IN FOCUS

Atomic flare-up

Slim chances

Tiny cleaners

Small is risky

HANGING IN BALANCE

Innocent victims

Breastfeeding by Hiv-infected women transfers the virus to the infants, says a study

Lend me your hands

In a major scientific breakthrough, scientists conduct the world's first hand transplant

Get a grip on your hormones

A French scientist shows how to control the hormonal response of your body

Conversations kill

Post-39 blues

Left or right?

How magnetic fields determine the 'handedness' of molecules

Shedding new light

Beastly sport

French dilemma

GM vines trouble wine producers

Destination India

Gridlock

Pregnant possibilities

Simply Put: Let them throw food

France stops supply of uranium

Officials say the stoppage of enriched uranium for the Tarapur reactor will not affect India's peaceful nuclear programme

Pact of devastation

France has agreed to cancel part of the debt it is owed by Cameroon in return for the right to destroy the country's rainforests

Will plague return?

A plague bacterium that has developed resistance to several antibiotics may pose a serious threat to human health

Polymeristic world

Conducting polymers are modifying items of everyday use

Turtle terror

Trial, at last