UNITED STATES: Chemical Connections

Robin Arnette
Science 19 May 2006: 1067-1068.
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EUROPE: On the Road to Recovery?

Elisabeth Pain
Science 19 May 2006: 1068-1069.
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Disciplines and Jobs

Elisabeth Pain
Science 19 May 2006: 1069.
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This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Science as Smoke Screen

Stephen C. Trombulak, David S. Wilcove, and Timothy D. Male
Science 19 May 2006: 973.
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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

KOREAN CLONING SCANDAL: Prosecutors Allege Elaborate Deception and Missing Funds

D. Yvette Wohn and Dennis Normile
Science 19 May 2006: 980-981.
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U.S. MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: Well-Balanced Panel to Tackle Algebra Reform

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 19 May 2006: 982.
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U.S. PATENT POLICY: PTO Wants to Tap Experts to Help Patent Examiners

Eli Kintisch
Science 19 May 2006: 982.
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PALEOANTHROPOLOGY: How the Hobbit Shrugged: Tiny Hominid's Story Takes New Turn

Elizabeth Culotta
Science 19 May 2006: 983-984.
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PALEOANTHROPOLOGY: But Is It Pathological?

Elizabeth Culotta
Science 19 May 2006: 983.
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GENETIC TESTING: U.K. Embryos May Be Screened for Cancer Risk

Laura Blackburn
Science 19 May 2006: 984.
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HUMAN EVOLUTION: Genomes Throw Kinks in Timing of Chimp-Human Split

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 19 May 2006: 985-986.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE: RU-486-Linked Deaths Open Debate About Risky Bacteria

Jennifer Couzin
Science 19 May 2006: 986.
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SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT: Invention of China's Homegrown DSP Chip Dismissed as a Hoax

Hao Xin
Science 19 May 2006: 987.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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Newsmakers

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News Focus

EDUCATION: Finding Common Ground in the U.S. Math Wars

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 19 May 2006: 988-990.
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ASTRONOMY: After a Tough Year, ALMA's Star Begins to Rise at Last

Daniel Clery
Science 19 May 2006: 990-991.
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ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: Waiting for ITER, Fusion Jocks Look EAST

Dennis Normile
Science 19 May 2006: 992-993.
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ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: Asian Fusion

Dennis Normile
Science 19 May 2006: 993.
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SCIENTIFIC OPENNESS: Should Academics Self-Censor Their Findings on Terrorism?

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
Science 19 May 2006: 993-994.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

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 Translation Research and Drug Development

John Erickson
Science 19 May 2006: 997.
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 Extinct or Possibly Extinct?

David L. Roberts
Science 19 May 2006: 997-998.
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 Incorporating Evolution into Medical Education

Joseph D. McInerney
Science 19 May 2006: 998.
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 Benzene Exposure and Hematotoxicity

Steven H. Lamm, Hans W. Grünwald;, Qing Lan, Roel Vermeulen, Luoping Zhang, Guilan Li, Philip S. Rosenberg, Blanche P. Alter, Min Shen, Stephen M. Rappaport, Rona S. Weinberg, Stephen Chanock, Suramya Waidyanatha, Charles Rabkin, Richard B. Hayes, Martha Linet, Sungkyoon Kim, Songnian Yin, Nathaniel Rothman, and Martyn T. Smith
Science 19 May 2006: 998-999.
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 Corrections and Clarifications

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Books et al.

RISK ASSESSMENT: Predicting Asbestos's Fallout

Jonathan M. Samet
Science 19 May 2006: 1000-1001.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Weather Effects

Andrew Goudie
Science 19 May 2006: 1001.
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Books Received

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Policy Forum

ENVIRONMENT: Investments Toward Sustainable Development

Jeffrey D. Sachs and Walter V. Reid
Science 19 May 2006: 1002.
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Perspectives

MATERIALS SCIENCE: Making High-Flux Membranes with Carbon Nanotubes

David S. Sholl and J. Karl Johnson
Science 19 May 2006: 1003-1004.
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CHEMISTRY: Mode-Selective Control of Surface Reactions

John C. Tully
Science 19 May 2006: 1004-1005.
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APPLIED PHYSICS: Assembly and Probing of Spin Chains of Finite Size

Harald Brune
Science 19 May 2006: 1005-1006.
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BEHAVIOR: Enhanced: Foresight and Evolution of the Human Mind

Thomas Suddendorf
Science 19 May 2006: 1006-1007.
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NEUROSCIENCE: Gatekeeper at the Synapse

Harold L. Atwood
Science 19 May 2006: 1008-1009.
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CHEMISTRY: Dangerously Seeking Linear Carbon

Ray H. Baughman
Science 19 May 2006: 1009-1110.
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Review

Genomics and the Irreducible Nature of Eukaryote Cells

C. G. Kurland, L. J. Collins, and D. Penny
Science 19 May 2006: 1011-1014.
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Brevia

Dispersal Limitations Matter for Microbial Morphospecies

Richard J. Telford, Vigdis Vandvik, and H. J. B. Birks
Science 19 May 2006: 1015.
Similar to those of larger organisms, diatom communities in freshwater lakes across North America and Europe show regionally restricted patterns, depending in part on lake chemistry. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Research Article

Drilling to Gabbro in Intact Ocean Crust

Douglas S. Wilson, Damon A. H. Teagle, Jeffrey C. Alt, Neil R. Banerjee, Susumu Umino, Sumio Miyashita, Gary D. Acton, Ryo Anma, Samantha R. Barr, Akram Belghoul, Julie Carlut, David M. Christie, Rosalind M. Coggon, Kari M. Cooper, Carole Cordier, Laura Crispini, Sedelia Rodriguez Durand, Florence Einaudi, Laura Galli, Yongjun Gao, Jörg Geldmacher, Lisa A. Gilbert, Nicholas W. Hayman, Emilio Herrero-Bervera, Nobuo Hirano, Sara Holter, Stephanie Ingle, Shijun Jiang, Ulrich Kalberkamp, Marcie Kerneklian, Jürgen Koepke, Christine Laverne, Haroldo L. Lledo Vasquez, John Maclennan, Sally Morgan, Natsuki Neo, Holly J. Nichols, Sung-Hyun Park, Marc K. Reichow, Tetsuya Sakuyama, Takashi Sano, Rachel Sandwell, Birgit Scheibner, Chris E. Smith-Duque, Stephen A. Swift, Paola Tartarotti, Anahita A. Tikku, Masako Tominaga, Eugenio A. Veloso, Toru Yamasaki, Shusaku Yamazaki, and Christa Ziegler
Science 19 May 2006: 1016-1020.
Published online 20 April 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1126090] (in Science Express Research Articles)
A drill core of ocean crust into an underlying solidified magma chamber shows that seismic layers correlate with changes in porosity, not rock type as had been thought. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Reports

Spin Coupling in Engineered Atomic Structures

Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin, Christopher P. Lutz, and Andreas J. Heinrich
Science 19 May 2006: 1021-1024.
Published online 30 March 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1125398] (in Science Express Reports)
The spin interactions of chains of manganese atoms assembled on a thin insulating surface were measured and can be interpreted in terms of an open spin chain model. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Desorption of H from Si(111) by Resonant Excitation of the Si-H Vibrational Stretch Mode

Zhiheng Liu, L. C. Feldman, N. H. Tolk, Zhenyu Zhang, and P. I. Cohen
Science 19 May 2006: 1024-1026.
A laser tuned to a particular stretching frequency can desorb just hydrogen from a surface containing both hydrogen and deuterium, demonstrating selective scission of bonds Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Oligonucleotide-Modified Gold Nanoparticles for Intracellular Gene Regulation

Nathaniel L. Rosi, David A. Giljohann, C. Shad Thaxton, Abigail K. R. Lytton-Jean, Min Su Han, and Chad A. Mirkin
Science 19 May 2006: 1027-1030.
Tight packing of DNA on gold nanoparticles increases its resistance to enzymatic degradation, allowing a higher uptake of DNA. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Preparation of Poly(diiododiacetylene), an Ordered Conjugated Polymer of Carbon and Iodine

Aiwu Sun, Joseph W. Lauher, and Nancy S. Goroff
Science 19 May 2006: 1030-1034.
A polymer consisting of a nearly unadorned linear carbon chain, a long-elusive form of conjugated carbon, can be prepared using nitriles in a co-crystal to orient the monomer. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Fast Mass Transport Through Sub-2-Nanometer Carbon Nanotubes

Jason K. Holt, Hyung Gyu Park, Yinmin Wang, Michael Stadermann, Alexander B. Artyukhin, Costas P. Grigoropoulos, Aleksandr Noy, and Olgica Bakajin
Science 19 May 2006: 1034-1037.
Carbon nanotubes make excellent pores in membranes because their smooth inner surfaces enhance the flow rate. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Apes Save Tools for Future Use

Nicholas J. Mulcahy and Josep Call
Science 19 May 2006: 1038-1040.
Bonobos and orangutans can sequester tools for obtaining food in a lab experiment up to 14 hours later, suggesting that they have the ability to plan for the future. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

CO/FT Regulatory Module Controls Timing of Flowering and Seasonal Growth Cessation in Trees

Henrik Böhlenius, Tao Huang, Laurence Charbonnel-Campaa, Amy M. Brunner, Stefan Jansson, Steven H. Strauss, and Ove Nilsson
Science 19 May 2006: 1040-1043.
Published online 4 May 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1126038] (in Science Express Reports)
Poplar, a perennial tree, contains genes controlling flowering and the onset of dormancy that are homologs of flowering time genes in Arabidopsis. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Emergent Properties of Reduced-Genome Escherichia coli

György Pósfai, Guy Plunkett, III, Tamás Fehér, David Frisch, Günther M. Keil, Kinga Umenhoffer, Vitaliy Kolisnychenko, Buffy Stahl, Shamik S. Sharma, Monika de Arruda, Valerie Burland, Sarah W. Harcum, and Frederick R. Blattner
Science 19 May 2006: 1044-1046.
Published online 27 April 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1126439] (in Science Express Reports)
Targeted deletion of up to 15 percent of the genome of a common bacterium yielded new and improved strains, including ones that could take up foreign DNA more efficiently. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Agent-Specific Responses in the Cingulate Cortex During Economic Exchanges

Damon Tomlin, M. Amin Kayali, Brooks King-Casas, Cedric Anen, Colin F. Camerer, Steven R. Quartz, and P. Read Montague
Science 19 May 2006: 1047-1050.
The abstract ideas of self and other seem to be represented in two distinct regions of the human cingulate cortex. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Bruchpilot Promotes Active Zone Assembly, Ca²⁺ Channel Clustering, and Vesicle Release

Robert J. Kittel, Carolin Wichmann, Tobias M. Rasse, Wernher Fouquet, Manuela Schmidt, Andreas Schmid, Dhananjay A. Wagh, Christian Pawlu, Robert R. Kellner, Katrin I. Willig, Stefan W. Hell, Erich Buchner, Manfred Heckmann, and Stephan J. Sigrist
Science 19 May 2006: 1051-1054.
Published online 13 April 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1126308] (in Science Express Reports)
A protein necessary for organization of the vesicle release site in neuronal synapses also influences calcium channel localization and interaction with vesicles. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

A Systems Approach to Mapping DNA Damage Response Pathways

Christopher T. Workman, H. Craig Mak, Scott McCuine, Jean-Bosco Tagne, Maya Agarwal, Owen Ozier, Thomas J. Begley, Leona D. Samson, and Trey Ideker
Science 19 May 2006: 1054-1059.
Analysis of transcription factors activated by DNA damage, their binding sites, and the effects of their deletion reveals the regulatory network for the repair response. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Lamin A-Dependent Nuclear Defects in Human Aging

Paola Scaffidi and Tom Misteli
Science 19 May 2006: 1059-1063.
Published online 27 April 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1127168] (in Science Express Reports)
Sporadic defects in the lamin A protein, which helps form the architecture of the nucleus, have been implicated in a premature aging disease and are also responsible for normal aging. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Biogeographic Evolution of Madagascar's Microendemic Biota

Lucienne Wilmé, Steven M. Goodman, and Jörg U. Ganzhorn
Science 19 May 2006: 1063-1065.
The unusually high number of endemic species on Madagascar can be explained by fluctuating past climates and numerous geographic barriers to dispersal. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Technical Comments

Comment on "The Brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis"

R. D. Martin, A. M. MacLarnon, J. L. Phillips, L. Dussubieux, P. R. Williams, and W. B. Dobyns
Science 19 May 2006: 999.
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Response to Comment on "The Brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis"

Dean Falk, Charles Hildebolt, Kirk Smith, M. J. Morwood, Thomas Sutikna, Jatmiko, E. Wayhu Saptomo, Barry Brunsden, and Fred Prior
Science 19 May 2006: 999.
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