This composite image of a single-celled freshwater algae took third place in the 2013 Olympus BioScapes digital imaging competition. Dr. Igor Siwanowicz, a neurobiologist with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, took the image of the symmetric microbes within a family of eukaryotic green algae called desmids.
The Renewing America initiative's latest Progress Report and Infographic Scorecard, "Trading Up: U.S. Trade and Investment Policy," looks at the challenges and accomplishments of the Obama administration in international trade policy.
Just over seven decades ago, in the middle of World War II, a large wooden crate arrived at a top secret lab on a GE company lot outside Boston, Mass. Inside was a prototype of an early jet engine developed by British Royal Air Force officer Sir Frank Whittle. A group GE engineers called the hush-hush boys spent the next year getting it ready for its maiden flight. Their goal was to win the war, but they ended up shrinking the world.
Just over seven decades ago, in the middle of World War II, a large wooden crate arrived at a top secret lab on a GE company lot outside Boston, Mass. Inside was a prototype of an early jet engine developed by British Royal Air Force officer Sir Frank Whittle. A group GE engineers called the hush-hush boys spent the next year getting it ready for its maiden flight. Their goal was to win the war, but they ended up shrinking the world.
They are known as the window to the soul, each a different color, size and shape. But could your eyes also fight infections?
For years optometrists have been trying to figure out why the human eye is resistant to infection.
There are two ways to look at the WTO’s agreement in Bali on trade facilitation, struck at the last minute after U.S. and India agreed on language on Indian food subsidies. One is that the deal is a jolt for the multilateral trading system after a dozen years of fruitless Doha Round negotiations.
This gif's center is in Antarctica and is a visualization of surface wind conditions about 300 feet above the planet's surface. 
This gif's center is in the northern Pacific Ocean and is a visualization of surface wind conditions about 300 feet above the planet's surface.
Most people in technology have become familiar with the hype cycle. A new technology enters the marketplace amid great expectations. Inevitably, disappointment sets in and a retrenchment period begins, practice and process catch up to expectations and new value is unleashed.