Hayabusa at Asteroid Itokawa

The Falcon Has Landed

Joanne Baker
Science 2 June 2006: 1327.
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Perspective

Adventures in Near-Earth Object Exploration

Erik Asphaug
Science 2 June 2006: 1328-1329.
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Reports

The Rubble-Pile Asteroid Itokawa as Observed by Hayabusa

A. Fujiwara, J. Kawaguchi, D. K. Yeomans, M. Abe, T. Mukai, T. Okada, J. Saito, H. Yano, M. Yoshikawa, D. J. Scheeres, O. Barnouin-Jha, A. F. Cheng, H. Demura, R. W. Gaskell, N. Hirata, H. Ikeda, T. Kominato, H. Miyamoto, A. M. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, S. Sasaki, and K. Uesugi
Science 2 June 2006: 1330-1334.
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Near-Infrared Spectral Results of Asteroid Itokawa from the Hayabusa Spacecraft

M. Abe, Y. Takagi, K. Kitazato, S. Abe, T. Hiroi, F. Vilas, B. E. Clark, P. A. Abell, S. M. Lederer, K. S. Jarvis, T. Nimura, Y. Ueda, and A. Fujiwara
Science 2 June 2006: 1334-1338.
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X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry of Asteroid Itokawa by Hayabusa

Tatsuaki Okada, Kei Shirai, Yukio Yamamoto, Takehiko Arai, Kazunori Ogawa, Kozue Hosono, and Manabu Kato
Science 2 June 2006: 1338-1341.
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Detailed Images of Asteroid 25143 Itokawa from Hayabusa

J. Saito, H. Miyamoto, R. Nakamura, M. Ishiguro, T. Michikami, A. M. Nakamura, H. Demura, S. Sasaki, N. Hirata, C. Honda, A. Yamamoto, Y. Yokota, T. Fuse, F. Yoshida, D. J. Tholen, R. W. Gaskell, T. Hashimoto, T. Kubota, Y. Higuchi, T. Nakamura, P. Smith, K. Hiraoka, T. Honda, S. Kobayashi, M. Furuya, N. Matsumoto, E. Nemoto, A. Yukishita, K. Kitazato, B. Dermawan, A. Sogame, J. Terazono, C. Shinohara, and H. Akiyama
Science 2 June 2006: 1341-1344.
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Mass and Local Topography Measurements of Itokawa by Hayabusa

Shinsuke Abe, Tadashi Mukai, Naru Hirata, Olivier S. Barnouin-Jha, Andrew F. Cheng, Hirohide Demura, Robert W. Gaskell, Tatsuaki Hashimoto, Kensuke Hiraoka, Takayuki Honda, Takashi Kubota, Masatoshi Matsuoka, Takahide Mizuno, Ryosuke Nakamura, Daniel J. Scheeres, and Makoto Yoshikawa
Science 2 June 2006: 1344-1347.
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Pole and Global Shape of 25143 Itokawa

Hirohide Demura, Shingo Kobayashi, Etsuko Nemoto, Naoya Matsumoto, Motohiro Furuya, Akira Yukishita, Noboru Muranaka, Hideo Morita, Ken Shirakawa, Makoto Maruya, Hiroshi Ohyama, Masashi Uo, Takashi Kubota, Tatsuaki Hashimoto, Jun'ichiro Kawaguchi, Akira Fujiwara, Jun Saito, Sho Sasaki, Hideaki Miyamoto, and Naru Hirata
Science 2 June 2006: 1347-1349.
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Touchdown of the Hayabusa Spacecraft at the Muses Sea on Itokawa

Hajime Yano, T. Kubota, H. Miyamoto, T. Okada, D. Scheeres, Y. Takagi, K. Yoshida, M. Abe, S. Abe, O. Barnouin-Jha, A. Fujiwara, S. Hasegawa, T. Hashimoto, M. Ishiguro, M. Kato, J. Kawaguchi, T. Mukai, J. Saito, S. Sasaki, and M. Yoshikawa
Science 2 June 2006: 1350-1353.
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This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
The Billion-Ton Biofuels Vision

Chris Somerville
Science 2 June 2006: 1277.
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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

ACADEMIC CONDUCT: University Bids to Salvage Reputation After Flap Over Logging Paper

Erik Stokstad
Science 2 June 2006: 1288.
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BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: Bristol-Myers Ends No-Strings Grants

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 2 June 2006: 1289.
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ACADEMIC POLITICS: Over Protests, U.K. Union Endorses Boycott of Israeli Academics

Eliot Marshall
Science 2 June 2006: 1289.
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HIGHER EDUCATION: India Opens Universities to More Underprivileged Students

Pallava Bagla
Science 2 June 2006: 1291.
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ARCHAEOLOGY: Ancient Figs Push Back Origin of Plant Cultivation

Ann Gibbons
Science 2 June 2006: 1292.
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TEACHING EVOLUTION: Court Revives Georgia Sticker Case

Constance Holden
Science 2 June 2006: 1292.
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PALEOANTHROPOLOGY: Tools Link Indonesian 'Hobbits' to Earlier Homo Ancestor

Elizabeth Culotta
Science 2 June 2006: 1293.
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RESEARCH FACILITIES: Spain Aims to Lure Systems Biologists to a Place in the Sun

Xavier Bosch and Gretchen Vogel
Science 2 June 2006: 1295.
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U.S. IMMIGRATION REFORM: Senate Bill Would Boost High-Tech Workforce

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
Science 2 June 2006: 1295.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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Newsmakers

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News Focus

CLIMATE RESEARCH: Stormy Skies for Polar Satellite Program

Eli Kintisch
Science 2 June 2006: 1296-1297.
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STEM CELL RESEARCH: South Korea Picks Up the Pieces

Dennis Normile
Science 2 June 2006: 1298-1299.
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ASTRONOMY: A Surprising Stellar Nursery

Robert Irion
Science 2 June 2006: 1301.
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HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS: Aging Atom Smasher Runs All Out in Race for Most Coveted Particle

Adrian Cho
Science 2 June 2006: 1302-1303.
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: Genes Commute to Factories Before They Start Work

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 2 June 2006: 1304.
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HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS: Neutrino Hunters Plan a Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Daniel Clery
Science 2 June 2006: 1305.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

Science 2 June 2006: 1309.
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 New Scientific Society in Nicaragua

Jorge A. Huete-Pérez
Science 2 June 2006: 1309.
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 Examining Knowledge of Geometry

Karl Wulff;, Roberta M. Delson;, Stanislas Dehaene, Véronique Izard, Pierre Pica, and Elizabeth Spelke
Science 2 June 2006: 1309-1310.
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 Ecological Revitalization of Chinese Villages

Erle C. Ellis
Science 2 June 2006: 1310.
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 Stereotype Threat: A Clarification

Lawrence J. Stricker; and Debra Lewis
Science 2 June 2006: 1310-1312.
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 Corrections and Clarifications

Science 2 June 2006: 1312.
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Books et al.

ANTHROPOLOGY: Picturing the Pre-Columbian Americas

Dean R. Snow
Science 2 June 2006: 1313.
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NEUROSCIENCE: A Mostly Sure-Footed Account of the Hand

Charles G. Gross and Asif A. Ghazanfar
Science 2 June 2006: 1314.
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Books Received

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Policy Forum

HUMAN GENETICS: Finding Criminals Through DNA of Their Relatives

Frederick R. Bieber, Charles H. Brenner, and David Lazer
Science 2 June 2006: 1315-1316.
Published online 11 May 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1122655] (in Science Express Policy Forum)
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Perspectives

DEVELOPMENT BIOLOGY: Linking Nutrition and Tissue Growth

Pierre Léopold and Sophie Layalle
Science 2 June 2006: 1317-1318.
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PLANT SCIENCE: Unfallen Grains: How Ancient Farmers Turned Weeds into Crops

John Doebley
Science 2 June 2006: 1318-1319.
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PLANETARY SCIENCE: Exploring Other Worlds to Learn More About Our Own

Ingo C. F. Müller-Wodarg
Science 2 June 2006: 1319-1320.
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BEHAVIOR: Align in the Sand

Daniel Grünbaum
Science 2 June 2006: 1320-1322.
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CHEMISTRY: Enhanced: Toward Efficient Hydrogen Production at Surfaces

Jens K. Norskov and Claus H. Christensen
Science 2 June 2006: 1322-1323.
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ATMOSPHERE: Aerosols, Clouds, and Climate

Daniel Rosenfeld
Science 2 June 2006: 1323-1324.
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Brevia

Direct Determination of Local Lattice Polarity in Crystals

K. A. Mkhoyan, P. E. Batson, J. Cha, W. J. Schaff, and J. Silcox
Science 2 June 2006: 1354.
A scanning transmission electron microscope reveals atomic-level columns of nitrogen and their polarity in an aluminum nitride with sub-angstrom resolution. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Research Article

Metagenomic Analysis of the Human Distal Gut Microbiome

Steven R. Gill, Mihai Pop, Robert T. DeBoy, Paul B. Eckburg, Peter J. Turnbaugh, Buck S. Samuel, Jeffrey I. Gordon, David A. Relman, Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, and Karen E. Nelson
Science 2 June 2006: 1355-1359.
Sequencing the trillions of microbes in the human colon identifies genes involved in the digestion of plant carbohydrates, the fermentation of fiber, and vitamin synthesis. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Reports

Conductance Quantization at a Half-Integer Plateau in a Symmetric GaAs Quantum Wire

R. Crook, J. Prance, K. J. Thomas, S. J. Chorley, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie, M. Pepper, and C. G. Smith
Science 2 June 2006: 1359-1362.
Electron spins in a thin gallium-arsenide wire spontaneously organize in the absence of a magnetic field, producing a new ferromagnetic phase useful in spintronics. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Atomic-Scale Coupling of Photons to Single-Molecule Junctions

S. W. Wu, N. Ogawa, and W. Ho
Science 2 June 2006: 1362-1365.
Published online 20 April 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1124881] (in Science Express Reports)
The tip of a scanning tunneling microscope can be used to transfer excited electrons to a molecule, allowing the excited and charged states to be mapped in detail. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Solar Rotation Effects on the Thermospheres of Mars and Earth

Jeffrey M. Forbes, Sean Bruinsma, and Frank G. Lemoine
Science 2 June 2006: 1366-1368.
Simultaneous satellite measurements of the atmospheric density of Mars and Earth during variable heating by the Sun constrain how carbon dioxide cools upper atmospheric layers. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Neodymium Isotope Evidence for a Chondritic Composition of the Moon

K. Rankenburg, A. D. Brandon, and C. R. Neal
Science 2 June 2006: 1369-1372.
The neodymium isotope composition of the Moon resembles that of early meteorites and not Earth’s crust, supporting the early differentiation of Earth’s mantle. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Early Domesticated Fig in the Jordan Valley

Mordechai E. Kislev, Anat Hartmann, and Ofer Bar-Yosef
Science 2 June 2006: 1372-1374.
Many of the figs found in 11,300-year-old Neolithic sites in the Jordan Valley are unfertilized fruit of planted trees and may represent the first domesticated crop. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Size Matters More Than Chemistry for Cloud-Nucleating Ability of Aerosol Particles

U. Dusek, G. P. Frank, L. Hildebrandt, J. Curtius, J. Schneider, S. Walter, D. Chand, F. Drewnick, S. Hings, D. Jung, S. Borrmann, and M. O. Andreae
Science 2 June 2006: 1375-1378.
Size matters more than chemistry in controlling which aerosol particles can nucleate water droplets in clouds, potentially simplifying the treatment of aerosols in climate models. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

A New Genus of African Monkey, Rungwecebus: Morphology, Ecology, and Molecular Phylogenetics

Tim R. B. Davenport, William T. Stanley, Eric J. Sargis, Daniela W. De Luca, Noah E. Mpunga, Sophy J. Machaga, and Link E. Olson
Science 2 June 2006: 1378-1381.
Published online 11 May 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1125631] (in Science Express Reports)
Molecular phylogenetics and morphology indicate that a recently described monkey defines a new extant African primate genus. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Checkpoint Proteins Control Survival of the Postmitotic Cells in Caenorhabditis elegans

Anders Olsen, Maithili C. Vantipalli, and Gordon J. Lithgow
Science 2 June 2006: 1381-1385.
In C. elegans, a cell cycle protein unexpectedly functions in postmitotic tissues, where it regulates cell survival and stress-related life span. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Juvenile Hormone Is Required to Couple Imaginal Disc Formation with Nutrition in Insects

J. W. Truman, K. Hiruma, J. P. Allee, S. G. B. MacWhinnie, D. T. Champlin, and L. M. Riddiford
Science 2 June 2006: 1385-1388.
A hormone permits cells in developing insect larvae to divide when nutrients are available; later its reduction triggers the cells’ differentiation into adult phenotypes. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Onset and Progression in Inherited ALS Determined by Motor Neurons and Microglia

Séverine Boillée, Koji Yamanaka, Christian S. Lobsiger, Neal G. Copeland, Nancy A. Jenkins, George Kassiotis, George Kollias, and Don W. Cleveland
Science 2 June 2006: 1389-1392.
A gene mutation in mouse motor neurons triggers degeneration typical of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and, when present in surrounding cells, exacerbates disease progression. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

An SNP Caused Loss of Seed Shattering During Rice Domestication

Saeko Konishi, Takeshi Izawa, Shao Yang Lin, Kaworu Ebana, Yoshimichi Fukuta, Takuji Sasaki, and Masahiro Yano
Science 2 June 2006: 1392-1396.
Published online 13 April 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1126410] (in Science Express Reports)
A gene that controls the retention of rice grains on the plant after ripening is from a transcription factor of a different class from that of another recently identified gene for this trait. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Outer Membrane Active Transport: Structure of the BtuB:TonB Complex

David D. Shultis, Michael D. Purdy, Christian N. Banchs, and Michael C. Wiener
Science 2 June 2006: 1396-1399.
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Structure of TonB in Complex with FhuA, E. coli Outer Membrane Receptor

Peter D. Pawelek, Nathalie Croteau, Christopher Ng-Thow-Hing, Cezar M. Khursigara, Natalia Moiseeva, Marc Allaire, and James W. Coulton
Science 2 June 2006: 1399-1402.
Vitamins and iron are transported into bacteria through a pore in the outer membrane, assisted by a protein that induces a strand to form in the plug of the pore. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

From Disorder to Order in Marching Locusts

J. Buhl, D. J. T. Sumpter, I. D. Couzin, J. J. Hale, E. Despland, E. R. Miller, and S. J. Simpson
Science 2 June 2006: 1402-1406.
As predicted by statistical models, swarms of locusts undergo rapid transitions from disordered to ordered collective motion as their density increases. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Technical Comments

Comment on "HST2 Mediates SIR2-Independent Life-Span Extension by Calorie Restriction"

Matt Kaeberlein, Kristan K. Steffen, Di Hu, Nick Dang, Emily O. Kerr, Mitsuhiro Tsuchiya, Stanley Fields, and Brian K. Kennedy
Science 2 June 2006: 1312.
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Response to Comment on "HST2 Mediates SIR2-Independent Life-Span Extension by Calorie Restriction"

Dudley W. Lamming, Magda Latorre-Esteves, Oliver Medvedik, Stacy N. Wong, Felicia A. Tsang, Chen Wang, Su-Ju Lin, and David A. Sinclair
Science 2 June 2006: 1312.
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