In this week's issue:
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| Research Summaries |
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Editor summaries of this week's papers. Highlights of the recent literature.
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| Editorial |
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| In Brief |
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The estimated costs for the White House's BRAIN project to map the human brain have skyrocketed. And a new exhibit of mummies at the British Museum in London uses CT scans to delve into the lives of eight mummified individuals—without unwrapping a single bandage.
In science news around the world, an attempt to invalidate a patent on embryonic stem cells has failed, the European Space Agency's Venus Express spacecraft prepares to descend into the planet's upper atmosphere, and more.
Physicist Neil Gershenfeld discusses digital fabrication and "fab labs" in an interview with Science, and climate scientist and RealClimate.com co-founder Gavin Schmidt is tapped to head NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
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| In Depth |
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Remote Sensing Eric Hand
Launch of Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 promises precise mapping of chlorophyll fluorescence from space.
Infectious Diseases Leslie Roberts
A new “Red List” identifies the countries where the virus may strike next.
Genetics Ann Gibbons
Breeding thoroughbreds for speed may harm their health.
Cell Biology Dennis Normile and Gretchen Vogel
Retraction plans for easy stem cell recipe leave scientists wondering how the papers came to be published.
Paleontology Michael Balter
Growth rates suggest answer to long debate: Dinosaurs were “mesothermic,” like today's tuna and echidna.
South America Lizzie Wade
Government funds new lab to study the biochemistry and medical uses of the drug.
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Martin Enserink
A massive study in Qatar is yielding the most detailed data yet on how a new virus spreads between camels—and how it jumps to humans.
Colin Macilwain
As researchers seek ever-larger supercomputers to crunch climate models of baffling complexity, some are calling for a fresh, statistics-based approach.
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| Working Life |
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| Letters |
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Laura A. Meyerson et al. David Samuel Johnson Posted Online: Immunotherapy C. Anderson and A. Panoskaltsis-Mortari
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| Books et al. |
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Evolution and Development Carl Simpson and Douglas H. Erwin Exercise Physiology Stephen D. R. Harridge
A listing of books received at Science during the week ending 06 June 2014.
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| Policy Forum |
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Public Health Thomas S. Churcher et al.
Developing new targets and milestones from standard surveillance data
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| Perspectives |
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Quantum Mechanics Dirk Bouwmeester
Monitored resonators can evade back-action from shot noise in the detection laser [Also see Report by Suh et al.]
Molecular Biology Jeffrey W. Roberts
RNA polymerase progression is regulated by a ubiquitous DNA consensus sequence to mediate RNA utilization [Also see Report by Vvedenskaya et al.]
Oceans Gabriel Filippelli
Water flow out of the Mediterranean is linked to large-scale ocean circulation patterns [Also see Research Article by Hernández-Molina et al.]
Epidemiology Meghan A. Duffy
Highly connected populations of the weedy plant Plantago are less likely to be colonized by a fungal pathogen [Also see Report by Jousimo et al.]
Retrospective Edward L. Glaeser and Andrei Shleifer
An economist used sociology and economics to examine life and explain human behavior
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| Reviews |
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Cédric Blanpain and Elaine Fuchs
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| Research Articles |
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F. Javier Hernández-Molina et al.
Mediterranean outflow water began to enter the Atlantic and influence global ocean circulation by the late Pliocene. [Also see Perspective by Filippelli]
A. S. Wahl et al.
A rat model of stroke shows that the rebuilding of spinal circuits in response to training is time-sensitive.
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| Reports |
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J. Tura et al.
A simplified, experimentally accessible form of Bell inequalities is derived for systems with many particles.
Florian Meinert et al.
The dynamics of ultracold atoms are observed as the optical lattice that houses them is suddenly tilted.
J. Suh et al.
The measurement-induced back-action effects on a quantum system can be avoided. [Also see Perspective by Bouwmeester]
Brandon Schmandt et al.
Downwelling of hydrous minerals may cause partial melting of Earth’s lower mantle.
John M. Grady et al.
Analysis of animal growth energetics indicates that dinosaurs had intermediate metabolic rates and elevated but labile temperatures.
Oliver Venn et al.
Overall, the mutation rate per year in chimps is similar to that in humans, but the male mutation bias with age is stronger.
Kai Xu et al.
The axon guidance protein netrin binds to two receptors with different architectures, providing a basis for diverse signaling outcomes.
Andrés Moreno-Estrada et al.
Indigenous and cosmopolitan Mexican populations are highly structured with genetic variation of medical relevance.
Irina O. Vvedenskaya et al.
An in vivo transcriptional pause consensus sequence determined in Escherichia coli is functional across prokaryotes. [Also see Perspective by Roberts]
Jussi Jousimo et al.
Better connected plant hosts are better able to resist a fungal pathogen, probably because of higher gene flow. [Also see Perspective by Duffy]
Pascal Fossat et al.
Crayfish respond to stress with an apparent fear of the dark that can be abolished with an anxiolytic drug.
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| Technical Comments |
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Francis V. Chisari et al. Yuchen Xia et al.
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| Podcast |
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On this week's show: Mapping genetic diversity in Mexico and a roundup of stories from our daily news site.
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| New Products |
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A weekly roundup of information on newly offered instrumentation, apparatus, and laboratory materials of potential interest to researchers.
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| From the AAAS Office of Publishing and Member Services |
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Business Office Feature Mike May Business Office Feature Alaina G. Levine
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