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 Science, a multi disciplinary, weekly peer reviewed journal, ranks as the world's most prestigious scientific journal. The journal was established by Thomas Edison in 1880 and has been the official journal of AAAS since 1900. Content includes original research, news, book reviews, and coverage of events in the scientific community. (Zinio.com)
Science: Published for scientists, engineers and others interested in science; contains articles, original research reports, news sections, editorials, and letters. Special issues devoted to science-related topics such as biotechnology. (Amazon.com)
Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is considered one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals. The peer-reviewed journal, first published in 1880 is circulated weekly and has a print subscriber base of around 130,000. Because institutional subscriptions and online access serve a larger audience, its estimated readership is one million people.
The major focus of the journal is publishing important original scientific research and research reviews, but Science also publishes science-related news, opinions on science policy and other matters of interest to scientists and others who are concerned with the wide implications of science and technology. Although most scientific journals focus on a specific field, Science and its rival Nature cover the full range of scientific disciplines. Science places special emphasis on biology and the life sciences because of the expansion of biotechnology and genetics over the past few decades[citation needed]. Science's impact factor for 2006 was 30.028 (as measured by Thomson ISI).
Although it is the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, membership in the AAAS is not required to publish in Science. Papers are accepted from authors around the world. Competition to publish in Science is very intense, as an article published in such a highly-cited journal can lead to attention and career advancement for the authors. Fewer than 10% of articles submitted to the editors are accepted for publication and all research articles are subject to peer review before they appear in the magazine.
Science is based in Washington, D.C., USA, with a second office in Cambridge, England. (Wikipedia.org)
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COVER: A black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) drinks nectar from a flower of wild tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata). Nicotine in the nectar moderates its consumption by the hummingbird and protects against predators; the flower lip produces benzyl acetone, which attracts pollinators. Together, the repellent and attractant maximize the plant's reproductive fitness.
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This Week in Science
Editor summaries of this week's papers.
Editorial:
Academies Active in Education
Jorge E. Allende
Editors' Choice
Highlights of the recent literature.
Science Podcast
Science 29 August 2008: 1225.
Summary: The 29 August 2008 show includes a molecular marker of neurological status, how scents aid floral success, early Amazonian urbanisms, and more.
NEW PRODUCTS
News of the Week
POLAR SCIENCE: NSF Budget Ills Send Big Chill Through Antarctic Program
Eli Kintisch
Science 29 August 2008: 1142-1143.
Summary: Soaring fuel prices and flat budgets are forcing the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to shorten or defer dozens of research studies in the Antarctic.
CELL BIOLOGY: Biologists Change One Cell Type Directly Into Another
Constance Holden
Science 29 August 2008: 1143.
Summary: Researchers at Harvard University report that they have found a way to reprogram pancreatic cells in live mice, turning them into the insulin-producing cells that are damaged or destroyed in diabetes.
SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT: Fraud Charges Cast Doubt on Claims of DNA Damage From Cell Phone Fields
Gretchen Vogel
Science 29 August 2008: 1144-1145.
Summary: The only two peer-reviewed scientific papers showing that electromagnetic fields from cell phones can cause DNA breakage are at the center of a misconduct controversy.
RESEARCH FUNDING: Research Downturn
Science 29 August 2008: 1144.
Summary: Federal support for academic research, in real terms, has dropped for 2 years running, the first-ever consecutive declines in the 35 years of tracking by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
CANCER RESEARCH: Can Fasting Blunt Chemotherapy's Debilitating Side Effects?
Jennifer Couzin
Science 29 August 2008: 1146-1147.
Summary: A dramatic experiment in mice has led some researchers to suggest that fasting may blunt the side effects of cancer treatment and perhaps even allow patients to tolerate higher drug doses.
GENETICS: First Gene for Severe Dry Macular Degeneration
Jocelyn Kaiser
Summary: This week, researchers report the first genetic variant linked to slightly higher risk for severe "dry" age-related macular degeneration, one of the two advanced forms of the disease that robs tens of millions of elderly people of their vision.
ScienceScope
Random Samples
Newsmakers
News Focus
ARCHAEOLOGY: Ancient Earthmovers of the Amazon
Charles C. Mann
Summary: The forested western Amazon was once thought barren of complex human culture. But researchers are now uncovering enigmatic earthworks left by large, organized societies that once lived and farmed here.
ARCHAEOLOGY: The Western Amazon's "Garden Cities"
Charles C. Mann
Summary: On page 1214 of this issue of Science, a U.S.-Brazilian research team reports finding a set of "garden cities" built in the forests of the south-central Amazon as early as 1250 C.E.
PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING: Learning Under Anesthesia
Lauren Cahoon
Summary: Rodents commit the odors of other rodents' meals to the brain as preferred foods using a process known as olfactory learning. At the Physiological Society meeting, researchers reported that this scent-based social learning occurs even when mice are knocked out by anesthesia.
PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING: Testing a Taste Test for Depression
Lauren Cahoon
Summary: At the Physiological Society meeting, researchers presented a simple test that could help doctors to better diagnose and treat patients with depression: a taste test.
ZENG YI PROFILE: A Controversial Bid to Thwart the 'Cantonese Cancer'
Jia Hepeng
Summary: Zeng Yi has spent 3 decades probing a connection between Epstein-Barr virus and nasopharyngeal cancer. A new vaccine should show whether he is on the right track.
ZENG YI PROFILE: Mortality Survey Offers Mixed Message
Hao Xin
Summary: Cancer has become the number one killer in urban China, causing one in four deaths, although screening and prevention programs have reduced mortality rates for some cancers.
Letters
China's Energy Policy Comes at a Price
Qiang Wang;, Jiahua Pan, Ning Zeng, Yihui Ding, Huijun Wang, and Jay Gregg
Science 29 August 2008: 1156-1157.
From Darwinism to Evolutionary Biology
U. Kutschera
Science 29 August 2008: 1157-1158.
Corrections and Clarifications
Science 29 August 2008: 1158.
Books et al.
POLITICAL SCIENCE: Contrasts Across the 49th Parallel
Stephen Randall
Science 29 August 2008: 1159-1160.
Summary: The contributors compare and contrast Canadian and U.S. experiences with and approaches to a variety of political, social, legal, and demographic topics.
GENERAL SCIENCE: On the Back of an Envelope
Stephan Mertens
Science 29 August 2008: 1160.
Summary: Working through this eclectic collection of estimation problems will hone one's ability to produce plausible quantitative answers.
Books Received
Science 29 August 2008: 1160.
Education Forum
THE EARLY YEARS: Preschool Influences on Mathematics Achievement
Edward C. Melhuish, Kathy Sylva, Pam Sammons, Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Brenda Taggart, Mai B. Phan, and Antero Malin
Science 29 August 2008: 1161-1162.
Summary: The advantages of home learning environment and preschool are apparent years later in children's math achievement.
Perspectives
PLANT SCIENCE: The "Invisible Hand" of Floral Chemistry
Robert A. Raguso
Science 29 August 2008: 1163-1164.
Summary: Volatile compounds help flowering plants balance attracting pollinators and maximizing overall reproductive success.
ASTRONOMY: Life After Death
Annalisa Celotti
Science 29 August 2008: 1164-1165.
Summary: How is a dead massive star still able to energize extremely relativistic particles?
GEOPHYSICS: When Seamounts Subduct
Roland von Huene
Science 29 August 2008: 1165-1166.
Summary: Data from an array of seismometers on the sea floor show the complex pattern of earthquakes around subducted seamounts.
BIOCHEMISTRY: Opening the Molecular Floodgates
Chris S. Gandhi and Douglas C. Rees
Science 29 August 2008: 1166-1167.
Summary: Structural studies reveal how mechanosensitive channels respond to membrane tension.
CHEMISTRY: A Catalytic Foothold for Fluorocarbon Reactions
Robin N. Perutz
Science 29 August 2008: 1168-1169.
Summary: A reagent-catalyst combination reveals how to make hitherto inert fluorocarbons react at room temperature, which will help to solve the problem of their disposal.
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY: Neuron Research Leaps Ahead
Robert H. Brown Jr.
Science 29 August 2008: 1169-1170.
Summary: Technologies that reprogram adult dermal cells into motor neurons should advance our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases.
Association Affairs
AAAS News and Notes
Science 29 August 2008: 1171.
Review
Cavity Optomechanics: Back-Action at the Mesoscale
T. J. Kippenberg and K. J. Vahala
Science 29 August 2008: 1172-1176.
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