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Numero 395 July 2001	Flights over the Pacific
	The evolution of Alpine glaciers over the twentieth century and climate changes
	But why does the Earth shake for so long?
	Regional transport policies: A survey of the Inter-regional Policy Observatory
	Activated on the inside

Numero 393 May-June 2001	Psychological harassment at work
	*From Parisian chic to Nouvelle Vague* : Fashion in the sixties**
	Antibodies in plants
	A simple method for evaluating thermodynamic properties of minerals
	A first for Concordia Station
	ELYSE: Studying Ultrashort Reaction Times
	A research program for more reliable brake systems
	Mathematical management of financial risks

Numero 392 April 2001	GM plants and the environment
	Too many neurons
	Hominid history and chimeric genes
	What motivates volunteers?
	Robots and anthropology
	Composite materials for the third millennium : Raman spectrometry analysis of ceramic fibers
	A device to reduce lead contamination in household water
	Thermomechanical treatments of interest for industry
	Watching atoms dance: Femtosecond-scale dynamics of structures
	Publication of "Images de la physique 2000"
	EDELWEISS and the missing mass of the universe Experiment for direct WIMP detection

Numero 391 March 2001	t-PA and glutamate : The harbingers of neuronal death
	Conduction by molecular wires - the proof from DNA
	Spring-Summer collection 2001 - Bactericidal fabrics soon in fashion
	No lightning on Venus
	Records and the law
	Museums, works of art, and the law
	Ion beam photography and 21^st century daguerreotypes

Numero 390 February 2001	Gypsum rosette, magic dust and grains of rice: Static and dynamic behavior of granular media
	3D Imaging for Materials and Biological Tissues: Third harmonic generation laser scanning microscopy
	Chemists and biologists work together to develop research into iron metabolism
	Bradykinin: Hormone relief for pain and inflammation?
	New system to improve air travel safety
	Diagnostic cardiovascular disease : will the catheter soon be history ?
	Intriguing small non-coding RNAs in mammalian brains

Numero 389 January 2001	History and philosophy of Science
	Islands and genes - the Sao Tomé's "Golden Fly"
	Co-ordination chemistry of technetium99, biology and medecine
	The emergence of life and the applications of evolutionary chemistry
	Catalysis, chemistry and computers : a CD-Rom library of mathematical models applied to catalytic experiments
	Corrosion of precious metals (palladium and platinium) under reducing electrolysis : Formation of new materials by bulk electrolyte insertion
	What will the North Atlantic currents be like next Thursday? The dawn of operational oceanography
	Caves and climat history : Stalagmites as valuable indicators of environnemental evolution

Numero 388 December 2000	A for Amoebae and Algae, B for Bacteria
	Arsenic and old basins : Rivers contamined by mining sites
	Balmer deuterium lines detected for the first time
	The albatross, an exceptional biological model
	Structure of the stathmin-tubulin complex : a better definition of the assembly of microtubules
	Ramadan - a social and political affair
	Questioning the impact of parental neglect on juvenile delinquency : a summary of research findings
	Memory and forgetting : the police record
	From light to electricity
	Organization and combinatorial optimization

Numero 387 October-november 2000	Michel Lazdunski, specialist of ion channels, receives CNRS Gold medal for the year 2000
	A cleaner catalyst for washing powder, paint and diapers
	Vietnamese ancient ceramics
	Head in the cloud...
	EXPRESSO : a program for the study of the tropical atmosphere
	A cosmic ruler, or how to measure the curvature of the universe
	Of robots and men
	Thermometers for cryogenic fluids

N° 386 September 2000	Special report : Mass spectrometry Introduction Museum's hidden treasures are brought to light Accelerator mass spectrometry Mass spectrometry for structural biology Chemical and isotopic analysis of rocks by ion microprobe
	West-German-Israeli relations from 1949 to 1956
	The French research center in Jerusalem (CRFJ)
	One century, twenty-six volumes and a thousand years of history
	Collective intelligence in ants and optimization techniques for computer programs
	The same mechanism initiates gene replication in humans and in a microorganism from the deep sea
	A new route to the origin of homochirality; enantioselective magnetochiral photochemistry

N° 385 July 2000	Special report : Parasitism Parasitism, ecology and evolution Parasitism, a major force in population evolution Genome of parasites ? Exogenous DNA and domestication strategies of host genomes Evolution of parasitism and co-evolution *Host-parasite phylogeny : a macro-evolutionary approach*
	Narbonne's retable reveals its secrets
	Life at the bottom of the illuminated layer of the Deep Blue Sea
	Analysis of topoisomerase II by micromanipulation
	"Le choix d'Alice" (Alice's choice) Shape recognition and visual strategy
	Photons that speak volumes : coupling Raman and photoelectronic imagery
	Diam-BINAP, poly-NAP : recyclable enantioselective catalysts
	Third accelerator at C.E.R.I. : a new tool for studying defects in materiels
	The first free-electron laser to operate in the ultraviolet region by self-amplified spontaneous emission
	Disposable" sensor for the continous monitoring of the rheological properties of mortar and concrete

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Research and preventive archeology

Editorial of Françoise Audouze

N° 384 May-June 2000	Centaurus A, a Giant Elliptical Cannibal Galaxy
	Formation of Molecular Gas in the Tails of Interacting Galaxies
	A Dusty Disc Orbiting a Young Star
	Sexy plants : Understanding the Evolution of the Y Chromosome in Plants
	Bugs, Flies, and Spuds : a Story of Co-evolution
	New Carbon Fibers Made out of Nanotubes
	Everyone Should Hava a Right to Professional Training
	Journey into red
	EUROBALL IV at the Limits of Nuclear Cohesion

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World Mathematical Year 2000

The new relations between mathematics and society

N° 383 April 2000	Research Network on Psychoactive Substances, Politics, and Society
	Drugs: An Area of Research that Receives Too Little Attention from the Social Sciences
	Public Health Policy and the Use of Methadone as a Replacement Drug: Why France Lagged Behind
	The Complex Relationship Between Drug Use and Prostitution
	Giant Molecules for Enantioselective Syntheses
	Dendrimers: Sophisticated Polymers with a Variety of Applications
	First Observation of the Valence Electron Density in a Small Protein by high Resolution X-ray Diffraction
	A Tomographic Probe to image and Analyze Cottrell Atmospheres in 3D at an Atomic Scale
	A Worldwide "First": The Complete Sequence of Chromosomes 2 and 4 of the Plant Arabidopsis thaliana

N° 381 February 2000	Mesoscale Alpine Program: Initial Results of Observation Campaign
	A new approach towards desulfurization of diesel oil
	The Importance of Head modelling: An Improved Prototype and mathematical model for the Simulation of Head Injuries During Collisions
	Harlequins: Taking a Closer Look at Romantic Novels
	A Historical-Sociological Look at How to Overcome Intolerance and Hatred
	French Families Cannot Adopt Foreign Children In the Event of Disagreement with French Law
	Internet: A New Model for Scientific Communication?

N° 380 January 2000	The Ergonomics of Human-Machine Interfaces
	Light on Cold Atoms Coherent Backscattering by a Sample of Cold Atoms
	Vectorization of Drugs: Intracellular Targeting with Nanoparticles
	Hepatitis C Virus: To the development of specific antiviral therapy
	THESEO 99
	Observing very young massive stars
	Lithium in Lunar Soil Provides Clues about Solar Activity
	Making Time Stop its Course: A History of Calendars

N° 378 October - November 1999	Controlling Molecular Chirality : Right and Left Handedness in Chemistry
	Silicon Chips: Millions Of Transistors In A Micro-World Tools and methods for verifying integrated systems
	Campaigns to Raise AIDS Awareness: The Government and AIDS Non-Governmental Organizations
	The Rights of People Living with HIV
	The Contribution of Research to Educational Policy
	The 1999 CNRS Gold Medal is Awarded to Jean-Claude Risset, Computer Music Specialist

N° 377 September 1999	A Close-up Look at Rain
	Ovary smells " in ants without queens

N° 376 July 1999	Ezrin: A new player in epithelial cell survival
	*Bactericide Produced Naturally in Plants Inhibits Escherichia coli* Enzyme**
	Hold on to the Night": An Anthropological Look at Bars
	Paris during the Interwar Years: City of Dreams
	The Conservation of Documents on Transparent Paper in Public Collections
	Dominoes and Two-Dimensional Ferromagnetism
	Urane Sx: An Ultra-Agile Machine Tool

N° 375 June 1999	The 14^th Of July Ball
	History As Seen Through Money
	Cultural Cohabitation In Europe
	High Performance Computing and Networking 200 Applications Involving SMEs
	*A Molecular Analysis Of The Genetic Variation of Strains Of Escherichia Coli* Bacteria**
	Insects Stay On The "Defensin" — A team of European and American researchers bring the spontaneous immune system back into the limelight
	Supercurrents through Carbon Nanotubes

N° 374 May 1999	Quantum Optics And Information Protection
	Earnings Insecurity and Family Insecurity
	Can one " Film " the movement of atoms during a chemical reaction? Femtosecond dynamics of hydrogen bonds in water
	The Sun, All Fire And Fury The great issues of today

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