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 7 January 2005: 28.
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UNIVERSITY ASSESSMENT:
Funding Woes Delay Survey of U.S. Graduate Programs

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 7 January 2005: 29.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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News Focus

GENETICS:
A Genomic View of Animal Behavior

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 7 January 2005: 30-32.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES:
Source of New Hope Against Malaria is in Short Supply

Martin Enserink
Science 7 January 2005: 33.
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ARCHAEOLOGY:
Oldest Civilization in the Americas Revealed

Charles C. Mann
Science 7 January 2005: 34-35.
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ETHICS:
Is Tobacco Research Turning Over a New Leaf?

David Grimm
Science 7 January 2005: 36-37.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

Science 7 January 2005: 41.
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 Ethics of Rationing the Flu Vaccine

Marc Lipsitch
Science 7 January 2005: 41.
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 Jellyfish Blooms in the Yangtze Estuary

Weiwei Xian, Bin Kang, and Ruiyu Liu
Science 7 January 2005: 41.
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 Does Aneuploidy or Mutation Start Cancer?

Peter Duesberg
Science 7 January 2005: 41.
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 Orphan Enzymes?

Olivier Lespinet and Bernard Labedan
Science 7 January 2005: 42.
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 Amyloidosis and Protein Folding

Bruce L. Kagan; and Christopher M. Dobson
Science 7 January 2005: 42-43.
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 CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

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Books et al.

HUMAN ECOLOGY:
Learning from the Past to Change Our Future

Tim Flannery
Science 7 January 2005: 45.
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ASTRONOMY:
A Field with a Life of Its Own

Jeffrey L. Bada
Science 7 January 2005: 46.
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 Books Received

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Essays on Science and Society

Also see the archival list of the Essays on Science and Society.

GLOBAL VOICES OF SCIENCE:
Protector of the Seeds: Seminal Reflections from Southern Africa

Patricia Berjak
Science 7 January 2005: 47-49.
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 125th Anniversary Series

Science 7 January 2005: 48.

Perspectives

GENOMICS:
Recycling the Y Chromosome

Jennifer A. Marshall Graves
Science 7 January 2005: 50-51.
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ASTRONOMY:
Enhanced: How Is the Solar Corona Heated?

Robert W. Walsh
Science 7 January 2005: 51-53.
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APPLIED PHYSICS:
The Material Is the Machine

Kaushik Bhattacharya and Richard D. James
Science 7 January 2005: 53-54.
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EVOLUTION:
Policing Insect Societies

Francis L. W. Ratnieks and Tom Wenseleers
Science 7 January 2005: 54-56.
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IMMUNOLOGY:
Decoding Calcium Signaling

Monte M. Winslow and Gerald R. Crabtree
Science 7 January 2005: 56-57.
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Review

Normalization of Tumor Vasculature: An Emerging Concept in Antiangiogenic Therapy

Rakesh K. Jain
Science 7 January 2005: 58-62.
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Brevia

Expanded Repeat in Canine Epilepsy

Hannes Lohi, Edwin J. Young, Susan N. Fitzmaurice, Clare Rusbridge, Elayne M. Chan, Mike Vervoort, Julie Turnbull, Xiao-Chu Zhao, Leonarda Ianzano, Andrew D. Paterson, Nathan B. Sutter, Elaine A. Ostrander, Catherine André, G. Diane Shelton, Cameron A. Ackerley, Stephen W. Scherer, and Berge A. Minassian
Science 7 January 2005: 81.
A seizure disorder common in such dogs as dachshunds and basset hounds is caused when a 12-nucleotide sequence is repeated in a gene involved in protein degradation. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Research Article

A Comprehensive Survey of the Plasmodium Life Cycle by Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Proteomic Analyses

Neil Hall, Marianna Karras, J. Dale Raine, Jane M. Carlton, Taco W. A. Kooij, Matthew Berriman, Laurence Florens, Christoph S. Janssen, Arnab Pain, Georges K. Christophides, Keith James, Kim Rutherford, Barbara Harris, David Harris, Carol Churcher, Michael A. Quail, Doug Ormond, Jon Doggett, Holly E. Trueman, Jacqui Mendoza, Shelby L. Bidwell, Marie-Adele Rajandream, Daniel J. Carucci, John R. Yates, III, Fotis C. Kafatos, Chris J. Janse, Bart Barrell, C. Michael R. Turner, Andrew P. Waters, and Robert E. Sinden
Science 7 January 2005: 82-86.
Analysis of the genomes, transcribed genes, and proteins of two malaria parasites reveals a common set of expressed genes, in addition to others that act in response to specific life-stage pressures. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Reports

Gigantic Photoresponse in -Filled-Band Organic Salt (EDO-TTF)₂PF₆

Matthieu Chollet, Laurent Guerin, Naoki Uchida, Souichi Fukaya, Hiroaki Shimoda, Tadahiko Ishikawa, Kazunari Matsuda, Takumi Hasegawa, Akira Ota, Hideki Yamochi, Gunzi Saito, Ryoko Tazaki, Shin-ichi Adachi, and Shin-ya Koshihara
Science 7 January 2005: 86-89.
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Atom Collision-Induced Resistivity of Carbon Nanotubes

Hugo E. Romero, Kim Bolton, Arne Rosén, and Peter C. Eklund
Science 7 January 2005: 89-93.
A beam of gas atoms can scatter conduction electrons and form dents in metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes, increasing their resistance. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Observation of Large Water-Cluster Anions with Surface-Bound Excess Electrons

J. R. R. Verlet, A. E. Bragg, A. Kammrath, O. Cheshnovsky, and D. M. Neumark
Science 7 January 2005: 93-96.
Published online 16 December 2004 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1106719] (in Science Express Reports)
Water contains two types of anionic clusters in which excess electrons are either bound to the surface of the cluster or reside throughout it. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Liquid Crystalline Networks Composed of Pentagonal, Square, and Triangular Cylinders

Bin Chen, Xiangbing Zeng, Ute Baumeister, Goran Ungar, and Carsten Tschierske
Science 7 January 2005: 96-99.
Liquid crystal molecules can be designed to self-organize and fill space completely as either pentagonal cylinders or as a combination of square and triangular cylinders. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Electron Tunneling Through Organic Molecules in Frozen Glasses

Oliver S. Wenger, Brian S. Leigh, Randy M. Villahermosa, Harry B. Gray, and Jay R. Winkler
Science 7 January 2005: 99-102.
Electrons tunnel through organic glasses and water much more slowly than through covalently linked alkane chains, helping to explain the range of rates seen in biological reactions. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Coral ²³⁰Th Dating of the Imposition of a Ritual Control Hierarchy in Precontact Hawaii

Patrick V. Kirch and Warren D. Sharp
Science 7 January 2005: 102-104.
Dates of coral offerings show that ancient Hawaiian temples were built in just 30 to 60 years, indicating that a centralized state arose from tribal chiefdoms in a surprisingly short time. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Genome Sequence of the PCE-Dechlorinating Bacterium Dehalococcoides ethenogenes

Rekha Seshadri, Lorenz Adrian, Derrick E. Fouts, Jonathan A. Eisen, Adam M. Phillippy, Barbara A. Methe, Naomi L. Ward, William C. Nelson, Robert T. Deboy, Hoda M. Khouri, James F. Kolonay, Robert J. Dodson, Sean C. Daugherty, Lauren M. Brinkac, Steven A. Sullivan, Ramana Madupu, Karen E. Nelson, Katherine H. Kang, Marjorie Impraim, Kevin Tran, Jeffrey M. Robinson, Heather A. Forberger, Claire M. Fraser, Stephen H. Zinder, and John F. Heidelberg
Science 7 January 2005: 105-108.
An anaerobic bacterium contains 19 reductive dehalogenases and five hydrogenases, consistent with its unusual ability to dechlorinate pollutants to form nontoxic ethenes. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Y Chromosome of D. pseudoobscura Is Not Homologous to the Ancestral Drosophila Y

Antonio Bernardo Carvalho and Andrew G. Clark
Science 7 January 2005: 108-110.
Published online 4 November 2004 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1101675] (in Science Express Reports)
The genes usually found on the Y chromosome are located elsewhere in one Drosophila species, suggesting that its original Y was dispersed to other chromosomes and the present Y evolved relatively recently. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Nutrient-Specific Foraging in Invertebrate Predators

David Mayntz, David Raubenheimer, Mor Salomon, Søren Toft, and Stephen J. Simpson
Science 7 January 2005: 111-113.
Predators like beetles and spiders correct nutritional deficiencies by selectively eating prey rich in lipids or proteins. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Disulfide Isomerization After Membrane Release of Its SAR Domain Activates P1 Lysozyme

Min Xu, Arockiasamy Arulandu, Douglas K. Struck, Stephanie Swanson, James C. Sacchettini, and Ry Young
Science 7 January 2005: 113-117.
A viral enzyme is activated when it is released from a cell membrane and undergoes internal isomerization, resulting in a conformational change that forms the catalytic site. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Requirement of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel ß₄ Subunit for T Lymphocyte Functions

Abdallah Badou, Srisaila Basavappa, Rooma Desai, You-Qing Peng, Didi Matza, Wajahat Z. Mehal, Leonard K. Kaczmarek, Emile L. Boulpaep, and Richard A. Flavell
Science 7 January 2005: 117-121.
When immune T cells respond to a foreign protein, a first step is calcium influx through the same voltage gated channel found in neurons and muscle. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

The Enigma of Prokaryotic Life in Deep Hypersaline Anoxic Basins

Paul W. J. J. van der Wielen, Henk Bolhuis, Sara Borin, Daniele Daffonchio, Cesare Corselli, Laura Giuliano, Giuseppe D'Auria, Gert J. de Lange, Andreas Huebner, Sotirios P. Varnavas, John Thomson, Christian Tamburini, Danielle Marty, Terry J. McGenity, Kenneth N. Timmis, and BioDeep Scientific Party
Science 7 January 2005: 121-123.
Active microbial communities adapted to high-salt environments thrive in the brines at the bottom of the Mediterranean, including one containing ~5 molar magnesium chloride. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Vesicle Endocytosis Requires Dynamin-Dependent GTP Hydrolysis at a Fast CNS Synapse

Takayuki Yamashita, Toshihide Hige, and Tomoyuki Takahashi
Science 7 January 2005: 124-127.
Recycling of synaptic vesicles depends upon hydrolysis of nucleotides by proteins within the presynaptic terminal. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Spindle Multipolarity Is Prevented by Centrosomal Clustering

Nicholas J. Quintyne, Janet E. Reing, Diane R. Hoffelder, Susanne M. Gollin, and William S. Saunders
Science 7 January 2005: 127-129.
During the division of cancer cells, extra organelles may cause the spindle to pull too many or too few chromosomes into the newly forming daughters. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

The Centromeric Protein Sgo1 Is Required to Sense Lack of Tension on Mitotic Chromosomes

Vahan B. Indjeian, Bodo M. Stern, and Andrew W. Murray
Science 7 January 2005: 130-133.
As half of the DNA is pulled into each daughter cell during division, a protein ensures that the DNA stays attached to the cytoskeleton fibers by monitoring their tension. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|