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Restoration Ecology

 
Leslie Roberts, Richard Stone, and Andrew Sugden
Science 31 July 2009: 555.
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News

Richard Stone
Science 31 July 2009: 556-558.
A lauded effort to create mixed forest stands is giving villagers and loggers a chance to make a living while restoring ecosystem vitality. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Dennis Normile
Science 31 July 2009: 557.
An economic incentive for area residents is a cornerstone of the Samboja Lestari project, an ambitious effort to transform a clear-cut site in Borneo into a mix of agroforestry plots and orangutan habitat. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Dennis Normile
Science 31 July 2009: 559-561.
A smattering of efforts are aiming to prove that degraded coral reefs can be restored to functionality, if not pristine beauty. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Robert Koenig
Science 31 July 2009: 562-563.
South Africa has scored decisive victories in its grassroots assault on invasive species. But will the war ever end? Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Charles C. Mann
Science 31 July 2009: 564-566.
A rising tide of rubber plantations is eating away at Southeast Asian ecosystems. Can an ancient forest crop help wean the region off its monoculture habit? Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  

Perspectives

Stephen T. Jackson and Richard J. Hobbs
Science 31 July 2009: 567-569.
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David A. Norton
Science 31 July 2009: 569-571.
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Kingsley W. Dixon
Science 31 July 2009: 571-573.
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Jim Harris
Science 31 July 2009: 573-574.
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Margaret A. Palmer and Solange Filoso
Science 31 July 2009: 575-576.
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This Week in Science
Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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M. S. Swaminathan
Science 31 July 2009: 517.
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Editors' Choice
Highlights of the recent literature.
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The show includes assessing ecological restoration, rethinking graduate student funding, science in Venezuela, and more. Summary »   Full Text »   Transcript »  
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A weekly roundup of information on newly offered instrumentation, apparatus, and laboratory materials of potential interest to researchers. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  

News of the Week

Adrian Cho
Science 31 July 2009: 522-523.
Researchers have found flaws in electrical connections in the world's highest-energy particle smasher—the Large Hadron Collider—that will limit the LHC's energy. The problem could delay the planned November restart of the gargantuan accelerator. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Martin Enserink
Science 31 July 2009: 523-524.
A panel reviewing the European Research Council opined in a report presented last week that despite a successful start, the ERC's structure is "a source of great frustration and ongoing low-level conflict" among its managers. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Science 31 July 2009: 524.
Highlights from Science's online daily news site, ScienceNOW, this week include new techniques to forecast tsunamis, protect buildings from earthquakes, and turbocharge microbe engineering; ant decision-making; and a tree that is still defending itself against an extinct enemy. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Erik Stokstad
Science 31 July 2009: 525.
Thanks to a large network of reefs created in 2004, a booming population of native oysters has taken hold in the Great Wicomico River, a small tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, researchers report in a paper published online by Science this week. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Claire Thomas
Science 31 July 2009: 526.
A paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences proposes two genetic sequences, or loci, taken from chloroplast genes called matK and rbcL, as the official plant "bar code," a short piece of DNA that can be used to distinguish species. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Jeffrey Mervis
Science 31 July 2009: 527.
Efforts to improve undergraduate introductory biology courses are seen as a critical step toward raising the nation's scientific literacy. Correcting the problem, speakers at a recent conference agreed, will require changing a deep-rooted academic culture that values research over teaching and makes little provision for doing a good job in the classroom. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Science 31 July 2009: 527.
ScienceInsider this week reported on a congressional amendment that killed three peer-reviewed grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health, a stem-cell paper that was retracted following charges of plagiarism, and a report that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security used a scientifically flawed study to justify its selection of Manhattan, Kansas, as the site for the proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, among other stories. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Random Samples
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News Focus

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 31 July 2009: 528-530.
Nobelist Roald Hoffmann believes that taking graduate students off grants and giving them fellowships would be good for U.S. science. But others say such a radical change isn't in the cards. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »   Podcast Interview »  
Claire Thomas
Science 31 July 2009: 531.
Despite periodic predictions that it will go extinct, the Hispaniolan solenodon endures, and scientists now want to ensure the rare mammal's survival. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
Science 31 July 2009: 532-533.
Inexplicably hot bubbles in space have put researchers on the trail of feedback loops that slap weight limits on galaxies and stifle the birth of stars. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Hao Xin
Science 31 July 2009: 534-535.
Reform-minded Chinese scientists hope a new program, Qianren Jihua, will reel in the sort of comrades who can help raise the nation's scientific game. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  

Letters

 
Julián M. Peña-Castro
Science 31 July 2009: 536.
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Jaime Requena
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Guillermo R. Barreto
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Jesse Chacón-Escamillo
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Books et al.

Lee R. Kump
Science 31 July 2009: 539-540.
The prolific Gribbins provide a short, authorized biography of Lovelock. In his own latest book, Lovelock argues that climatic change is likely to lead to a hotter Earth that is able to sustain only a small fraction of the world's current population. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Ben Shneiderman
Science 31 July 2009: 540.
Drawing on her work developing the Peer-to-Patent network, Noveck describes how Web 2.0 technologies could be used to promote participatory democracy and more efficient government. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Science 31 July 2009: 540.
A listing of books received at Science during the week ended 24 July 2009. Summary »  

Education Forum

Pavel Pevzner and Ron Shamir
Science 31 July 2009: 541-542.
Biologists need better computational education so that researchers can benefit from the bioinformatics revolution. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Raina Robeva and Reinhard Laubenbacher
Science 31 July 2009: 542-543.
Training in developing algebraic models is often overlooked but can be valuable to biologists and mathematicians. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »   Supporting Online Material »  

Perspectives

Kazunari Miyamichi and Liqun Luo
Science 31 July 2009: 544-545.
Specific molecular interactions among axons of mammalian olfactory neurons ensure their orderly arrival along the path from the nose to the brain. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Marc M. Hirschmann
Science 31 July 2009: 545-546.
Subduction processes cause magmas from volcanoes in island arcs to become more oxidized and may influence the oxidation state of the entire mantle. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Michael Rowan-Robinson
Science 31 July 2009: 546-547.
The launch of the Herschel infrared space telescope is expected to provide new vistas on the cold and dusty universe. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Jason J. Otterstrom and Antoine M. van Oijen
Science 31 July 2009: 547-548.
Single-molecule data suggest that RNA polymerase II moves a small step forward only when its DNA template briefly unwraps from the histone core. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Ting Jia and Eric G. Pamer
Science 31 July 2009: 549-550.
Heart injury triggers the release of monocytes from an unexpected reservoir, the spleen. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  
Frederick R. Chang
Science 31 July 2009: 550-551.
Security must be built in to software from the outset rather than added on later. Summary »   Full Text »   PDF »  

Association Affairs

Science 31 July 2009: 552-553.
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Brevia

Andrea Ninfo, Alessandro Fontana, Paolo Mozzi, and Francesco Ferrarese
Science 31 July 2009: 577.
Arial mapping during an extreme drought has revealed the detailed plan of a major Roman city in the Venice lagoon. Abstract »   Full Text »   PDF »   Supporting Online Material »  

Research Articles

Boris Worm, Ray Hilborn, Julia K. Baum, Trevor A. Branch, Jeremy S. Collie, Christopher Costello, Michael J. Fogarty, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Jeffrey A. Hutchings, Simon Jennings, Olaf P. Jensen, Heike K. Lotze, Pamela M. Mace, Tim R. McClanahan, Cóilín Minto, Stephen R. Palumbi, Ana M. Parma, Daniel Ricard, Andrew A. Rosenberg, Reg Watson, and Dirk Zeller
Science 31 July 2009: 578-585.
Catch restrictions, gear modification, and closed areas are helping to rebuild overexploited marine ecosystems. Abstract »   Full Text »   PDF »   Supporting Online Material »  
Takeshi Imai, Takahiro Yamazaki, Reiko Kobayakawa, Ko Kobayakawa, Takaya Abe, Misao Suzuki, and Hitoshi Sakano
Science 31 July 2009: 585-590.
Published online 9 July 2009 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1173596] (in Science Express Research Articles)
The mouse olfactory topographic neural map is self-organized by interactions between axons, not directed by the target. Abstract »   Full Text »   PDF »   Supporting Online Material »  

Reports

Jungkyu Choi, Hae-Kwon Jeong, Mark A. Snyder, Jared A. Stoeger, Richard I. Masel, and Michael Tsapatsis
Science 31 July 2009: 590-593.
A reduction in the formation of defects in silicalite-1 zeolite membranes improves their isomer separation capabilities. Abstract »   Full Text »   PDF »   Supporting Online Material »  
Prashant Nagpal, Nathan C. Lindquist, Sang-Hyun Oh, and David J. Norris
Science 31 July 2009: 594-597.
Films with enhanced surface-plasmon propagation may find use in sensing and communications devices. Abstract »   Full Text »   PDF »   Supporting Online Material »  
Y. Jompol, C. J. B. Ford, J. P. Griffiths, I. Farrer, G. A. C. Jones, D. Anderson, D. A. Ritchie, T. W. Silk, and A. J. Schofield
Science 31 July 2009: 597-601.
Electronic spin and charge respond differently during tunneling between low-dimensional electron systems. Abstract »   Full Text »   PDF »   Supporting Online Material »  
Matthew J. Turk, Tom Abel, and Brian O'Shea
Science 31 July 2009: 601-605.
Published online 9 July 2009 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1173540] (in Science Express Reports)
Simulations show that binary systems are likely to exist among the first generation of stars. Abstract »   Full Text »   PDF »   Supporting Online Material »  
Katherine A. Kelley and Elizabeth Cottrell
Science 31 July 2009: 605-607.
Oxidation of Earth’s mantle at subduction zones is caused by fluids released from the melting of subducting plates. Abstract »   Full Text »   PDF »   Supporting Online Material »  
Chang-Liang Zhang, Megumi Katoh, Tadao Shibasaki, Kohtaro Minami, Yasuhiro Sunaga, Harumi Takahashi, Norihide Yokoi, Masahiro Iwasaki, Takashi Miki, and Susumu Seino
Science 31 July 2009: 607-610.
A drug used to enhance insulin secretion in diabetes has a previously unrecognized protein target. Abstract »   Full Text »   PDF »   Supporting Online Material »  
Ágnes Melinda Kovács and Jacques Mehler
Science 31 July 2009: 611-612.
Published online 9 July 2009 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1173947] (in Science Express Reports)
Exposure to two languages facilitates the development of a more flexible associative learning capacity. Abstract »   Full Text »   PDF »   Supporting Online Material »  
Filip K. Swirski, Matthias Nahrendorf, Martin Etzrodt, Moritz Wildgruber, Virna Cortez-Retamozo, Peter Panizzi, Jose-Luiz Figueiredo, Rainer H. Kohler, Aleksey Chudnovskiy, Peter Waterman, Elena Aikawa, Thorsten R. Mempel, Peter Libby, Ralph Weissleder, and Mikael J. Pittet
Science 31 July 2009: 612-616.
A rapid deployment force of immune cells is identified in the spleen that is important for resolving inflammation. Abstract »   Full Text »   PDF »   Supporting Online Material »  
Emma Slack, Siegfried Hapfelmeier, Bärbel Stecher, Yuliya Velykoredko, Maaike Stoel, Melissa A. E. Lawson, Markus B. Geuking, Bruce Beutler, Thomas F. Tedder, Wolf-Dietrich Hardt, Premysl Bercik, Elena F. Verdu, Kathy D. McCoy, and Andrew J. Macpherson
Science 31 July 2009: 617-620.
Mouse immune systems interact to ensure tolerance to nonpathogenic bacteria in the gut. Abstract »   Full Text »   PDF »   Supporting Online Material »  
Eduardo Dias-Ferreira, João C. Sousa, Irene Melo, Pedro Morgado, Ana R. Mesquita, João J. Cerqueira, Rui M. Costa, and Nuno Sousa
Science 31 July 2009: 621-625.
Chronic stress alters brain neural circuits and affects the ability of animals to perform actions based on their consequences. Abstract »   Full Text »   PDF »   Supporting Online Material »  
Courtney Hodges, Lacramioara Bintu, Lucyna Lubkowska, Mikhail Kashlev, and Carlos Bustamante
Science 31 July 2009: 626-628.
RNA polymerase acts as a molecular ratchet to force its way through nucleosome-infested DNA. Abstract »   Full Text »   PDF »   Supporting Online Material »  

Technical Comments

Nils B. Becker and Ralf Everaers
Science 31 July 2009: 538.
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Rebecca S. Mathew-Fenn, Rhiju Das, Timothy D. Fenn, Michael Schneiders, and Pehr A. B. Harbury
Science 31 July 2009: 538.
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