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ISSN 0036-8075 12 JULY 1996 VOLUME 273 NUMBER 5272 SCIENCE AMERICAN AssOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE NEWS The Decline of German Universities Foreign Students Bypassing Germany Disputed Results Now Just a Footnote Panel Backs Joint Bion Mission Earmark for New Ship Puts Academics Over Pork Barrel Italian Bioethics: Embryo Report Opens Old Wounds Publisher Draws Censorship Charge Tobacco Studies: UC Objects to Research Restrictions Silver Thread Boosts Current Capacity Unruly Sun Emerges in Solar Observatory's First Results Spying On the Sun-on the Cheap Evolutionary and Systematic Biologists Converge Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Quasar THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE EDITORIAL Scientific Imagination and Integrity K. J. Ryan 172 173 174 175 176 177 177 178 178 179 180 181 182 157 163 LETTERS 165 Not the "Dark Ages": W. C. Barker and R. S. Ledley * Dinosaurs and Their Youth: M. A. Norell and J. M. Clark; N. R. Geist and T. D. Jones * Tobacco Research: J. F. Glenn; J. Cohen; T. D. Sterling * Uninterrupted Electric Power: D. N. Baker and J. G. Kappenman SCIENCESCOPE 171 Protein Matchmaker May Lead New Gene Therapy to the Altar RANDOM SAMPLES 191 High Court Won't Review Hopwood * Manatee Killer Revealed * Canada Considers Gene Law BOOK REVIEWS 196 Bendectin and Birth Defects, reviewed by S. Bartlett Foote * The Mismeasure of Man * The World According to Wavelets * Wavelets * Vignette * Books Received PRODUCTS & MATERIALS 262 SCIENCE'S NEXT WAVE 265 Bioinformatics: New Frontier Calls Young Scien- tists r 183 SPECIAL NEWS REPORT Putting Prions to the Test Flipping Yeast Prusiner and the Press 184 186 188 PERSPECTIVES If a Tree Falls in the Forest... 201 M. Keller, D. A. Clark, D. B. Clark, A. M. Weitz, E. Veldkamp The Shrewd Grasp of RNA r 202 Polymerase R. Landick and J. W. Roberts Rho Returns: Its Targets in Focal O 203 Adhesions H. Bussey ARTICLE New Designs of Macroporous Polymers and Supports: From Separation to Biocatalysis F. Svec and J. M. J. Frechet 205 MWOWWWWWWW AAAS Board of Rita R. Colwell Retiring President, Chairman Jane Lubchenco President Mildred S. Dresselhaus President-elect Directors _ _ Sheila Jasanoff William A. Lester Jr. Simon A. Levin Marcia C. Linn Michael J. Novacek Anna C. Roosevelt Jean E. Taylor Nancy S. Wexler William T. Golden Treasurer Richard S. Nicholson Executive Officer * SCIENCE (ISSN 0036-8075) is published weekly on Friday, except the last week in December, by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005. Periodicals Mail postage (publication No. 484460) paid at Washington, DC, and additional mailing offices. Copyright © 1996 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The title SCIENCE is a registered trademark of the AAAS. Domestic individual membership and subscription (51 issues): $102 ($55 allocated to subscription). Domestic institutional subscription (51 issues): $250. Foreign postage extra: Mexico, Caribbean (surface mail) $55; other countries (air assist delivery) $90. First class, airmail, student, and emeritus rates on request. Canadian rates with GST available upon request, GST #1254 88122. Printed in the U.S.A. SCIENCE * VOL. 273 * 12 JULY 1996 I l~ *3 Ilia i~~~I 184~~~~~~~ Dop ion: age rtis DEPARTMENTS I g .--w., % .-,.,gg ,% -'MM M " :., III, -IRSO 154 on April 7, 2020 http://science.sciencemag.org/ Downloaded from

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Page 1: SCIENCE · Sectionofamural (dated 700A.D.)foundin anarcheo- logical siteatCacaxtia, Mexico[underprotectionofthe Instituto Nacional deAntropologia e Historia (INAH)]. Thequetzal (70centimeters,

ISSN 0036-807512 JULY 1996VOLUME 273NUMBER 5272 SCIENCE AMERICAN

AssOCIATION FORTHEADVANCEMENT OFSCIENCE

NEWSThe Decline of German UniversitiesForeign Students Bypassing Germany

Disputed Results Now Just a Footnote

Panel Backs Joint Bion Mission

Earmark for New Ship Puts AcademicsOver Pork Barrel

Italian Bioethics: Embryo ReportOpens Old Wounds

Publisher Draws Censorship Charge

Tobacco Studies: UC Objects toResearch Restrictions

Silver Thread Boosts Current Capacity

Unruly Sun Emerges inSolar Observatory's First ResultsSpying On the Sun-on the Cheap

Evolutionary and Systematic BiologistsConverge

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Quasar

THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE

EDITORIALScientific Imagination and IntegrityK. J. Ryan

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LETTERS 165Not the "Dark Ages": W. C. Barker and R. S. Ledley* Dinosaurs and Their Youth: M. A. Norell andJ. M. Clark; N. R. Geist and T. D. Jones * TobaccoResearch: J. F. Glenn; J. Cohen; T. D. Sterling *

Uninterrupted Electric Power: D. N. Baker and J.G. Kappenman

SCIENCESCOPE 171

Protein Matchmaker May LeadNew Gene Therapy to the Altar

RANDOM SAMPLES 191High Court Won't Review Hopwood * ManateeKiller Revealed * Canada Considers Gene Law

BOOK REVIEWS 196Bendectin and Birth Defects, reviewed by S.Bartlett Foote * The Mismeasure of Man * TheWorld According to Wavelets * Wavelets * Vignette* Books Received

PRODUCTS & MATERIALS 262

SCIENCE'S NEXT WAVE 265Bioinformatics: New Frontier Calls Young Scien-tists

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SPECIAL NEWS REPORTPutting Prions to the TestFlipping YeastPrusiner and the Press

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PERSPECTIVESIf a Tree Falls in the Forest... 201M. Keller, D. A. Clark, D. B. Clark, A. M.Weitz, E. Veldkamp

The Shrewd Grasp of RNA r 202PolymeraseR. Landick and J. W. Roberts

Rho Returns: Its Targets in Focal O 203AdhesionsH. Bussey

ARTICLENew Designs of MacroporousPolymers and Supports: From Separationto BiocatalysisF. Svec and J. M. J. Frechet

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MWOWWWWWWW AAAS Board ofRita R. ColwellRetiring President, Chairman

Jane LubchencoPresident

Mildred S. DresselhausPresident-elect

Directors __Sheila JasanoffWilliam A. Lester Jr.Simon A. LevinMarcia C. LinnMichael J. NovacekAnna C. RooseveltJean E. TaylorNancy S. Wexler

William T. GoldenTreasurer

Richard S. NicholsonExecutive Officer

* SCIENCE (ISSN 0036-8075) is published weekly on Friday, except the last week inDecember, by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New YorkAvenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005. Periodicals Mail postage (publication No. 484460) paid atWashington, DC, and additional mailing offices. Copyright © 1996 by the American Association forthe Advancement of Science. The title SCIENCE is a registered trademark of the AAAS. Domesticindividual membership and subscription (51 issues): $102 ($55 allocated to subscription). Domesticinstitutional subscription (51 issues): $250. Foreign postage extra: Mexico, Caribbean (surface mail)$55; other countries (air assist delivery) $90. First class, airmail, student, and emeritus rates onrequest. Canadian rates with GST available upon request, GST #1254 88122. Printed in the U.S.A.

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Section of a mural (dated 700 A.D.) found in an archeo-logical site at Cacaxtia, Mexico [under protection of theInstituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)].The quetzal (70 centimeters, head to tail) is painted withMaya blue dye, a dye first discovered at Mayan sites. It is

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a mixture of clay, indigo, and metal particles in a silicatesubstrate. The clay and indigo form a superlattice, andscattered metal particles disperse light, producing thislong-lasting blue color. See page 223. [Photo: Autho-rized reproduction of the INAH, under its responsibility.]

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Transcription Processivity: VI 21 1

Protein-DNA Interactions HoldingTogether the Elongation ComplexE. Nudler, E. Avetissova, V. Markovtsov, A.Goldfarb

REPORTS

Compression of Ice to 2 0 Gigapascals: 218

Infrared Evidence for a SymmetricHydrogen-Bonded PhaseA. F. Goncharov, V. V. Struzhkin, M. S.Somayazulu, R. J. Hemley, H. K. Mao

220Making DNA AddF. Guarnieri, M. Fliss, C. Bancroft

Maya Blue Paint: An Ancient 223Nanostructured MaterialM. Jos6-Yacamdn, L. Rend6n, J. Arenas, M. C.Serra Puche

Formation of Atomically Flat Silver 226Films on GaAs with a "Silver Mean"Quasi PeriodicityA. R. Smith, K.-J. Chao, Q. Niu, C.-K. Shih

Mechanism of Suppression of 228Cell-Mediated Immunity by Measles VirusC. L. Karp, M. Wysocka, L. M. Wahl, J. M.Ahearn, P. J. Cuomo, B. Sherry, G. Trinchieri,D. E. Griffin

Structure of the Amino-Terminal 231Core Domain of the HIV- Capsid ProteinR. K. Gitti, B. M. Lee, J. Walker, M. F. Summers,S. Yoo, W. I. Sundqulist

Polar Overdominance at the Ovine 236callipyge LocusN. E. Cockett, S. P. Jackson, T. L. Shay, F.Farnir, S. Berghmans, G. D. Snowder, D. M.Nielsen, M. Georges

Structure of the FKBP 1 2-Rapamycin P' 239Complex Interacting with Binding Domainof Human FRAP

J. Choi, J. Chen, S. L. Schreiber, J. Clardy

Long-Term Lymphohematopoietic 242Reconstitution by a Single CD34-Low/Negative Hematopoietic Stem CellM. Osawa, K.-i. Hanada, H. Hamada, H. Nakauchi

Regulation of Myosin Phosphatase by F 245Rho and Rho-Associated Kinase (Rho-Kinase)K. Kimura, M. Ito, M. Amano, K. Chihara, Y.Fukata, M. Nakafuku, B. Yamamori, J. Feng, T.Nakano, K. Okawa, A. Iwamatsu, K. Kaibuchi

Bipartite Ca2'-Binding Motif in 248C2 Domains of Synaptotagmin andProtein Kinase CX. Shao, B. A. Davletov, R. B. Sutton, T. C.Sudhof, J. Rizo

Platelet-Mediated Lymphocyte Delivery 252to High Endothelial VenulesT. G. Diacovo, K. D. Puri, R. A. Warnock, T.A. Springer, U. H. von Andrian

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On Catching Fly Balls 256J. L. Dannemiller, T. G. Babler, B. L. Babler; T.M. Jacobs, M. D. Lawrence, K. Hong, N. GiordanoJr., N. Giordano Sr.; M. K. McBeath, D. M.Shaffer, M. K. Kaiser

252Homing to thelymph nodes

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