Hinode

Sunrise

Brooks Hanson and David Voss
Science 7 December 2007: 1571.
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Perspective

Are There Alfvén Waves in the Solar Atmosphere?

R. Erdélyi and V. Fedun
Science 7 December 2007: 1572-1574.
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Reports

Chromospheric Alfvénic Waves Strong Enough to Power the Solar Wind

B. De Pontieu, S. W. McIntosh, M. Carlsson, V. H. Hansteen, T. D. Tarbell, C. J. Schrijver, A. M. Title, R. A. Shine, S. Tsuneta, Y. Katsukawa, K. Ichimoto, Y. Suematsu, T. Shimizu, and S. Nagata
Science 7 December 2007: 1574-1577.
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Coronal Transverse Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in a Solar Prominence

T. J. Okamoto, S. Tsuneta, T. E. Berger, K. Ichimoto, Y. Katsukawa, B. W. Lites, S. Nagata, K. Shibata, T. Shimizu, R. A. Shine, Y. Suematsu, T. D. Tarbell, and A. M. Title
Science 7 December 2007: 1577-1580.
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Evidence for Alfvén Waves in Solar X-ray Jets

J. W. Cirtain, L. Golub, L. Lundquist, A. van Ballegooijen, A. Savcheva, M. Shimojo, E. DeLuca, S. Tsuneta, T. Sakao, K. Reeves, M. Weber, R. Kano, N. Narukage, and K. Shibasaki
Science 7 December 2007: 1580-1582.
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Fine Thermal Structure of a Coronal Active Region

Fabio Reale, Susanna Parenti, Kathy K. Reeves, Mark Weber, Monica G. Bobra, Marco Barbera, Ryouhei Kano, Noriyuki Narukage, Masumi Shimojo, Taro Sakao, Giovanni Peres, and Leon Golub
Science 7 December 2007: 1582-1585.
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Continuous Plasma Outflows from the Edge of a Solar Active Region as a Possible Source of Solar Wind

Taro Sakao, Ryouhei Kano, Noriyuki Narukage, Jun'ichi Kotoku, Takamasa Bando, Edward E. DeLuca, Loraine L. Lundquist, Saku Tsuneta, Louise K. Harra, Yukio Katsukawa, Masahito Kubo, Hirohisa Hara, Keiichi Matsuzaki, Masumi Shimojo, Jay A. Bookbinder, Leon Golub, Kelly E. Korreck, Yingna Su, Kiyoto Shibasaki, Toshifumi Shimizu, and Ichiro Nakatani
Science 7 December 2007: 1585-1588.
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Slipping Magnetic Reconnection in Coronal Loops

Guillaume Aulanier, Leon Golub, Edward E. DeLuca, Jonathan W. Cirtain, Ryouhei Kano, Loraine L. Lundquist, Noriyuki Narukage, Taro Sakao, and Mark A. Weber
Science 7 December 2007: 1588-1591.
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Chromospheric Anemone Jets as Evidence of Ubiquitous Reconnection

Kazunari Shibata, Tahei Nakamura, Takuma Matsumoto, Kenichi Otsuji, Takenori J. Okamoto, Naoto Nishizuka, Tomoko Kawate, Hiroko Watanabe, Shin'ichi Nagata, Satoru UeNo, Reizaburo Kitai, Satoshi Nozawa, Saku Tsuneta, Yoshinori Suematsu, Kiyoshi Ichimoto, Toshifumi Shimizu, Yukio Katsukawa, Theodore D. Tarbell, Thomas E. Berger, Bruce W. Lites, Richard A. Shine, and Alan M. Title
Science 7 December 2007: 1591-1594.
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Small-Scale Jetlike Features in Penumbral Chromospheres

Y. Katsukawa, T. E. Berger, K. Ichimoto, B. W. Lites, S. Nagata, T. Shimizu, R. A. Shine, Y. Suematsu, T. D. Tarbell, A. M. Title, and S. Tsuneta
Science 7 December 2007: 1594-1597.
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Twisting Motions of Sunspot Penumbral Filaments

K. Ichimoto, Y. Suematsu, S. Tsuneta, Y. Katsukawa, T. Shimizu, R. A. Shine, T. D. Tarbell, A. M. Title, B. W. Lites, M. Kubo, and S. Nagata
Science 7 December 2007: 1597-1599.
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This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
Science 7 December 2007: 1519.
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Editorial:
Chinese Science on the Move

Alan I. Leshner and Vaughan Turekian
Science 7 December 2007: 1523.
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Editors' Choice

Highlights of the recent literature.
Science 7 December 2007: 1525.
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Science Podcast

Science 7 December 2007: 1648.
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NEW PRODUCTS

Science 7 December 2007: 1648.
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News of the Week

MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: U.S. Expert Panel Sees Algebra As Key to Improvements in Math

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 7 December 2007: 1534-1535.
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CLINICAL TRIALS: Gene Transfer an Unlikely Contributor to Patient's Death

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 7 December 2007: 1535.
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ACADEMIC FREEDOM: Thai Science Agency Clamps Down on Sensitive Research

Richard Stone
Science 7 December 2007: 1537-1538.
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BIOTERRORISM: Panel Provides Peer Review of Intelligence Research

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
Science 7 December 2007: 1538.
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NEUROSCIENCE: Gene Variant May Influence How People Learn From Their Mistakes

Constance Holden
Science 7 December 2007: 1539.
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ScienceScope

Science 7 December 2007: 1537.
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Random Samples

Science 7 December 2007: 1531.
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Newsmakers

Science 7 December 2007: 1533.
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News Focus

ARCHAEOLOGY: The Vanishing Fremont

Keith Kloor
Science 7 December 2007: 1540-1543.
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MALARIA: Did They Really Say ... Eradication?

Leslie Roberts and Martin Enserink
Science 7 December 2007: 1544-1545.
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PALEONTOLOGY: Paleontologists Get X-ray Vision

Ann Gibbons
Science 7 December 2007: 1546-1547.
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PALEONTOLOGY: Dental Evidence Suggests Neandertals Matured Faster Than We Do

Ann Gibbons
Science 7 December 2007: 1547.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

Science 7 December 2007: 1549.
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 Virtual Worlds, Real Healing

Alessandra Gorini, Andrea Gaggioli, and Giuseppe Riva
Science 7 December 2007: 1549.
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 The Age-Old Question of Researcher Innovation

K. Brad Wray; and Jeremy M. Berg
Science 7 December 2007: 1549-1550.
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 Misreading Dr. Venter's Genome

Jon Beckwith and Corey Morris
Science 7 December 2007: 1550.
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 Corrections and Clarifications

Science 7 December 2007: 1550.
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Books et al.

FOR YOUNGER READERS: Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2007

Heather Malcomson, Sherman Suter, and Barbara Jasny
Science 7 December 2007: 1552-1554.
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BROWSINGS

Science 7 December 2007: 1555.
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Books Received

Science 7 December 2007: 1555.
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Essays on Science and Society

GE PRIZE-WINNING ESSAY: Why Old World Monkeys Are Resistant to HIV-1

Matthew Stremlau
Science 7 December 2007: 1565-1566.
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GE PRIZE-WINNING ESSAY: 2007 Grand Prize Winner

Science 7 December 2007: 1566.
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Policy Forum

ECOLOGY: China's Forestry Reforms

Guangyu Wang, John L. Innes, Jiafu Lei, Shuanyou Dai, and Sara W. Wu
Science 7 December 2007: 1556-1557.
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Perspectives

BIOCHEMISTRY: How Some Pili Pull

Todd O. Yeates and Robert T. Clubb
Science 7 December 2007: 1558-1559.
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PHYSICS: A Whiff of Chemistry in Heavy Electron Physics

Zachary Fisk
Science 7 December 2007: 1559-1560.
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ASTRONOMY: A Texture in the Sky?

Robert Brandenberger
Science 7 December 2007: 1560-1561.
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PLANT SCIENCE: The Power of the Pyramid

William J. Moar and Konasale J. Anilkumar
Science 7 December 2007: 1561-1562.
Published online 1 November 2007 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1151313] (in Science Express Perspectives)
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ECOLOGY: How Do Roots Interact?

Hans de Kroon
Science 7 December 2007: 1562-1563.
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RETROSPECTIVE: Arthur Kornberg (1918-2007)

Paul Berg and I. R. Lehman
Science 7 December 2007: 1564.
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Review

Optical Quantum Computing

Jeremy L. O'Brien
Science 7 December 2007: 1567-1570.
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Brevia

Economics of Overexploitation Revisited

R. Q. Grafton, T. Kompas, and R. W. Hilborn
Science 7 December 2007: 1601.
Profits from fisheries are maximized at population sizes larger than those that produce a sustainable yield, suggesting a way to counter industry opposition to lower harvests. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Research Articles

Saturn's Small Inner Satellites: Clues to Their Origins

C. C. Porco, P. C. Thomas, J. W. Weiss, and D. C. Richardson
Science 7 December 2007: 1602-1607.
Cassini data on the shape and density of Saturn’s small inner moons imply that they grew by accreting dust from the rings and are not simply collision fragments as previously believed. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  Authors' Summary »|  

Structure of a Site-2 Protease Family Intramembrane Metalloprotease

Liang Feng, Hanchi Yan, Zhuoru Wu, Nieng Yan, Zhe Wang, Philip D. Jeffrey, and Yigong Shi
Science 7 December 2007: 1608-1612.
Open and closed structures of an intramembrane protease reveal that it has six segments spanning the membrane and that its zinc active site is accessible only when it is open. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  Authors' Summary »|  

Reports

A Cosmic Microwave Background Feature Consistent with a Cosmic Texture

M. Cruz, N. Turok, P. Vielva, E. Martínez-González, and M. Hobson
Science 7 December 2007: 1612-1614.
Published online 25 October 2007 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1148694] (in Science Express Reports)
An unusual cold spot in the cosmic microwave background has properties expected of a cosmic texture, a predicted relic of the decoupling of photons and atoms just after the Big Bang. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Modeling the Localized-to-Itinerant Electronic Transition in the Heavy Fermion System CeIrIn₅

J. H. Shim, K. Haule, and G. Kotliar
Science 7 December 2007: 1615-1617.
Published online 1 November 2007 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1149064] (in Science Express Reports)
First-principles calculations successfully describe electronic transitions in a heavy fermion compound whose electrons behave as if they have a much heavier mass. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Designing Superoleophobic Surfaces

Anish Tuteja, Wonjae Choi, Minglin Ma, Joseph M. Mabry, Sarah A. Mazzella, Gregory C. Rutledge, Gareth H. McKinley, and Robert E. Cohen
Science 7 December 2007: 1618-1622.
A low-surface-energy material roughened to have hoodoo-like structures can repel even oily organic liquids such as decane and octane despite their extremely low surface tensions. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

The Equatorial Ridges of Pan and Atlas: Terminal Accretionary Ornaments?

Sébastien Charnoz, André Brahic, Peter C. Thomas, and Carolyn C. Porco
Science 7 December 2007: 1622-1624.
Simulations imply that the early accretion of ring material onto two of Saturn’s moons, Pan and Atlas, can explain their flying-saucer shape. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Stabilizing Isopeptide Bonds Revealed in Gram-Positive Bacterial Pilus Structure

Hae Joo Kang, Fasséli Coulibaly, Fiona Clow, Thomas Proft, and Edward N. Baker
Science 7 December 2007: 1625-1628.
The protein pilin contains stabilizing intramolecular lysine-asparagine bonds that help strengthen the hairlike pili used by Gram-positive bacteria to adhere to their host. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

DUBA: A Deubiquitinase That Regulates Type I Interferon Production

Nobuhiko Kayagaki, Qui Phung, Salina Chan, Ruchir Chaudhari, Casey Quan, Karen M. O'Rourke, Michael Eby, Eric Pietras, Genhong Cheng, J. Fernando Bazan, Zemin Zhang, David Arnott, and Vishva M. Dixit
Science 7 December 2007: 1628-1632.
Published online 8 November 2007 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1145918] (in Science Express Reports)
Interferon secretion in response to viral infection is reduced by an enzyme that removes ubiquitin chains from proteins, an effect that could inhibit autoimmune disease. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Sensing X Chromosome Pairs Before X Inactivation via a Novel X-Pairing Region of the Xic

S. Augui, G. J. Filion, S. Huart, E. Nora, M. Guggiari, M. Maresca, A. F. Stewart, and E. Heard
Science 7 December 2007: 1632-1636.
Chromosome contact, the first step of X chromosome inactivation in females, is controlled by a 200-kilobase element upstream of the interaction region. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Orchestration of the DNA-Damage Response by the RNF8 Ubiquitin Ligase

Nadine K. Kolas, J. Ross Chapman, Shinichiro Nakada, Jarkko Ylanko, Richard Chahwan, Frédéric D. Sweeney, Stephanie Panier, Megan Mendez, Jan Wildenhain, Timothy M. Thomson, Laurence Pelletier, Stephen P. Jackson, and Daniel Durocher
Science 7 December 2007: 1637-1640.
Published online 15 November 2007 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1150034] (in Science Express Reports)
A key ubiquitin ligase builds polyubiquitin chains at radiation-caused DNA lesions, which subsequently recruit other factors necessary for repair. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Engineering Modified Bt Toxins to Counter Insect Resistance

Mario Soberón, Liliana Pardo-López, Idalia López, Isabel Gómez, Bruce E. Tabashnik, and Alejandra Bravo
Science 7 December 2007: 1640-1642.
Published online 1 November 2007 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1146453] (in Science Express Reports)
Bt toxin, a natural insecticide engineered into plants, can be modified to overcome insect resistance by forming damaging pores in pests independently of its normal receptor. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Genetically Determined Differences in Learning from Errors

Tilmann A. Klein, Jane Neumann, Martin Reuter, Jürgen Hennig, D. Yves von Cramon, and Markus Ullsperger
Science 7 December 2007: 1642-1645.
A gene variant that leads to fewer dopamine receptors also prevents people from learning from their mistakes and inhibits feedback to a brain area that registers bad outcomes. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Ketamine-Induced Loss of Phenotype of Fast-Spiking Interneurons Is Mediated by NADPH-Oxidase

M. Margarita Behrens, Sameh S. Ali, Diep N. Dao, Jacinta Lucero, Grigoriy Shekhtman, Kevin L. Quick, and Laura L. Dugan
Science 7 December 2007: 1645-1647.
A psychosis-inducing drug activates a brain inflammatory enzyme system that produces superoxide, which decreases activity in certain GABA-containing interneurons. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Technical Comments

Comment on "Synthesis of Ultra-Incompressible Superhard Rhenium Diboride at Ambient Pressure"

Natalia Dubrovinskaia, Leonid Dubrovinsky, and Vladimir L. Solozhenko
Science 7 December 2007: 1550.
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Response to Comment on "Synthesis of Ultra-Incompressible Superhard Rhenium Diboride at Ambient Pressure"

Hsiu-Ying Chung, Michelle B. Weinberger, Jonathan B. Levine, Robert W. Cumberland, Abby Kavner, Jenn-Ming Yang, Sarah H. Tolbert, and Richard B. Kaner
Science 7 December 2007: 1550.
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