This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Year of the Reef

Donald Kennedy
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Editors' Choice

Highlights of the recent literature.
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Science Podcast

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NEW PRODUCTS

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News of the Week

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FACILITIES: London's Super-Lab Faces Hurdles

John Travis
Science 14 December 2007: 1704-1705.
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SPACE SCIENCE: China's Crystal-Sharp Moon Map Sets the Internet Abuzz

Hao Xin and Richard Stone
Science 14 December 2007: 1705-1707.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Senate Bill Would Provide Billions for Deploying Cleaner Technologies

Eli Kintisch
Science 14 December 2007: 1708-1709.
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RESEARCH POLICY: NIH Weighs Big Changes in Peer Review

Jennifer Couzin
Science 14 December 2007: 1708-1709.
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NEUROBIOLOGY: Immune Molecules Prune Synapses in Developing Brain

Greg Miller
Science 14 December 2007: 1710-1711.
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PHYSICS: Simple Scheme Stores Light by Converting It Into Vibration and Back

Adrian Cho
Science 14 December 2007: 1710.
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ECOLOGY: Parasites From Fish Farms Driving Wild Salmon to Extinction

Erik Stokstad
Science 14 December 2007: 1711.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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Newsmakers

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News Focus

REEFS IN TROUBLE: Spawning for a Better Life

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 14 December 2007: 1712-1717.
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REEFS IN TROUBLE: Moonlight Sonata on the Reef

Cheryl Jones
Science 14 December 2007: 1715.
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REEFS IN TROUBLE: Whiter Shades of Pale

Cheryl Jones
Science 14 December 2007: 1716.
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REEFS IN TROUBLE: Life on the Mean Reefs

Christopher Pala
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Letters

This Week's Letters

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 Switch to Corn Promotes Amazon Deforestation

William F. Laurance
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 NASA Funding Slow, Not Steady, After Space Race

Michael J. Goldstein
Science 14 December 2007: 1721-1722.
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 Memory Suppression in PTSD Treatment?

Emily A. Holmes, Michelle L. Moulds, David Kavanagh;, Brendan E. Depue, Tim Curran, and Marie T. Banich
Science 14 December 2007: 1722.
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 Corrections and Clarifications

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Books et al.

POLITICAL ECONOMICS: Why People Turn to Bombs

Ethan Bueno de Mesquita
Science 14 December 2007: 1726-1727.
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MICROBIOLOGY: Life in the Really Hard Places

Tom Schmidt
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Books Received

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Policy Forum

PUBLIC HEALTH: Implementation Science

Temina Madon, Karen J. Hofman, Linda Kupfer, and Roger I. Glass
Science 14 December 2007: 1728-1729.
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Perspectives

CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS: Daily Watch on Metabolism

Takato Imaizumi, Steve A. Kay, and Julian I. Schroeder
Science 14 December 2007: 1730-1731.
Published online 15 November 2007 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1151360] (in Science Express Perspectives)
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ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE: Resolving an Atmospheric Enigma

Dennis L. Hartmann and Harry H. Hendon
Science 14 December 2007: 1731-1732.
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MICROBIOLOGY: A Fifth Pathway of Carbon Fixation

Rudolf K. Thauer
Science 14 December 2007: 1732-1733.
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ECOLOGY: Invasion of the Whiteflies

Stuart R. Reitz
Science 14 December 2007: 1733-1734.
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GEOLOGY: On the Accumulation of Mud

Joe H. S. Macquaker and Kevin M. Bohacs
Science 14 December 2007: 1734-1735.
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TRANSCRIPTION: Seven Ups the Code

Jeffry L. Corden
Science 14 December 2007: 1735-1736.
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Review

Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

O. Hoegh-Guldberg, P. J. Mumby, A. J. Hooten, R. S. Steneck, P. Greenfield, E. Gomez, C. D. Harvell, P. F. Sale, A. J. Edwards, K. Caldeira, N. Knowlton, C. M. Eakin, R. Iglesias-Prieto, N. Muthiga, R. H. Bradbury, A. Dubi, and M. E. Hatziolos
Science 14 December 2007: 1737-1742.
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Brevia

Carnivorous Fungi from Cretaceous Amber

Alexander R. Schmidt, Heinrich Dörfelt, and Vincent Perrichot
Science 14 December 2007: 1743.
Fungi with long filaments surrounding their nematode prey are preserved in Cretaceous amber, indicating that fungi have evolved trapping structures multiple times. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Research Article

The Structure of a Human p110/p85 Complex Elucidates the Effects of Oncogenic PI3K Mutations

Chuan-Hsiang Huang, Diana Mandelker, Oleg Schmidt-Kittler, Yardena Samuels, Victor E. Velculescu, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Bert Vogelstein, Sandra B. Gabelli, and L. Mario Amzel
Science 14 December 2007: 1744-1748.
Mutations commonly associated with cancer result in disrupted interactions between the domains of a growth-related lipid kinase and alter its regulation or activity. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Reports

Stored Light in an Optical Fiber via Stimulated Brillouin Scattering

Zhaoming Zhu, Daniel J. Gauthier, and Robert W. Boyd
Science 14 December 2007: 1748-1750.
An optical pulse sequence can be stored in an optical fiber as a sound wave that then can be retrieved after a controllable time interval. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Mott Transition in VO₂ Revealed by Infrared Spectroscopy and Nano-Imaging

M. M. Qazilbash, M. Brehm, Byung-Gyu Chae, P.-C. Ho, G. O. Andreev, Bong-Jun Kim, Sun Jin Yun, A. V. Balatsky, M. B. Maple, F. Keilmann, Hyun-Tak Kim, and D. N. Basov
Science 14 December 2007: 1750-1753.
Spatially sensitive spectroscopy reveals that as vanadium oxide transitions to a metal, metal nanopuddles form in which conduction is different than in the bulk metal phase. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Stable Magnesium(I) Compounds with Mg-Mg Bonds

Shaun P. Green, Cameron Jones, and Andreas Stasch
Science 14 December 2007: 1754-1757.
Published online 8 November 2007 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1150856] (in Science Express Reports)
Controlled reduction of a magnesium compound coordinated by bulky nitrogen-based ligands yields the previously elusive +1 oxidation state of the element. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Activity of CeO_x and TiO_x Nanoparticles Grown on Au(111) in the Water-Gas Shift Reaction

J. A. Rodriguez, S. Ma, P. Liu, J. Hrbek, J. Evans, and M. Pérez
Science 14 December 2007: 1757-1760.
Experiments reveal how gold-oxide catalysts produce hydrogen: The oxide dissociates water while the gold absorbs CO and the reaction proceeds along their interface. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Accretion of Mudstone Beds from Migrating Floccule Ripples

Juergen Schieber, John Southard, and Kevin Thaisen
Science 14 December 2007: 1760-1763.
Flume experiments show that mudstones and their internal layers, thought to reflect small particles settling in still water, can form in flowing water when particles clump together. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

A Madden-Julian Oscillation Event Realistically Simulated by a Global Cloud-Resolving Model

Hiroaki Miura, Masaki Satoh, Tomoe Nasuno, Akira T. Noda, and Kazuyoshi Oouchi
Science 14 December 2007: 1763-1765.
Simulation of a major tropical climate oscillation shows that an interplay between atmospheric disturbances traveling in opposite directions yields its eastward propagation. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Deep Ocean Impact of a Madden-Julian Oscillation Observed by Argo Floats

Adrian J. Matthews, Patama Singhruck, and Karen J. Heywood
Science 14 December 2007: 1765-1769.
A major atmospheric oscillation not only affects the surface of the tropical Indian and western Pacific oceans but also initiates large internal waves to depths of 1500 meters. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Asymmetric Mating Interactions Drive Widespread Invasion and Displacement in a Whitefly

Shu-Sheng Liu, P. J. De Barro, Jing Xu, Jun-Bo Luan, Lian-Sheng Zang, Yong-Ming Ruan, and Fang-Hao Wan
Science 14 December 2007: 1769-1772.
Published online 8 November 2007 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1149887] (in Science Express Reports)
The success of the invasive whitefly in China and Australia is the result of reproductive suppression of native populations by the invader. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Declining Wild Salmon Populations in Relation to Parasites from Farm Salmon

Martin Krkosek, Jennifer S. Ford, Alexandra Morton, Subhash Lele, Ransom A. Myers, and Mark A. Lewis
Science 14 December 2007: 1772-1775.
Pink salmon farms in western Canada are breeding grounds for sea lice, which are escaping into nearby waters and decimating the local wild salmon populations. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Habitat Split and the Global Decline of Amphibians

Carlos Guilherme Becker, Carlos Roberto Fonseca, Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad, Rômulo Fernandes Batista, and Paulo Inácio Prado
Science 14 December 2007: 1775-1777.
Amphibians that must travel to water in order to breed are particularly threatened by landscape disruption, explaining the severe decline in amphibians with aquatic larvae. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Serine-7 of the RNA Polymerase II CTD Is Specifically Required for snRNA Gene Expression

Sylvain Egloff, Dawn O'Reilly, Rob D. Chapman, Alice Taylor, Katrin Tanzhaus, Laura Pitts, Dirk Eick, and Shona Murphy
Science 14 December 2007: 1777-1779.
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Transcribing RNA Polymerase II Is Phosphorylated at CTD Residue Serine-7

Rob D. Chapman, Martin Heidemann, Thomas K. Albert, Reinhard Mailhammer, Andrew Flatley, Michael Meisterernst, Elisabeth Kremmer, and Dirk Eick
Science 14 December 2007: 1780-1782.
A serine within a repetitive element of mammalian RNA polymerase II is phosphorylated to modulate transcription and binding of factors for noncoding small nuclear RNAs. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

A 3-Hydroxypropionate/4-Hydroxybutyrate Autotrophic Carbon Dioxide Assimilation Pathway in Archaea

Ivan A. Berg, Daniel Kockelkorn, Wolfgang Buckel, and Georg Fuchs
Science 14 December 2007: 1782-1786.
A widespread group of marine Archaea efficiently fix carbon dioxide via a newly described, 16-step metabolic cycle, potentially important for the global carbon budget. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Rev-erb, a Heme Sensor That Coordinates Metabolic and Circadian Pathways

Lei Yin, Nan Wu, Joshua C. Curtin, Mohammed Qatanani, Nava R. Szwergold, Robert A. Reid, Gregory M. Waitt, Derek J. Parks, Kenneth H. Pearce, G. Bruce Wisely, and Mitchell A. Lazar
Science 14 December 2007: 1786-1789.
Published online 15 November 2007 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1150179] (in Science Express Reports)
A nuclear receptor is a heme sensor that coordinates circadian and metabolic functions by controlling the expression of a major clock component and the gene for generating sugar. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

The Arabidopsis Circadian Clock Incorporates a cADPR-Based Feedback Loop

Antony N. Dodd, Michael J. Gardner, Carlos T. Hotta, Katharine E. Hubbard, Neil Dalchau, John Love, Jean-Maurice Assie, Fiona C. Robertson, Mia Kyed Jakobsen, Jorge Gonçalves, Dale Sanders, and Alex A. R. Webb
Science 14 December 2007: 1789-1792.
Published online 15 November 2007 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1146757] (in Science Express Reports)
In Arabidopsis, cyclic ADP ribose, a cytoplasmic signaling molecule, modulates the circadian clock, driving periodic Ca²⁺ release and boosting robustness of the oscillator. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Technical Comments

Comment on "Tumor Growth Need Not Be Driven by Rare Cancer Stem Cells"

James A. Kennedy, Frédéric Barabé, Armando G. Poeppl, Jean C. Y. Wang, and John E. Dick
Science 14 December 2007: 1722.
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Response to Comment on "Tumor Growth Need Not Be Driven by Rare Cancer Stem Cells"

Jerry M. Adams, Priscilla N. Kelly, Aleksandar Dakic, Stephen L. Nutt, and Andreas Strasser
Science 14 December 2007: 1722.
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