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Hot Water Treatment Eliminates Rhizoctonia from Azalea Cuttings
Apple may unveil a long-awaited portable tablet computer next month
College asks students to power down, contemplate (AP)
Citrus
Ladder-walking locusts show big brains aren't always best
NORAD is tracking Santa Claus's progress
The sun sets behind the Manhattan skyline on December 11 in New York
New materials designed to deal with hypersonic and supersonic hot stuff (w/ Video)
heryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, has been nominated to serve on the board of directors of Disney
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) building in Washington
Keck Telescopes Take Deeper Look at Planetary Nurseries
Mendenhall Glacier
Compound Halts Common Type of Drug-resistant Lung Cancer
Molecular Transistor
Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea (GEBA)
bee
The Formation of Blue Stragglers
Scientists discover how the brain encodes memories at a cellular level
Stocking stuffer: Card good for eye, dental visit (AP)
BlackBerry e-mail restored for some after outage (AP)
Turtles' Christmas journey tracked by scientists
Do computers understand art?
First adhere, then detach and glide forward
Panasonic Develops High Energy Lithium-ion Battery Module  with High Reliability
Salmon
duck
Taiwan has unveiled what it calls Asia's biggest solar power plant
A man working an interactive TV screen
Filipino troops try to keep volcano evacuees safe (AP)
Student-Made 'Sustain-a-Bear' Puts Green Spin on Timeless Toy
Shallow Origins
Top-bottom: Soichi Noguchi, Timothy J. Creamer and Oleg Kotov wave before boarding a Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft
Adjusting acidity with impunity
Novel nanotechnology heals abscesses caused by resistant staph bacteria
Volcanic Quakes Help Forecast Eruptions
The COROT satellite
On the tip of your tongue: Researchers reveal our motor system activates when we hear speech
skiing
Sniffing out clues to dogs' compulsive behavior
Nanoscale changes in collagen are a tipoff to bone health
Study Finds Treatment With Anabolic Hormone May Enhance Local Bone Regeneration
Study sheds light on microscopic flower petal ridges
Understanding relationship of proteins, fatty acids could help treat diseases
Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 2: Accelerating with Light)
Part 1: From Linacs to Lasers: Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow
Microsoft Word
School classroom air may be more polluted with ultrafine particles than outdoor air
New human reproductive hormone could lead to novel contraceptives
Protein link may be key to new treatment for aggressive brain tumor
New insight in nerve cell communication
Formation of the Gulf of Corinth rift, Greece
Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results
Fossil shelved for a century reworks carnivore family tree
System developed to detect plastic anti-personnel mines
Bacteria make the artificial blood vessels of the future
Modern behavior of early humans found half-million years earlier than previously thought
China maintains strict censorship of the Internet
Teenagers use violence to boost their social standing
Social networking changing the way we travel (AP)
Chemistry makes the natural 'wonder fabric' -- wool -- more wonderful
Report: FBI probes hacker attack on Citigroup (AP)
Digital quantum battery
Immersive Game System Allows Physical Interaction Between Players
Motorized knee can make you run faster
Researchers crack part of the neuronal code
French scientist Herwan Amire shows two pink winkle in Xelha's Cove,  south of Cancun
Titan
Most of 47,000 Filipinos safe from raging volcano (AP)
Fungal footage fosters foresight into plant, animal disease
Marohn describes breakthrough imaging technology