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Head start for migraine sufferers
Psychological migraine treatment gives sufferers a confidence boost in their ability to self-manage their symptoms. For severe migraine sufferers, psychological treatments build on the benefits of drug therapy, according to a new study. A comparison of the effects of various treatment combinations for severe migraine - drug therapy with or without behavioral management - shows that those patients receiving the behavioral management program alongside drug therapy are significantly more confident in their ability to use behavioral skills to effectively self-manage migraines.

Brainy worms: Scientists uncover counterpart of cerebral cortex in marine worms
Unexpectedly, scientists have now discovered a true counterpart of the cerebral cortex in an invertebrate, a marine worm. Their findings give an idea of what the most ancient higher brain centers looked like, and what our distant ancestors used them for.

[News of the Week] Embryonic Stem Cells: Controversial Ruling Throws U.S. Research Into a Tailspin
A U.S. judge's surprise decision last week to block government funding of human embryonic stem cell research has left scientists across the country confused, upset, and angry. Authors: Jocelyn Kaiser, Gretchen Vogel

[News of the Week] Climate Change: Panel Faults IPCC Leadership But Praises Its Conclusions
A new independent review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says the increased public scrutiny IPCC is facing and the growing importance of its work mean that it must do better than it's been doing. Author: Eli Kintisch

[News of the Week] Antarctica: In Ground-Based Astronomy's Final Frontier, China Aims for New Heights
At a workshop last month, astronomers unveiled plans to build two major telescopes at Dome A on the East Antarctic icecap during the Chinese government's next 5-year plan, to start in 2011. Author: Richard Stone

[News of the Week] ScienceNOW.org: From Science's Online Daily News Site
ScienceNOW reported this week on the first feast, the world's smallest refrigerator, the backfiring of "hunting for conservation," and a pea-sized frog, among other stories.

[News of the Week] Energy Innovation: Novel Grant Promises Greener Buildings, Regional Growth
Last week, a consortium led by Pennsylvania State University won a federal competition for $129 million over 5 years to spur efforts to develop technologies for making buildings more energy efficient. Author: Jeffrey Mervis

[News of the Week] Newsmaker Interview: Frank Gannon: Ireland's Departing Research Chief on Irish and European Science
Frank Gannon probably could have finished out his career comfortably as director of the national funding agency Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). But the biologist will resign his position at the end of the year and head off to Australia to become director of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. Author: John Travis

[News of the Week] ScienceInsider: From the Science Policy Blog
ScienceInsider reported this week that the editor of the journal Cognition says he believes that fabrication is the most plausible explanation for data in a 2002 paper by Harvard University's Marc Hauser involving cotton-top tamarins, among other stories.

[News Focus] Mammoth-Killer Impact Flunks Out
After a new study failed to find nanodiamonds, impact experts are flatly rejecting outsiders' claims that an impact 12,900 years ago devastated the megafauna. Author: Richard A. Kerr

[News Focus] Profile: François Nosten: The Dour Frenchman on Malaria's Frontier
When he arrived at the dangerous Thai-Burmese border in 1984, François Nosten barely knew what research was. Today, he's one of the world's top malaria scientists. Author: Martin Enserink

[News Focus] Astrophysics: An Unsettled Debate About the Chemistry of the Sun
Researchers thought they knew the sun very well. Now, they are squabbling over the abundance of different elements in it. Author: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee

[Letter] Methane from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf—Response
Authors: Natalia Shakhova, Igor Semiletov, Örjan Gustafsson

[Letter] Candidate Gene Approach's Missing Link
Author: Janardan P. Pandey

[Book Review] Social Psychology: Mood Swings
Casti applies his background in complexity studies to explore the role of psychology in shaping the mass behavior of humans. Author: Richard Taylor

[Book Review] Astronomy: Findings Brought to Ground
Through discussions of particular observatories around the globe, the contributors explore the practices, technologies, and contexts of 19th-century astronomy. Author: Gustav Holmberg

[Books et al.] Books Received
A listing of books received at Science during the week ended 27 August 2010.

[Education Forum] Science Education: Growing Roles for Science Education in Community Colleges
To help meet economic challenges, 2- and 4-year colleges must collaborate to improve student completion and transfer. Author: George R. Boggs

[Perspective] Microbiology: Is the Tide Turning for New Malaria Medicines?
A return to traditional screening methods has rapidly produced a candidate malaria drug. Author: Timothy N. C. Wells

[Perspective] Immunology: CAR'ing for the Skin
Epidermal T cell responses to injury and infection require stimulation by a protein that maintains cell adhesion and normal dermal integrity. Authors: Andrey S. Shaw, Yina Huang

[Perspective] Paleontology: Marine Biodiversity Dynamics over Deep Time
Analysis of a large fossil database puts a new curve on the history of marine life. Author: Charles R. Marshall

[Perspective] Chemistry: Just Add Water
A graphene overlayer is used to map the structure of water from ice to liquid, one atomic layer at a time. Author: Mikhail I. Katsnelson

[Perspective] Transcription: Targeting the Core of Transcription
An enzyme that senses metabolic stress phosphorylates a chromatin protein to control gene expression and adaptive responses. Author: D. Grahame Hardie

[Perspective] Astronomy: Fullerenes and Cosmic Carbon
Hydrogen-poor conditions in a planetary nebula enable the detection of carbon-cage molecules C₆₀ and C₇₀, confirming the existence of fullerenes in space. Authors: Pascale Ehrenfreund, Bernard H. Foing

[Review] Heavy Fermions and Quantum Phase Transitions
Authors: Qimiao Si, Frank Steglich

[Brevia] Chlorine Isotope Fractionation in the Stratosphere
Isotope fractionation in a common refrigerant may provide insights into the mechanism of stratospheric ozone depletion. Authors: J. C. Laube, J. Kaiser, W. T. Sturges, H. Bönisch, A. Engel

[Research Article] Effectiveness and Safety of Tenofovir Gel, an Antiretroviral Microbicide, for the Prevention of HIV Infection in Women
Tenofovir in a vaginal gel formulation shows significant protection against HIV infection in a randomized control trial. Authors: Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Salim S. Abdool Karim, Janet A. Frohlich, Anneke C. Grobler, Cheryl Baxter, Leila E. Mansoor, Ayesha B. M. Kharsany, Sengeziwe Sibeko, Koleka P. Mlisana, Zaheen Omar, Tanuja N. Gengiah, Silvia Maarschalk, Natasha Arulappan, Mukelisiwe Mlotshwa, Lynn Morris, Douglas Taylor, on behalf of the CAPRISA 004 Trial Group

[Research Article] Spiroindolones, a Potent Compound Class for the Treatment of Malaria
High-throughput screening has offered up an oral antimalarial drug and pointers to its mechanism of action. Authors: Matthias Rottmann, Case McNamara, Bryan K. S. Yeung, Marcus C. S. Lee, Bin Zou, Bruce Russell, Patrick Seitz, David M. Plouffe, Neekesh V. Dharia, Jocelyn Tan, Steven B. Cohen, Kathryn R. Spencer, Gonzalo E. González-Páez, Suresh B. Lakshminarayana, Anne Goh, Rossarin Suwanarusk, Timothy Jegla, Esther K. Schmitt, Hans-Peter Beck, Reto Brun, Francois Nosten, Laurent Renia, Veronique Dartois, Thomas H. Keller, David A. Fidock, Elizabeth A. Winzeler, Thierry T. Diagana

[Report] Detection of C60 and C70 in a Young Planetary Nebula
Hydrogen-poor conditions allow fullerenes to form in space. Authors: Jan Cami, Jeronimo Bernard-Salas, Els Peeters, Sarah Elizabeth Malek