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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. Read Editorial ▶

Scientists wanted ▶

A clumsy immigration cap could damage UK science by keeping skilled researchers out. Read Editorial ▶

Scope for change ▶

Tough lessons must be learned if NASA is to avoid repeating a costly accounting error. Read Editorial ▶

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. Read Column ▶

Seven days: 12-18 November 2010 ▶

The week in science Read Seven Days ▶

Scope sails into budget void ▶

An independent review finds NASA's flagship James Webb observatory is perilously overspent. Read News ▶

Good news for 'good' cholesterol ▶

Positive results inject life into strategy to treat heart disease. Read News ▶

Antimatter held for questioning ▶

Magnetically trapped atoms could test fundamental physics. Read News ▶

Study says middle sized labs do best ▶

A comparison of funding level and output has captured attention at the US National Institutes of Health. Read News ▶

UK science will be judged on impact ▶

Pilot scheme paves way for university research to be awarded on the basis of society benefits. Read News ▶

Germany plans for healthy future ▶

National health-research centres take shape. Read News ▶

No rest for the bio-wikis ▶

Biologists' collaborative data repositories come of age. Read News ▶

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. Read Feature ▶

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? Read Feature ▶

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. Read Comment ▶

Questioning economic growth ▶

Our global economy must operate within planetary limits to promote stability, resilience and wellbeing, not rising GDP, argues Peter Victor. Read Comment ▶

Society: The rise of the 'technium' ▶

Kevin Kelly argues compellingly that technology is taking on a life of its own, finds Zaheer Baber. Read Books and Arts ▶

Books in brief ▶

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Agriculture: Greenhouses in the sky ▶

Emma Marris is intrigued by an optimistic vision of high–rise farms. Read Books and Arts ▶

History: Franklin, centre stage ▶

Josie Glausiusz enjoys a play capturing the zeal and backstabbing in the race to discover DNA's structure. Read Books and Arts ▶

Painting: Inquisitive and exact ▶

Alison Abbott visits an exhibition charting the artistic and scientific interests of painter and collector Gabriel von Max. Read Books and Arts ▶

European bounty for taxonomists ▶

Benoît Fontaine Read Correspondence ▶

Innovation in Europe — three questions ▶

Wouter Boon & Gaston Heimeriks Read Correspondence ▶

Misreporting: a glowing report ▶

Robert Matthews Read Correspondence ▶

Reef technology to rescue Venice ▶

Thomas J. Goreau Read Correspondence ▶

Benoît Mandelbrot (1924–2010)  ▶

Mathematician, and father of fractal geometry, who described the roughness of nature. Read Obituary ▶

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Support for a synaptic chain model of neuronal sequence generation ▶

Michael A. Long, Dezhe Z. Jin & Michale S. Fee

In songbirds, the remarkable temporal precision of song is generated by a sparse... Read 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, developmen... Read Research ▶

An unprecedented nucleic acid capture mechanism for excision of DNA damage ▶

Emily H. Rubinson, A. S. Prakasha Gowda, Thomas E. Spratt, Barry Gold & Brandt F. Eichman

DNA glycosylases that remove alkylated and deaminated purine nucleobases are ess... Read Research ▶

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, guidi... Read Research ▶

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 re... Read Research ▶

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 i... Read Research ▶

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 retrotransposo... Read Research ▶

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 impor... Read Research ▶

2′-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 methy... Read Research ▶

Molecular coupling of Tsix regulation and pluripotency ▶

Pablo Navarro, Andrew Oldfield, Julie Legoupi, Nicola Festuccia, Agnès Dubois et al.

The reprogramming of X-chromosome inactivation during the acquisition of pluripo... Read Research ▶

Integrating carbon–halogen bond formation into medicinal plant metabolism ▶

Weerawat Runguphan, Xudong Qu & Sarah E. O’Connor

Halogenation, which was once considered a rare occurrence in nature, has now bee... Read Research ▶

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 it... Read Research ▶

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 annu... Read Research ▶

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 an... Read Research ▶

Formation, regulation and evolution of Caenorhabditis elegans 3′UTRs ▶

Calvin H. Jan, Robin C. Friedman, J. Graham Ruby & David P. Bartel

Post-transcriptional gene regulation frequently occurs through elements in mRNA ... Read Research ▶

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′-end ... Read Research ▶

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 locomoti... Read Research ▶

Chemical biology: Synthetic metabolism goes green ▶

Joseph P. Noel

An extension of synthetic biology to a medicinal plant involves the transfer of ... Read Research ▶

Neuroscience: Excessive mobility interrupted ▶

Lorenz Studer

Mobile DNA sequences called L1 contribute to the brain's genetic heterogeneity a... Read Research ▶

Fisheries: Measuring biodiversity in marine ecosystems ▶

Joseph E. Powers

The use of catch data to determine indicators of biodiversity such as 'mean trop... Read Research ▶

Reproductive ageing: Of worms and women ▶

Kevin Flurkey & David E. Harrison

In roundworms, age-related decline in egg quality is regulated by specific humor... Read Research ▶

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 ▶

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Genetics: Metabolic variation's roots ▶

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Evolutionary biology: Food thieves offer a helping hand ▶

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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. Read News and Comment ▶

European bounty for taxonomists ▶

 Benoît Fontaine Read News and Comment ▶

More News & Comment on Biological Sciences ▶

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, developmen... Read Research ▶

An unprecedented nucleic acid capture mechanism for excision of DNA damage ▶

Emily H. Rubinson, A. S. Prakasha Gowda, Thomas E. Spratt, Barry Gold & Brandt F. Eichman

DNA glycosylases that remove alkylated and deaminated purine nucleobases are ess... Read Research ▶

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 i... Read Research ▶

Integrating carbon–halogen bond formation into medicinal plant metabolism ▶

Weerawat Runguphan, Xudong Qu & Sarah E. O’Connor

Halogenation, which was once considered a rare occurrence in nature, has now bee... Read Research ▶

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 it... Read Research ▶

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 annu... Read Research ▶

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′-end ... Read Research ▶

Chemical biology: Synthetic metabolism goes green ▶

Joseph P. Noel

An extension of synthetic biology to a medicinal plant involves the transfer of ... Read Research ▶

Spectroscopy: Clear signals from surfaces ▶

Robert G. Griffin

Nuclear magnetic resonance is a versatile analytical technique, but acquiring we... Read Research ▶

Materials chemistry: Thin films with a hidden twist ▶

Andreas Stein

Many naturally occurring substances have a 'handedness' that enables them to int... Read Research ▶

More News & Comment on Chemical Sciences ▶

Entanglement of spin waves among four quantum memories ▶

K. S. Choi, A. Goban, S. B. Papp, S. J. van Enk & H. J. Kimble

Quantum networks are composed of quantum nodes that interact coherently through ... Read Research ▶

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 rec... Read Research ▶

Free-standing mesoporous silica films with tunable chiral nematic structures ▶

Kevin E. Shopsowitz, Hao Qi, Wadood Y. Hamad & Mark J. MacLachlan

Chirality at the molecular level is found in diverse biological structures, such... Read Research ▶

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 antipart... Read Research ▶

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 locomoti... Read Research ▶

Spectroscopy: Clear signals from surfaces ▶

Robert G. Griffin

Nuclear magnetic resonance is a versatile analytical technique, but acquiring we... Read Research ▶

Quantum physics: Entangled quartet ▶

Vladan Vuletic

Quantum physics is known for its counter-intuitive principles. One such principl... Read Research ▶

Materials chemistry: Thin films with a hidden twist ▶

Andreas Stein

Many naturally occurring substances have a 'handedness' that enables them to int... Read Research ▶

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 Univer... Read Research ▶

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. Read News and Comment ▶

Scope for change ▶

Tough lessons must be learned if NASA is to avoid repeating a costly accounting error. Read News and 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. Read News and Comment ▶

Books in brief ▶

 Read News and Comment ▶

Misreporting: a glowing report ▶

 Robert Matthews Read News and Comment ▶

Reef technology to rescue Venice ▶

 Thomas J. Goreau Read News and Comment ▶

More News & Comment on Physical Sciences ▶

Intrusion triggering of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull explosive eruption ▶

Freysteinn Sigmundsson, Sigrún Hreinsdóttir, Andrew Hooper, Thóra Árnadóttir, Rikke Pedersen et al.

Gradual inflation of magma chambers often precedes eruptions at highly active vo... Read Research ▶

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, guidi... Read Research ▶

Fisheries: Measuring biodiversity in marine ecosystems ▶

Joseph E. Powers

The use of catch data to determine indicators of biodiversity such as 'mean trop... Read Research ▶

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. Read News and 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. Read News and Comment ▶

Agriculture: Greenhouses in the sky ▶

Emma Marris is intrigued by an optimistic vision of high–rise farms. Read News and Comment ▶

Misreporting: a glowing report ▶

 Robert Matthews Read News and Comment ▶

More News & Comment on Earth & Environmental Sciences ▶

Outreach: Meet the press ▶

Some scientists embrace the media; others bristle. All should know how to reach out, and how their careers can benefit. Read Careers ▶

A CV of failures ▶

Keeping a visible record of your rejected applications can help others to deal with setbacks, says Melanie Stefan. Read Careers ▶

Scope for change ▶

Tough lessons must be learned if NASA is to avoid repeating a costly accounting error. Read News and Comment ▶

Good news for 'good' cholesterol ▶

Positive results inject life into strategy to treat heart disease. Read News and Comment ▶

Innovation in Europe — three questions ▶

Read News and Comment ▶

Adaptive maternal effects in amphibian acid stress tolerance

Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology Dubendorf near Zurich, Switzerland

Research Assisant in Plant Molecular Cell Physiology

Prof. Dr. C. Büchel, University of Frankfurt, Germany Institut of Molecular Biosciences, University of Frankfurt, Germany

Microbial Biologist

University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah

Academic Research Positions

University of Western Sydney Richmond, NSW, Australia

International Conference on Prehypertension and Cardio Metabolic Syndrome

24.-27.02.11 Vienna, Austria