http://www.sciencemag.org/current.dtl This Week in Science Editor summaries of this week's papers. Science 19 May 2006: 969. |Full Text » Editorial: Science as Smoke Screen Stephen C. Trombulak, David S. Wilcove, and Timothy D. Male Science 19 May 2006: 973. Summary »| PDF »| Editors' Choice Highlights of the recent literature. Science 19 May 2006: 974. |Full Text » NetWatch Best of the Web in science. Science 19 May 2006: 977. |Full Text » NEW PRODUCTS Science 19 May 2006: 1066. Summary »| PDF »| News of the Week KOREAN CLONING SCANDAL: Prosecutors Allege Elaborate Deception and Missing Funds D. Yvette Wohn and Dennis Normile Science 19 May 2006: 980-981. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| U.S. MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: Well-Balanced Panel to Tackle Algebra Reform Jeffrey Mervis Science 19 May 2006: 982. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| U.S. PATENT POLICY: PTO Wants to Tap Experts to Help Patent Examiners Eli Kintisch Science 19 May 2006: 982. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| PALEOANTHROPOLOGY: How the Hobbit Shrugged: Tiny Hominid's Story Takes New Turn Elizabeth Culotta Science 19 May 2006: 983-984. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| PALEOANTHROPOLOGY: But Is It Pathological? Elizabeth Culotta Science 19 May 2006: 983. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| GENETIC TESTING: U.K. Embryos May Be Screened for Cancer Risk Laura Blackburn Science 19 May 2006: 984. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| HUMAN EVOLUTION: Genomes Throw Kinks in Timing of Chimp-Human Split Elizabeth Pennisi Science 19 May 2006: 985-986. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| INFECTIOUS DISEASE: RU-486-Linked Deaths Open Debate About Risky Bacteria Jennifer Couzin Science 19 May 2006: 986. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT: Invention of China's Homegrown DSP Chip Dismissed as a Hoax Hao Xin Science 19 May 2006: 987. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| ScienceScope Science 19 May 2006: 985. |Full Text » Random Samples Science 19 May 2006: 979. |Full Text » Newsmakers Science 19 May 2006: 995. |Full Text » News Focus EDUCATION: Finding Common Ground in the U.S. Math Wars Jeffrey Mervis Science 19 May 2006: 988-990. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| ASTRONOMY: After a Tough Year, ALMA's Star Begins to Rise at Last Daniel Clery Science 19 May 2006: 990-991. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: Waiting for ITER, Fusion Jocks Look EAST Dennis Normile Science 19 May 2006: 992-993. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: Asian Fusion Dennis Normile Science 19 May 2006: 993. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| SCIENTIFIC OPENNESS: Should Academics Self-Censor Their Findings on Terrorism? Yudhijit Bhattacharjee Science 19 May 2006: 993-994. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| Letters This Week's Letters Science 19 May 2006: 997. Summary »| PDF »| Translation Research and Drug Development John Erickson Science 19 May 2006: 997. Full Text »| PDF »| Extinct or Possibly Extinct? David L. Roberts Science 19 May 2006: 997-998. Full Text »| PDF »| Incorporating Evolution into Medical Education Joseph D. McInerney Science 19 May 2006: 998. Full Text »| PDF »| Benzene Exposure and Hematotoxicity Steven H. Lamm, Hans W. Grünwald;, Qing Lan, Roel Vermeulen, Luoping Zhang, Guilan Li, Philip S. Rosenberg, Blanche P. Alter, Min Shen, Stephen M. Rappaport, Rona S. Weinberg, Stephen Chanock, Suramya Waidyanatha, Charles Rabkin, Richard B. Hayes, Martha Linet, Sungkyoon Kim, Songnian Yin, Nathaniel Rothman, and Martyn T. Smith Science 19 May 2006: 998-999. Full Text »| PDF »| Corrections and Clarifications Science 19 May 2006: 999. Full Text »| PDF »| Books et al. RISK ASSESSMENT: Predicting Asbestos's Fallout Jonathan M. Samet Science 19 May 2006: 1000-1001. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| CLIMATE CHANGE: Weather Effects Andrew Goudie Science 19 May 2006: 1001. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| Books Received Science 19 May 2006: 1001. Summary »| Policy Forum ENVIRONMENT: Investments Toward Sustainable Development Jeffrey D. Sachs and Walter V. Reid Science 19 May 2006: 1002. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| Perspectives MATERIALS SCIENCE: Making High-Flux Membranes with Carbon Nanotubes David S. Sholl and J. Karl Johnson Science 19 May 2006: 1003-1004. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| CHEMISTRY: Mode-Selective Control of Surface Reactions John C. Tully Science 19 May 2006: 1004-1005. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| APPLIED PHYSICS: Assembly and Probing of Spin Chains of Finite Size Harald Brune Science 19 May 2006: 1005-1006. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| BEHAVIOR: Enhanced: Foresight and Evolution of the Human Mind Thomas Suddendorf Science 19 May 2006: 1006-1007. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| NEUROSCIENCE: Gatekeeper at the Synapse Harold L. Atwood Science 19 May 2006: 1008-1009. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| CHEMISTRY: Dangerously Seeking Linear Carbon Ray H. Baughman Science 19 May 2006: 1009-1110. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| Review Genomics and the Irreducible Nature of Eukaryote Cells C. G. Kurland, L. J. Collins, and D. Penny Science 19 May 2006: 1011-1014. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »| Brevia Dispersal Limitations Matter for Microbial Morphospecies Richard J. Telford, Vigdis Vandvik, and H. J. B. Birks Science 19 May 2006: 1015. Similar to those of larger organisms, diatom communities in freshwater lakes across North America and Europe show regionally restricted patterns, depending in part on lake chemistry. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »| Research Article Drilling to Gabbro in Intact Ocean Crust Douglas S. Wilson, Damon A. H. Teagle, Jeffrey C. Alt, Neil R. Banerjee, Susumu Umino, Sumio Miyashita, Gary D. Acton, Ryo Anma, Samantha R. Barr, Akram Belghoul, Julie Carlut, David M. Christie, Rosalind M. Coggon, Kari M. Cooper, Carole Cordier, Laura Crispini, Sedelia Rodriguez Durand, Florence Einaudi, Laura Galli, Yongjun Gao, Jörg Geldmacher, Lisa A. Gilbert, Nicholas W. Hayman, Emilio Herrero-Bervera, Nobuo Hirano, Sara Holter, Stephanie Ingle, Shijun Jiang, Ulrich Kalberkamp, Marcie Kerneklian, Jürgen Koepke, Christine Laverne, Haroldo L. Lledo Vasquez, John Maclennan, Sally Morgan, Natsuki Neo, Holly J. Nichols, Sung-Hyun Park, Marc K. Reichow, Tetsuya Sakuyama, Takashi Sano, Rachel Sandwell, Birgit Scheibner, Chris E. Smith-Duque, Stephen A. Swift, Paola Tartarotti, Anahita A. Tikku, Masako Tominaga, Eugenio A. Veloso, Toru Yamasaki, Shusaku Yamazaki, and Christa Ziegler Science 19 May 2006: 1016-1020. Published online 20 April 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1126090] (in Science Express Research Articles) A drill core of ocean crust into an underlying solidified magma chamber shows that seismic layers correlate with changes in porosity, not rock type as had been thought. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Reports Spin Coupling in Engineered Atomic Structures Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin, Christopher P. Lutz, and Andreas J. Heinrich Science 19 May 2006: 1021-1024. Published online 30 March 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1125398] (in Science Express Reports) The spin interactions of chains of manganese atoms assembled on a thin insulating surface were measured and can be interpreted in terms of an open spin chain model. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »| Desorption of H from Si(111) by Resonant Excitation of the Si-H Vibrational Stretch Mode Zhiheng Liu, L. C. Feldman, N. H. Tolk, Zhenyu Zhang, and P. I. Cohen Science 19 May 2006: 1024-1026. A laser tuned to a particular stretching frequency can desorb just hydrogen from a surface containing both hydrogen and deuterium, demonstrating selective scission of bonds Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Oligonucleotide-Modified Gold Nanoparticles for Intracellular Gene Regulation Nathaniel L. Rosi, David A. Giljohann, C. Shad Thaxton, Abigail K. R. Lytton-Jean, Min Su Han, and Chad A. Mirkin Science 19 May 2006: 1027-1030. Tight packing of DNA on gold nanoparticles increases its resistance to enzymatic degradation, allowing a higher uptake of DNA. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »| Preparation of Poly(diiododiacetylene), an Ordered Conjugated Polymer of Carbon and Iodine Aiwu Sun, Joseph W. Lauher, and Nancy S. Goroff Science 19 May 2006: 1030-1034. A polymer consisting of a nearly unadorned linear carbon chain, a long-elusive form of conjugated carbon, can be prepared using nitriles in a co-crystal to orient the monomer. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »| Fast Mass Transport Through Sub-2-Nanometer Carbon Nanotubes Jason K. Holt, Hyung Gyu Park, Yinmin Wang, Michael Stadermann, Alexander B. Artyukhin, Costas P. Grigoropoulos, Aleksandr Noy, and Olgica Bakajin Science 19 May 2006: 1034-1037. Carbon nanotubes make excellent pores in membranes because their smooth inner surfaces enhance the flow rate. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »| Apes Save Tools for Future Use Nicholas J. Mulcahy and Josep Call Science 19 May 2006: 1038-1040. Bonobos and orangutans can sequester tools for obtaining food in a lab experiment up to 14 hours later, suggesting that they have the ability to plan for the future. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »| CO/FT Regulatory Module Controls Timing of Flowering and Seasonal Growth Cessation in Trees Henrik Böhlenius, Tao Huang, Laurence Charbonnel-Campaa, Amy M. Brunner, Stefan Jansson, Steven H. Strauss, and Ove Nilsson Science 19 May 2006: 1040-1043. Published online 4 May 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1126038] (in Science Express Reports) Poplar, a perennial tree, contains genes controlling flowering and the onset of dormancy that are homologs of flowering time genes in Arabidopsis. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »| Emergent Properties of Reduced-Genome Escherichia coli György Pósfai, Guy Plunkett, III, Tamás Fehér, David Frisch, Günther M. Keil, Kinga Umenhoffer, Vitaliy Kolisnychenko, Buffy Stahl, Shamik S. Sharma, Monika de Arruda, Valerie Burland, Sarah W. Harcum, and Frederick R. Blattner Science 19 May 2006: 1044-1046. Published online 27 April 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1126439] (in Science Express Reports) Targeted deletion of up to 15 percent of the genome of a common bacterium yielded new and improved strains, including ones that could take up foreign DNA more efficiently. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »| Agent-Specific Responses in the Cingulate Cortex During Economic Exchanges Damon Tomlin, M. Amin Kayali, Brooks King-Casas, Cedric Anen, Colin F. Camerer, Steven R. Quartz, and P. Read Montague Science 19 May 2006: 1047-1050. The abstract ideas of self and other seem to be represented in two distinct regions of the human cingulate cortex. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »| Bruchpilot Promotes Active Zone Assembly, Ca2+ Channel Clustering, and Vesicle Release Robert J. Kittel, Carolin Wichmann, Tobias M. Rasse, Wernher Fouquet, Manuela Schmidt, Andreas Schmid, Dhananjay A. Wagh, Christian Pawlu, Robert R. Kellner, Katrin I. Willig, Stefan W. Hell, Erich Buchner, Manfred Heckmann, and Stephan J. Sigrist Science 19 May 2006: 1051-1054. Published online 13 April 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1126308] (in Science Express Reports) A protein necessary for organization of the vesicle release site in neuronal synapses also influences calcium channel localization and interaction with vesicles. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »| A Systems Approach to Mapping DNA Damage Response Pathways Christopher T. Workman, H. Craig Mak, Scott McCuine, Jean-Bosco Tagne, Maya Agarwal, Owen Ozier, Thomas J. Begley, Leona D. Samson, and Trey Ideker Science 19 May 2006: 1054-1059. Analysis of transcription factors activated by DNA damage, their binding sites, and the effects of their deletion reveals the regulatory network for the repair response. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »| Lamin A-Dependent Nuclear Defects in Human Aging Paola Scaffidi and Tom Misteli Science 19 May 2006: 1059-1063. Published online 27 April 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1127168] (in Science Express Reports) Sporadic defects in the lamin A protein, which helps form the architecture of the nucleus, have been implicated in a premature aging disease and are also responsible for normal aging. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »| Biogeographic Evolution of Madagascar's Microendemic Biota Lucienne Wilmé, Steven M. Goodman, and Jörg U. Ganzhorn Science 19 May 2006: 1063-1065. The unusually high number of endemic species on Madagascar can be explained by fluctuating past climates and numerous geographic barriers to dispersal. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »| Technical Comments Comment on "The Brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis" R. D. Martin, A. M. MacLarnon, J. L. Phillips, L. Dussubieux, P. R. Williams, and W. B. Dobyns Science 19 May 2006: 999. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Response to Comment on "The Brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis" Dean Falk, Charles Hildebolt, Kirk Smith, M. J. Morwood, Thomas Sutikna, Jatmiko, E. Wayhu Saptomo, Barry Brunsden, and Fred Prior Science 19 May 2006: 999. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »|