Arsenic contaminates

Pot-bellies weigh heavy upon Indian hearts

Paunches are common among Indians and this makes them especially prone to heart disease

Satellite check-ups

Rats offer clue for human cancer treatment

A technique developed to fight tumours in rats may one day be used to treat humans

Breast cancer: Tracking down an elusive killer

Scientists are exploring various approaches to fight the deadliest cancer afflicting US women.

Eavesdropping on animals via satellite

Technological advances allow biologists to sit in their labs and monitor animal movements.

GALILEO

Mea culpa, says vatican

Greedy wasps damage flowers to steal nectar

Decaying laboratory

Lichens are reliable monitors of air pollution

Indian scientists have classified levels of atmospheric pollution using lichens.

Herbal cure for stones

Sterling enzyme

Bubbles from sound

Colouring cotton

Scientific Indian

Save our soil

Cold deserts

Mushrooming study

Flight into the storms

Close insight

Brain (un)drain

Super harvest

Sticky fibres

No sweat

Guiding light

Scientists 'guide' light through a new generation of fibre optic cables