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[Report] Abnormal Brain Structure Implicated in Stimulant Drug Addiction
A neurological marker of addiction vulnerability occurs in sibling pairs who do not take drugs.Authors: Karen D. Ersche, P. Simon Jones, Guy B. Williams, Abigail J Turton, Trevor W. Robbins, Edward T. Bullmore
[Report] Innate Response Activator B Cells Protect Against Microbial Sepsis
A specialized population of B lymphocytes is important for controlling bacterial infections and preventing sepsis.Authors: Philipp J. Rauch, Aleksey Chudnovskiy, Clinton S. Robbins, Georg F. Weber, Martin Etzrodt, Ingo Hilgendorf, Elizabeth Tiglao, Jose-Luiz Figueiredo, Yoshiko Iwamoto, Igor Theurl, Rostic Gorbatov, Michael T. Waring, Adam T. Chicoine, Majd Mouded, Mikael J. Pittet, Matthias Nahrendorf, Ralph Weissleder, Filip K. Swirski
[Report] Growth of Western Australian Corals in the Anthropocene
Cores taken from massive corals indicate that temperature rather than ocean acidification has governed reef growth.Authors: Timothy F. Cooper, Rebecca A. O'Leary, Janice M. Lough
[Report] Sequential Signaling Crosstalk Regulates Endomesoderm Segregation in Sea Urchin Embryos
Separation of deuterostome endoderm and mesoderm occurs through sequential interactions between Notch and Wnt signaling.Authors: Aditya J. Sethi, Radhika M. Wikramanayake, Robert C. Angerer, Ryan C. Range, Lynne M. Angerer
[Report] Untangling Genomes from Metagenomes: Revealing an Uncultured Class of Marine Euryarchaeota
Reconstruction of whole genomes from a complex microbial community has revealed an evolutionary surprise.Authors: Vaughn Iverson, Robert M. Morris, Christian D. Frazar, Chris T. Berthiaume, Rhonda L. Morales, E. Virginia Armbrust
[Report] Affirmative Action Policies Promote Women and Do Not Harm Efficiency in the Laboratory
Increasing the representation of competition-averse individuals does not alter overall output.Authors: Loukas Balafoutas, Matthias Sutter
[Report] Female Leadership Raises Aspirations and Educational Attainment for Girls: A Policy Experiment in India
The effects of female leaders on girls occur via policy changes in the short run and parental aspirations in the longer run.Authors: Lori Beaman, Esther Duflo, Rohini Pande, Petia Topalova
[Report] Natural Variation in a Chloride Channel Subunit Confers Avermectin Resistance in C. elegans
Resistance to avermectin, an anti-nematode drug, is conferred by a deletion in a glutamate-gated chloride channel.Authors: Rajarshi Ghosh, Erik C. Andersen, Joshua A. Shapiro, Justin P. Gerke, Leonid Kruglyak
[Report] High-Latitude Forcing of the South American Summer Monsoon During the Last Glacial
High-latitude processes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres both influence the South American Summer Monsoon.Authors: Lisa C. Kanner, Stephen J. Burns, Hai Cheng, R. Lawrence Edwards
[Report] Iron Catalysts for Selective Anti-Markovnikov Alkene Hydrosilylation Using Tertiary Silanes
Iron catalysts offer a potentially cheaper route than platinum for certain commercially useful carbon-silicon compounds.Authors: Aaron M. Tondreau, Crisita Carmen Hojilla Atienza, Keith J. Weller, Susan A. Nye, Kenrick M. Lewis, Johannes G. P. Delis, Paul J. Chirik
[Report] Revealing the Superfluid Lambda Transition in the Universal Thermodynamics of a Unitary Fermi Gas
Thermodynamic quantities for the superfluid transition of a strongly interacting atomic Fermi gas were measured.Authors: Mark J. H. Ku, Ariel T. Sommer, Lawrence W. Cheuk, Martin W. Zwierlein
[Report] Spin-Down of Radio Millisecond Pulsars at Genesis
Numerical calculations show that processes responsible for spinning up millisecond pulsars may also lead them to slow down.Author: Thomas M. Tauris
[Research Article] The Southern Ocean’s Role in Carbon Exchange During the Last Deglaciation
Radiocarbon measurements of deep-sea corals reveal the presence of old, carbon-rich water in the Southern Ocean.Authors: Andrea Burke, Laura F. Robinson
[Research Article] High-Resolution View of the Yeast Meiotic Program Revealed by Ribosome Profiling
During yeast sporulation, the production of most proteins is tightly regulated by both messenger RNA levels and translational control.Authors: Gloria A. Brar, Moran Yassour, Nir Friedman, Aviv Regev, Nicholas T. Ingolia, Jonathan S. Weissman
[Brevia] Nanoscopy in a Living Mouse Brain
Super high-resolution microscopy resolves neuron dynamics in the cerebral cortex of a living mouse.Authors: Sebastian Berning, Katrin I. Willig, Heinz Steffens, Payam Dibaj, Stefan W. Hell
[Perspective] Physics: Seeing the Superfluid Transition of a Gas
The universal thermodynamic functions of a superfluid formed from a fermion gas of strongly interacting lithium atoms have been measured precisely.Author: Wilhelm Zwerger
[Perspective] Climate Change: Marching in Near Lock-Step
A cave record from Peru closely matches climate patterns seen in cores from Greenland and the North Atlantic Ocean.Author: Donald T. Rodbell
[Perspective] Neuroscience: To Stop or Not to Stop?
Does chronic drug abuse cause brain abnormalities, or do they develop before the onset of dependence?Authors: Nora D. Volkow, Ruben D. Baler
[Perspective] Evolution: Surviving in a Toxic World
Natural variations in a single gene of wild C. elegans populations confer resistance to the bacterial toxin avermectin.Author: Adrian J. Wolstenholme
[Perspective] Economics: Ready, Steady, Compete
Women's willingness to compete can be increased through appropriate affirmative action.Author: Marie Claire Villeval
[Policy Forum] Scientific Publications: Coercive Citation in Academic Publishing
Many journal editors appear to strategically target authors and papers to pressure them into citing the editors' journals.Authors: Allen W. Wilhite, Eric A. Fong
[Books et al.] Books Received
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listing of books received
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[Book Review] When Do Incentives Corrupt?
Analyzing incentives in terms of power rather than as trades, Grant concludes that their use to further desired social and political goals raises some ethical concerns.Author: Tyler Cowen
[Book Review] Have We “Met the Enemy”?
Guillemin describes the aftermath of and investigation into the fall 2001 anthrax letters.Author: David A. Relman
[Letter] Proceed with Planning Despite Multiple Models
Author: Robert Dickinson
[Technical Response] Response to Comment on “Abiotic Pyrite Formation Produces a Large Fe Isotope Fractionation”
Authors: Romain Guilbaud, Ian B. Butler, Rob M. Ellam
[Technical Comment] Comment on “Abiotic Pyrite Formation Produces a Large Fe Isotope Fractionation”
Authors: Andrew D. Czaja, Clark M. Johnson, Kosei E. Yamaguchi, Brian L. Beard
[Correction] Corrections and Clarifications
[Letter] Invasive Species Unchecked by Climate—Response
Authors: Michael T. Burrows, David S. Schoeman, Carlos M. Duarte, Mary I. O'Connor, Lauren B. Buckley, Carrie V. Kappel, Camille Parmesan, Benjamin S. Halpern, Chris Brown, Keith M. Brander, John F. Bruno, John M. Pandolfi, William J. Sydeman, Pippa Moore, Wolfgang Kiessling, Anthony J. Richardson, Elvira S. Poloczanska
[Letter] Invasive Species Unchecked by Climate
Author: Philip E. Hulme
[Special Feature] 2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge: Video
Science and the National Science Foundation announce the winner, two honorable mentions, and the "People's Choice" in the Video category in the 2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge.
[Letter] Investing in Libya's Education
Author: Sema K. Sgaier
[Special Feature] 2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge: Interactive Games
Science and the National Science Foundation announce the winner, three honorable mentions, and the "People's Choice" in the Interactive Games category in the 2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge.
[Special Feature] 2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge: Informational Posters & Graphics
Science and the National Science Foundation announce the winner, an honorable mention, and the "People's Choice" in the Informational Posters & Graphics category in the 2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge.
[Special Feature] 2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge: Illustration
Science and the National Science Foundation announce three honorable mentions and the "People's Choice" in the Illustration category in the 2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge.
[Special Feature] 2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge: Photography
Science and the National Science Foundation announce the winner, an honorable mention, and the "People's Choice" in the Photography category in the 2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge.
[Special Feature] 2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge: 2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge
Author: Colin Norman
[News Focus] Oil Resources: Technology Is Turning U.S. Oil Around But Not the World's
The high price of oil is driving technological innovation that has reversed the decline in U.S. oil production, but the world will increasingly depend on OPEC and “non-oil” oil.Author: Richard A. Kerr