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50 Years in Business and Still Growing

The dual focus of making signs and exhibits has helped Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week Color-Ad grow over the last five decades. As applications for the 2012 Inc

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Highest honors for quantum computer pioneer

Experimental physicist Rainer Blatt from the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Innsbruck, Austria, will receive the Stern-Gerlach Medal of the German Physical Society. The medal will be presented by Germany's Research Minister Anette Schavan in Berlin on Tuesday 27 March 2012.

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Giant Eyes Help Colossal Squid Spot Glowing Whales

Giant squid in ice; courtesy of Fir0002/Wikimedia Commons Giant and colossal squid can grow to be some 12 meters long . But that alone doesn’t explain why they have the biggest eyeballs on the planet. At 280 millimeters in diameter, colossal squid eyes are much bigger than those of the swordfish, which at 90 millimeters, measure in as the next biggest peepers.

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The Neglect of Mental Illness Exacts a Huge Toll, Human and Economic

Mental health care is one of the biggest unmet needs of our time. Nearly one in two people in the U.S. will suffer from depression, anxiety disorders or another mental health ailment at some point in their life, and about one in 17 Americans currently has a serious mental illness

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Stars containing dark matter should look different from other stars

(PhysOrg.com) -- Finding evidence for dark matter – the unknown substance that theoretically makes up 23% of the universe – has been one of the biggest challenges in modern cosmology. Several experiments are underway to detect dark matter candidates known as Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) as they travel through the Earth.

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8 Reasons Your Social Initiative Will Fail

Social is one of the hottest trends in enterprise software, and many companies are considering rolling out products and services that make it easier for employees to share information with each other and communicate with customers and suppliers. Social software covers a lot of ground, but in general, products in this field enable people to share ideas and documents, find expertise and connect with colleagues, and communicate interactively with others. Gartner reports that “social software technologies as a whole are among the most hyped in the industry at the moment,” but is quick to warn companies that different social software technologies are “at different levels of maturity.” Meanwhile,

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The Secret to Retail Store Profitability

How one retailer discovered the secret to expanding from three to 15 stores profitably. One retail client of ours had a small boutique business unit (selling upscale French clothing) that was a real puzzler. They were seeing great profitability in their New York boutique, significant losses from their Los Angeles boutique, and moderate profitability just down the street in Orange County.

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The Secret to Retail Store Profitability

How one retailer discovered the secret to expanding from three to 15 stores profitably. One retail client of ours had a small boutique business unit (selling upscale French clothing) that was a real puzzler. They were seeing great profitability in their New York boutique, significant losses from their Los Angeles boutique, and moderate profitability just down the street in Orange County.

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Photo Issue 2011: Dark Duel

"I loved the idea of a showdown between these two iconic characters, because while they fight on different sides they also share some remarkable similarities," said photographer JD Hancock. "The Dark Knight and the Dark Lord are both orphans who learned at the feet of the masters before embracing a fearful alternate identity and dedicating themselves to a relentless crusade against their enemies." ( "In The Messy NFC Battle, Consumers Are The Biggest Losers" ) Photo by JD Hancock See more of the best photos of 2011

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Photo Issue 2011: Old Friends

A portrait of a particular circle of friends symbolizes "the biggest problem in social networking"-- grouping the right friends in the right ways . Photo by All Chrome See more of the best photos of 2011

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