Table of contents
Volume 417 Number 6888 pp3-572
Naturejobs
ProspectsTaking stock of biotech jobs p3
Paul Smaglik
doi:10.1038/nj6888-03a
Careers and Recruitment
Climate of care for a changing world p4
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is fostering collaborations and emphasizing input from developing countries, says Heike Langenberg.
Heike Langenberg
doi:10.1038/nj6888-04a
Chance to make a difference in Japan p7
Japan has the computer power for climate-change research — it just needs to attract people to use it, says Robert Triendl. Solving the skills shortage may involve a long-term change in strategy.
Robert Triendl
doi:10.1038/nj6888-07a
Opinion
Prize-winning multidisciplinarity p471
The winner of a new prize exemplifies outstanding scientific breadth. But crossing boundaries brings challenges of its own, and progress in meeting them has been mixed.
doi:10.1038/417471a
Committed, yes. And commitments? p471
Tony Blair's speech to the Royal Society last week was an important act of leadership. Now what?
doi:10.1038/417471b
News
Priorities for genome sequencing leave macaques out in the cold p473
Erika Check
doi:10.1038/417473a
Investigation into nanotechnology papers expands p473
Geoff Brumfiel
doi:10.1038/417473b
Delays and cutbacks kill off Europe's mission to Venus p474
Quirin Schiermeier
doi:10.1038/417474a
UN predicts long wait to repair environment p475
Virginia Gewin
doi:10.1038/417475a
Scientists placated as US bill gets tough on bioterror p475
Virginia Gewin
doi:10.1038/417475b
Clouds lift for turbulence-detector initiative p476
Rex Dalton
doi:10.1038/417476a
Internecine rows threaten to sink whaling commission p476
David Cyranoski
doi:10.1038/417476b
US zoos keep watch for cross-species killer p477
Jonathan Knight
doi:10.1038/417477a
Superbugs reveal chink in armour p477
Jonathan Knight
doi:10.1038/417477b
news feature
Ecology: Neutrality versus the niche p480
According to some ecologists, you don't need to invoke adaptation to explain biodiversity. They may sound like nihilists, but their ideas are proving remarkably resilient. John Whitfield reports.
John Whitfield
doi:10.1038/417480a
General relativity: To catch a wave p482
A new observatory is about to search for the ripples in space-time that emanate from the Universe's most violent events. But despite its huge price tag, the detector might not spot anything. Geoff Brumfiel finds out why.
Geoff Brumfiel
doi:10.1038/417482a
Correspondence
How affluence harms the environment in Europe p485
Increased use of fertilizer is not an option in crowded lands where it is already a problem.
Luc De Bruyn, Jan Scheirs and Hans Van Gossum
doi:10.1038/417485a
O no: opossums are not at risk in Tasmania p485
Thomas L. Montague and Andrew T. D. Bennett
doi:10.1038/417485b
What can Venter teach students about ethics? p485
Rod Ceredig
doi:10.1038/417485c
Book Reviews
When the Earth moved p487
How Earth scientists developed the theory of plate tectonics.
Jason Phipps Morgan reviews Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth
doi:10.1038/417487a
With brains, minds and voices p488
John C. Marshall reviews Foundations of Language: Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution by Ray Jackendoff
doi:10.1038/417488a
Views of a scientific American p489
Zaheer Baber reviews The Age of Science: What Scientists Learned in the Twentieth Century by Gerard Piel
doi:10.1038/417489a
Science in culture p490
Martin Kemp reviews
doi:10.1038/417490a
News and Views
Bose-Einstein condensation: Making it with molecules p493
Following the creation of atomic Bose–Einstein condensates in the mid-1990s, a major goal has been to produce a condensate of molecules. Technical challenges remain, but that achievement is now tantalizingly close.
Peter Zoller
doi:10.1038/417493a
Cell motility: Sharks' teeth and dunes p494
In order to move, cells need to push out protrusions known as lamellipods. These can vary greatly in their shapes, dynamics and contributions to motility, depending on their underlying molecular architecture.
Laura M. Machesky
doi:10.1038/417494a
100 and 50 years ago p495
doi:10.1038/417495a
Earth science: The slippery slope p497
Seismic readings suggest that a zone of weak, slippery rocks lies beneath the Pacific northwest coast of the United States. These frail layers might be limiting the violence of earthquakes.
George Zandt
doi:10.1038/417497a
Evolutionary biology: Crowning glories p498
The evolutionary trend towards high-crowned teeth in European herbivores during the Miocene was, it seems, driven by the geographically common groups, and not rare ones. That conclusion has broader implications.
Jessica M. Theodor
doi:10.1038/417498a
Nuclear physics: Weighing up nuclear masses p499
It is difficult to match theoretically calculated masses of atomic nuclei to their experimentally measured values. It seems that chaotic motion inside the nucleus may be the reason for this discrepancy.
Sven Åberg
doi:10.1038/417499a
Ion channels: An open and shut case p501
Most ion channels open and close — they are 'gated' — in response to cues in their environment. A crystal structure of a Ca2+-gated K+-ion channel provides insight into how gating works.
Maria Schumacher and John P. Adelman
doi:10.1038/417501a
Neurobiology: Model hearing p502
For the past 50 years a particular model of how animals locate the source of sounds has driven much of the research on auditory systems. It now seems, however, that this model might not apply to mammals.
George D. Pollak
doi:10.1038/417502a
Daedalus: Spatial audio p503
David Jones
doi:10.1038/417503a
Obituary: Gordon Randolph Willey (1913–2002) p504
Jeremy A. Sabloff
doi:10.1038/417504a
Brief Communications
Insect communication: Parasitoid secretions provoke ant warfare p505
Subterfuge used by a rare wasp may be the key to an alternative type of pest control.
J. A. Thomas, J. J. Knapp, T. Akino, S. Gerty, S. Wakamura, D. J. Simcox, J. C. Wardlaw and G. W. Elmes
doi:10.1038/417505a
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Sports statistics: Trends and random fluctuations in athletics p506
Daniel Gembris, John G. Taylor and Dieter Suter
doi:10.1038/417506a
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (46K) | Supplementary information
Review
Understanding and exploiting C–H bond activation p507
Jay A. Labinger and John E. Bercaw
doi:10.1038/417507a
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (306K)
Articles
Crystal structure and mechanism of a calcium-gated potassium channel p515
Youxing Jiang, Alice Lee, Jiayun Chen, Martine Cadene, Brian T. Chait and Roderick MacKinnon
doi:10.1038/417515a
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (1,973K) | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by Schumacher & Adelman
The open pore conformation of potassium channels p523
Youxing Jiang, Alice Lee, Jiayun Chen, Martine Cadene, Brian T. Chait and Roderick MacKinnon
doi:10.1038/417523a
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (268K) | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by Schumacher & Adelman
Letters to Nature
Optical pulsations from the anomalous X-ray pulsar 4U0142+61 p527
B. Kern and C. Martin
doi:10.1038/417527a
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Atom–molecule coherence in a Bose–Einstein condensate p529
Elizabeth A. Donley, Neil R. Claussen, Sarah T. Thompson and Carl E. Wieman
doi:10.1038/417529a
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (260K)
See also: News and Views by Zoller
Quantum control of energy flow in light harvesting p533
Jennifer L. Herek, Wendel Wohlleben, Richard J. Cogdell, Dirk Zeidler and Marcus Motzkus
doi:10.1038/417533a
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (319K)
An inverted continental Moho and serpentinization of the forearc mantle p536
M. G. Bostock, R. D. Hyndman, S. Rondenay and S. M. Peacock
doi:10.1038/417536a
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (289K)
See also: News and Views by Zandt
Common mammals drive the evolutionary increase of hypsodonty in the Neogene p538
Jukka Jernvall and Mikael Fortelius
doi:10.1038/417538a
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See also: News and Views by Theodor
Single-species models for many-species food webs p541
W. W. Murdoch, B. E. Kendall, R. M. Nisbet, C. J. Briggs, E. McCauley and R. Bolser
doi:10.1038/417541a
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (142K) | Supplementary information
Precise inhibition is essential for microsecond interaural time difference coding p543
Antje Brand, Oliver Behrend, Torsten Marquardt, David McAlpine and Benedikt Grothe
doi:10.1038/417543a
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (279K)
See also: News and Views by Pollak
Nogo-66 receptor antagonist peptide promotes axonal regeneration p547
Tadzia GrandPré, Shuxin Li and Stephen M. Strittmatter
doi:10.1038/417547a
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A component of innate immunity prevents bacterial biofilm development p552
Pradeep K. Singh, Matthew R. Parsek, E. Peter Greenberg and Michael J. Welsh
doi:10.1038/417552a
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (315K) | Supplementary information
Single and multiple vesicle fusion induce different rates of endocytosis at a central synapse p555
Jian-Yuan Sun, Xin-Sheng Wu and Ling-Gang Wu
doi:10.1038/417555a
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DMY is a Y-specific DM-domain gene required for male development in the medaka fish p559
Masaru Matsuda, Yoshitaka Nagahama, Ai Shinomiya, Tadashi Sato, Chika Matsuda, Tohru Kobayashi, Craig E. Morrey, Naoki Shibata, Shuichi Asakawa, Nobuyoshi Shimizu, Hiroshi Hori, Satoshi Hamaguchi and Mitsuru Sakaizumi
doi:10.1038/nature751
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Transcription coactivator TRAP220 is required for PPAR
2-stimulated adipogenesis p563
Kai Ge, Mohamed Guermah, Chao-Xing Yuan, Mitsuhiro Ito, Annika E. Wallberg, Bruce M. Spiegelman and Robert G. Roeder
doi:10.1038/417563a
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Functional relationship of cytochrome c6 and plastocyanin in Arabidopsis p567
Rajeev Gupta, Zengyong He and Sheng Luan
doi:10.1038/417567a
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corrigendum: Isochorismate synthase is required to synthesize salicylic acid for plant defence p571
Mary C. Wildermuth, Julia Dewdney, Gang Wu and Frederick M. Ausubel
doi:10.1038/417571a
New on the Market
Working with genes p572
Gene expression, analysis, hybridization and delivery.
doi:10.1038/417572a
