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--Earth & Environmental Sciences
-Intrusion triggering of the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull explosive eruption
Space-based geodetic measurements and seismic monitoring of the
volcano that brought chaos to European air traffic reveal volcanic
unrest lasting many months before the ash-producing explosion.
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--Physical Sciences
-The moment of truth for WIMP dark matter
If the dark matter in the Universe really does consist of WIMPs
(weakly interacting massive particles), it is high time that we
identified them.
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--Biological Sciences
-The trophic fingerprint of marine fisheries
The claim that industrial fisheries are 'fishing down marine food
webs', depleting top predators then their prey species, is not
supported by new data.
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EDITORIALS
** Closing the Climategate
The official inquiry might have exonerated scientists, but attitude
changes are needed for science to ensure it holds the public's trust.
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** Scientists wanted
A clumsy immigration cap could damage UK science by keeping skilled
researchers out.
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** Scope for change
Tough lessons must be learned if NASA is to avoid repeating a costly
accounting error.
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WORLD VIEW
** Curiouser and curiouser: managing discovery making
Beware the urge to direct research too closely, says Nobel laureate
Ahmed Zewail. History teaches us the value of free scientific
inquisitiveness.
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SEVEN DAYS
** Seven days: 12-18 November 2010
The week in science
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NEWS
** Scope sails into budget void
An independent review finds NASA's flagship James Webb observatory
is perilously overspent.
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** Good news for 'good' cholesterol
Positive results inject life into strategy to treat heart disease.
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** Antimatter held for questioning
Magnetically trapped atoms could test fundamental physics.
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** Study says middle sized labs do best
A comparison of funding level and output has captured attention at
the US National Institutes of Health.
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** UK science will be judged on impact
Pilot scheme paves way for university research to be awarded on the
basis of society benefits.
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** Germany plans for healthy future
National health-research centres take shape.
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** No rest for the bio-wikis
Biologists' collaborative data repositories come of age.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=107&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

FEATURES
** Climate: The hottest year
The release of climate-science e-mails last November ripped apart
Phil Jones's life. He's now trying to patch it back together.
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** Science communication: Scientist as star
Sleep researcher Sara Mednick has straddled the line between media
darling and respected scientist. But why is there still a line at
all?
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COMMENT
** The end of cheap coal
New forecasts suggest that coal reserves will run out faster than
many believe. Energy policies relying on cheap coal have no future,
say Richard Heinberg and David Fridley.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=79&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

** Questioning economic growth
Our global economy must operate within planetary limits to promote
stability, resilience and wellbeing, not rising GDP, argues Peter
Victor.
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BOOKS AND ARTS
** Society: The rise of the 'technium'
Kevin Kelly argues compellingly that technology is taking on a life
of its own, finds Zaheer Baber.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=70&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

** Books in brief
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** Agriculture: Greenhouses in the sky
Emma Marris is intrigued by an optimistic vision of high-rise farms.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=55&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

** History: Franklin, centre stage
Josie Glausiusz enjoys a play capturing the zeal and backstabbing in
the race to discover DNA's structure.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=61&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

** Painting: Inquisitive and exact
Alison Abbott visits an exhibition charting the artistic and
scientific interests of painter and collector Gabriel von Max.
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CORRESPONDENCE
** European bounty for taxonomists
Benoit Fontaine
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** Innovation in Europe -- three questions
Wouter Boon and Gaston Heimeriks
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** Misreporting: a glowing report
Robert Matthews
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** Reef technology to rescue Venice
Thomas J. Goreau
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OBITUARY
** Benoit Mandelbrot (1924-2010)
Mathematician, and father of fractal geometry, who described the
roughness of nature.
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CORRECTIONS
** Correction
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** Correction
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** Correction
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RESEARCH
** Support for a synaptic chain model of neuronal sequence generation
Michael A. Long, Dezhe Z. Jin and Michale S. Fee
In songbirds, the remarkable temporal precision of song is generated
by a spars...
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** Jasmonate perception by inositol-phosphate-potentiated COI1-JAZ
co-receptor
Laura B. Sheard, Xu Tan, Haibin Mao, John Withers,
Gili Ben-Nissan et al.
Jasmonates are a family of plant hormones that regulate plant growth,
developme...
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=87&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

** An unprecedented nucleic acid capture mechanism for excision of
DNA damage
Emily H. Rubinson, A. S. Prakasha Gowda, Thomas E. Spratt, Barry Gold
and Brandt F. Eichman
DNA glycosylases that remove alkylated and deaminated purine
nucleobases are es...
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=86&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

** The trophic fingerprint of marine fisheries
Trevor A. Branch, Reg Watson, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Simon Jennings,
Carey R. McGilliard et al.
Biodiversity indicators provide a vital window on the state of the
planet, guid...
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** Climate-driven population divergence in sex-determining systems
Ido Pen, Tobias Uller, Barbara Feldmeyer, Anna Harts,
Geoffrey M. While et al.
Sex determination is a fundamental biological process, yet its
mechanisms are r...
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** A widespread family of polymorphic contact-dependent toxin
delivery systems in bacteria
Stephanie K. Aoki, Elie J. Diner, Claire t'Kint de Roodenbeke,
Brandt R. Burgess, Stephen J. Poole et al.
Bacteria have developed mechanisms to communicate and compete with
one another ...
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** L1 retrotransposition in neurons is modulated by MeCP2
Alysson R. Muotri, Maria C. N. Marchetto, Nicole G. Coufal,
Ruth Oefner, Gene Yeo et al.
Long interspersed nuclear elements-1 (LINE-1 or L1s) are abundant
retrotranspos...
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** The structural basis for membrane binding and pore formation by
lymphocyte perforin
Ruby H. P. Law, Natalya Lukoyanova, Ilia Voskoboinik,
Tom T. Caradoc-Davies, Katherine Baran et al.
Natural killer cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes accomplish the
critically impo...
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** 2[prime]-O methylation of the viral mRNA cap evades host
restriction by IFIT family members
Stephane Daffis, Kristy J. Szretter, Jill Schriewer, Jianqing Li,
Soonjeon Youn et al.
Cellular messenger RNA (mRNA) of higher eukaryotes and many viral
RNAs are meth...
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** Molecular coupling of Tsix regulation and pluripotency
Pablo Navarro, Andrew Oldfield, Julie Legoupi, Nicola Festuccia,
Agnes Dubois et al.
The reprogramming of X-chromosome inactivation during the acquisition
of plurip...
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=35&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

** Integrating carbon-halogen bond formation into medicinal plant
metabolism
Weerawat Runguphan, Xudong Qu and Sarah E. O'Connor
Halogenation, which was once considered a rare occurrence in nature,
has now be...
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** Quantitative reactivity profiling predicts functional cysteines
in proteomes
Eranthie Weerapana, Chu Wang, Gabriel M. Simon, Florian Richter,
Sagar Khare et al.
Cysteine is the most intrinsically nucleophilic amino acid in
proteins, where i...
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** Cap binding and immune evasion revealed by Lassa nucleoprotein
structure
Xiaoxuan Qi, Shuiyun Lan, Wenjian Wang, Lisa McLay Schelde,
Haohao Dong et al.
Lassa virus, the causative agent of Lassa fever, causes thousands
of deaths ann...
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** Acid sensing by the Drosophila olfactory system
Minrong Ai, Soohong Min, Yael Grosjean, Charlotte Leblanc,
Rati Bell et al.
The odour of acids has a distinct quality that is perceived as sharp,
pungent a...
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** Formation, regulation and evolution of Caenorhabditis elegans
3[prime]UTRs
Calvin H. Jan, Robin C. Friedman, J. Graham Ruby and David P. Bartel
Post-transcriptional gene regulation frequently occurs through
elements in mRNA...
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** Structure of a bacterial ribonuclease P holoenzyme in complex
with tRNA
Nicholas J. Reiter, Amy Osterman, Alfredo Torres-Larios,
Kerren K. Swinger, Tao Pan et al.
Ribonuclease (RNase) P is the universal ribozyme responsible for
5[prime]-end...
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** Interdependence of behavioural variability and response to small
stimuli in bacteria
Heungwon Park, William Pontius, Calin C. Guet, John F. Marko,
Thierry Emonet et al.
The chemotaxis signalling network in Escherichia coli that controls
the locomot...
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** Chemical biology: Synthetic metabolism goes green
Joseph P. Noel
An extension of synthetic biology to a medicinal plant involves the
transfer of chlorination equipment from bacteria. This exercise adds
implements to the enzymatic toolbox for generating natural products.
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** Neuroscience: Excessive mobility interrupted
Lorenz Studer
Mobile DNA sequences called L1 contribute to the brain's genetic
heterogeneity and may affect neuron function. The protein MeCP2,
which is mutated in Rett syndrome, seems to regulate the activity of
these genomic elements.
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** Fisheries: Measuring biodiversity in marine ecosystems
Joseph E. Powers
The use of catch data to determine indicators of biodiversity such
as 'mean trophic level' does not adequately measure ecosystem changes
induced by fishing. Improved ways to assess those changes are
required.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=23&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

** Reproductive ageing: Of worms and women
Kevin Flurkey and David E. Harrison
In roundworms, age-related decline in egg quality is regulated by
specific humoral signalling pathways. If similar mechanisms operate
in mammals, these findings may suggest ways to delay reproductive
ageing in women.
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NEWS & COMMENT
** Epigenetics: What makes a queen bee?
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** Pharmacology: Blocking a gut reaction
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** Cell biology: Communication key to cancer virus
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=43&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

** Genetics: Metabolic variation's roots
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** Evolutionary biology: Food thieves offer a helping hand
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=41&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

** Neuroscience: Brain connections have rhythm
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** Books in brief
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** History: Franklin, centre stage
Josie Glausiusz enjoys a play capturing the zeal and backstabbing
in the race to discover DNA's structure.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=61&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

** European bounty for taxonomists
Benoit Fontaine
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** More News & Comment on BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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Human Genomics: The next 10 years
February 22-23, 2011
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This conference, on the anniversary of the publications of the
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======================== CHEMICAL SCIENCES ========================
RESEARCH
** Jasmonate perception by inositol-phosphate-potentiated COI1-JAZ
co-receptor
Laura B. Sheard, Xu Tan, Haibin Mao, John Withers,
Gili Ben-Nissan et al.
Jasmonates are a family of plant hormones that regulate plant growth,
developme...
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=87&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

** An unprecedented nucleic acid capture mechanism for excision of
DNA damage
Emily H. Rubinson, A. S. Prakasha Gowda, Thomas E. Spratt,
Barry Gold and Brandt F. Eichman
DNA glycosylases that remove alkylated and deaminated purine
nucleobases are es...
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=86&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

** Cap binding and immune evasion revealed by Lassa nucleoprotein
structure
Xiaoxuan Qi, Shuiyun Lan, Wenjian Wang, Lisa McLay Schelde,
Haohao Dong et al.
Lassa virus, the causative agent of Lassa fever, causes thousands of
deaths ann...
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** Spectroscopy: Clear signals from surfaces
Robert G. Griffin
Nuclear magnetic resonance is a versatile analytical technique, but
acquiring well-resolved NMR spectra of chemical surfaces has been
hard. The coming of age of a spectral enhancement method should
change all that.
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** Materials chemistry: Thin films with a hidden twist
Andreas Stein
Many naturally occurring substances have a 'handedness' that enables
them to interact highly specifically with matter or light. The
helical features responsible for this can now be replicated in solid,
porous films.
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RESEARCH
** Entanglement of spin waves among four quantum memories
K. S. Choi, A. Goban, S. B. Papp, S. J. van Enk and H. J. Kimble
Quantum networks are composed of quantum nodes that interact
coherently through...
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** Quantum tunnelling of the magnetization in a monolayer of oriented
single-molecule magnets
M. Mannini, F. Pineider, C. Danieli, F. Totti, L. Sorace et al.
A fundamental step towards atomic- or molecular-scale spintronic
devices has re...
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** Free-standing mesoporous silica films with tunable chiral nematic
structures
Kevin E. Shopsowitz, Hao Qi, Wadood Y. Hamad and Mark J. MacLachlan
Chirality at the molecular level is found in diverse biological
structures, suc...
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** Trapped antihydrogen
G. B. Andresen, M. D. Ashkezari, M. Baquero-Ruiz, W. Bertsche,
P. D. Bowe et al.
Antimatter was first predicted in 1931, by Dirac. Work with
high-energy antipar...
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** Quantum physics: Entangled quartet
Vladan Vuletic
Quantum physics is known for its counter-intuitive principles. One
such principle -- that a single photon can be in as many as four
places at the same time -- has now been demonstrated.
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** Materials chemistry: Thin films with a hidden twist
Andreas Stein
Many naturally occurring substances have a 'handedness' that enables
them to interact highly specifically with matter or light. The
helical features responsible for this can now be replicated in
solid, porous films.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=40&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

** The moment of truth for WIMP dark matter
Gianfranco Bertone
We know that dark matter constitutes 85 per cent of all the matter in
the Unive...
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NEWS & COMMENT
** Astronomy: Old galaxies have bars of stars
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** Materials science: Graphene meets fluorine
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** Nanotechnology: DNA tiles yield bigger arrays
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** Nuclear physics: Isotopes map uncharted realm
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** Closing the Climategate
The official inquiry might have exonerated scientists, but attitude
changes are needed for science to ensure it holds the public's trust.
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** The end of cheap coal
New forecasts suggest that coal reserves will run out faster than
many believe. Energy policies relying on cheap coal have no future,
say Richard Heinberg and David Fridley.
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** Books in brief
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** Misreporting: a glowing report
Robert Matthews
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** Reef technology to rescue Venice
Thomas J. Goreau
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======================== EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ========================
RESEARCH
** Intrusion triggering of the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull explosive
eruption
Freysteinn Sigmundsson, Sigrun Hreinsdottir, Andrew Hooper,
Thora Arnadottir, Rikke Pedersen et al.
Gradual inflation of magma chambers often precedes eruptions at
highly active v...
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NEWS & COMMENT
** Closing the Climategate
The official inquiry might have exonerated scientists, but attitude
changes are needed for science to ensure it holds the public's trust.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=75&m=35999057&r=MjA1NzcwMjE4MQS2&b=2&j=ODcxNTI3MjkS1&mt=1&rt=0

** Misreporting: a glowing report
Robert Matthews
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