British rock legends Judas Priest will be thrilling fans in Seoul one last time in February 2012 as part of their valedictory world tour, Epitaph.   The iconic band will play at the Olympic Hall in the South Korean capital on February 4th 2012 as part of a final tour that aims to take in all of the world's major cities.   Since blazing on to the scene with their debut album Rocka Rolla in 1974, Judas Priest have become one of the biggest names in heavy metal, with records such as Unleashed in the East and Screaming for Vengeance becoming massive hits.   The band has ...

Using powerful magnets to levitate fruit flies can provide vital clues to how biological organisms are affected by weightless conditions in space, researchers at The University of Nottingham say. The team of scientists has shown that simulating weightlessness in fruit flies here on earth with the use of magnets causes the flies to walk more quickly — the same effect observed during similar experiments on the International Space Station. Dr Richard Hill, an EPSRC research fellow in the University's School of Physics and Astronomy, is one of the researchers involved in ...

Singapore will become a busy hub of cultural activities in January when the Chinatown Chinese New Year Celebrations 2012 take place in the city.   Beginning on January 1st and running until February 12th, Singapore's Chinatown area will be adorned with colourful lights and decorations to mark the start of the year of the dragon on January 23rd.   Visitors can expect a wide variety of events to take place during the festival, commencing on January 1st with a fireworks show attended by prime minister Lee Hsien Loong.   Further highlights include a countdown party on ...

The rotovirus vaccine was pulled from the marketplace in 1999 after being associated with painful gastrointestinal complications, however, the updated rotavirus vaccines do not appear to increase the occurrence of these potentially fatal side effects, according to a new study by child health experts at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. The two updated versions of the vaccine,re-introduced in 2006 and 2008, prevent infection by rotavirus, which causes vomiting, abdominal pain, severe diarrhea and frequently requires hospitalization for young infants and children. Rotavirus ...

Troy, N.Y. – Electronics are getting smaller and smaller, flirting with new devices at the atomic scale. However, many scientists predict that the shrinking of our technology is reaching an end. Without an alternative to silicon-based technologies, the miniaturization of our electronics will stop. One promising alternative is graphene — the thinnest material known to man. Pure graphene is not a semiconductor, but it can be altered to display exceptional electrical behavior. Finding the best graphene-based nanomaterials could usher in a new era of nanoelectronics, optics, ...

For more than a quarter of a century, Jerald "Snook" Pataky's research in the University of Illinois Sweet Corn Hybrid Disease Nursery has been helping growers make important decisions to increase their profitability. His observations and trends from evaluating sweet corn hybrids for disease resistance are featured this month in Plant Disease. "Few crop scientists have anywhere near a quarter century of data – from their own lab – that tells such a comprehensive story," said Marty Williams, a weed ecologist with the USDA-ARS at the U of I. "Although the nursery represented ...

AMHERST, Mass. – A recent analysis led by ecologist Bethany Bradley at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that climate change predicted for the United States will boost demand for imported drought- and heat-tolerant landscaping plants from Africa and the Middle East. This greatly increases the risk that a new wave of invasives will overrun native ecosystems in the way kudzu, Oriental bittersweet and purple loosestrife have in the past, members of the international team say. The kudzu invasion of the past few decades saw whole forests overgrown in the Southeast, ...

Dydacomp, a leading provider of business technology platforms for eCommerce and multichannel merchants, today announced the appointment of Mark Brandwein as Vice President of Sales. He brings more than twenty-five years of successful sales experience in computer software and technology. Mark is responsible for building Dydacomp's sales organization in the U.S. and U.K. to drive new revenue growth for the company's Multichannel Order Manager (M.O.M.) and SiteLINK commerce management solutions. "This is a very exciting time to join the Dydacomp team and I'm looking ...

Leading Bloomington dentists, Drs. Ryan Tschetter and Joshua Howder, of Jackson Creek Dental, invite patients to visit their two office locations for increased convenience and care. Both offices strive to deliver quality dentistry to informed patients in a friendly Bloomington, IN environment. Both offices are conveniently located in Bloomington, IN for easy access. With the opening of both Jackson Creek Dental and Bloomington Dental Group offices, patients can visit the location that is closest for them. Both offices offer general and cosmetic dental care, including ...

Obesity has become a global epidemic with more and more younger children affected by the overweight trend. According to the Robert Koch Institute, 15 percent of children aged between 3 and 17 are overweight. With serious consequences – childhood obesity is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes and also increases the chances of developing coronary heart disease or cancer in adult life. Nutritional experts are therefore keen to find effective prevention methods. "Efforts to control weight gain and obesity should target the earliest possible stages of development," says Professor ...

Premier podiatrist in St. Louis, MO, Dr. Richard Wittock, is pleased to offer patients a new treatment for toenail fungus treatment, hair removal, varicose veins, and soft tissue lesion removal. Treatments above the ankle level are available through Dr. Wittock's medical director, Dr. Aisenstat, patients can visit Ankle and Foot Institute to experience treatment with the new Fotona Laser. "I am proud to announce that the world class Fotona podiatry laser is now available in our office and is ready to treat toenail fungus. This is the only podiatry Fotona laser ...

KINGSTON, R.I. – January 4, 2012 – Abraham Kovoor was studying a brain protein, called RGS9 2, that he had previously related to the involuntary, random and repetitive body movements that are side effects of drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia. While studying these side effects, which are called dyskinesia, Kovoor, an assistant professor in the University of Rhode Island's College of Pharmacy, discovered that RGS9 2 also plays a role in regulating body weight. Results of his study were published in the November issue of PLoS One, an interactive ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Invasive Burmese python hatchlings from the Florida Everglades can withstand exposure to salt water long enough to potentially expand their range through ocean and estuarine environments, according to research in the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. This recent study, based on lab experiments conducted by researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey, provides initial evidence that pythons may be able to survive in marine and estuarine environments such as bays, inlets and open seas. The results raise concerns ...

With over 25 years in practice, Dr. Feit, podiatrist in Boca Raton, FL and Margate, FL, invites patients to celebrate Associated Foot and Ankle Care's anniversary with them. Opening in 1986, Associated Foot and Ankle Care has been helping patients from children to seniors and everyone in between. Whether patients are experiencing heel pain, ankle pain, or any other kind of foot pain in Boca Raton and Margate, they can count on the podiatric professionals of Associated Foot and Ankle Care for exceptional care. With five podiatrists currently, patients can rely on Associated ...

Wednesday, January 4, 2012 -- CHAPEL HILL – People with high cholesterol are at risk of heart attack and stroke because atherosclerotic plaques within their arteries can rupture triggering the formation of a blood clot called an occlusive thrombus that cuts off the blood supply to their heart or brain. For years, scientists have studied the cause of this abnormal clotting. Now, a study led by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, has identified a molecular pathway that leads to this abnormal blood clotting and turned it ...

Father and son dental team, Drs. Roger Lent and Brett Lent, Santa Monica cosmetic dentists, are pleased to offer patients online appointment requesting availability. With their increased online availability, patients are now able to request an appointment with Lent Family Dental without altering their busy schedules. With just the click of their mouse, patients can visit the practice's website for accessibility to online appointment requests. From the homepage for Lent Family Dental, patients can click on the available link for appointment requests. Once on the appointment ...

The toothiest prehistoric predators also had beefier arm bones, according to results of a study published today in the journal Paleobiology. Saber-toothed tigers may come to mind, but these extinct cats weren't the only animals with fearsome fangs. Take the false saber-toothed cats--also known as nimravids--and their catlike cousins, a family of carnivores called the barbourofelids. These mammal groups lived millions of years before cats came to be, and had knife-like canines along with well-built arm bones, said Julie Meachen, a paleontologist at the National Science ...

Patients can rely on Dr. Scot Rosen, Hamilton dentist, for the completion of all of their dental health care needs. Dr. Rosen prides himself in completing all services and procedures to meet his patients' dental health care needs, including dental cleanings. "It is important that my patients receive superior dental care, and it is my honor to be able to complete all of their needed dental work myself. From routine cleanings to more complex procedures, I pride myself in performing them all," said Dr. Scot Rosen, dentist in Trenton. By performing available ...

Despite the depressing headlines throughout the world's press of late, property for sale in Monaco and the French Riviera is faring particularly well compared to many of its European neighbours. Recent research has proven that despite restrictive measures enforced by most governments, Europe is still leading the field in the sale of exclusive real estate to wealthy investors. Indeed, Sotheby's auction house has revealed that sales in luxury property in Monaco and France has risen by 38% this last quarter compared to the previous quarter. Those looking to purchase ...

SAN FRANCISCO (January 4, 2012) — Nature's game of intimidation and imitation comes full circle in the waters of Indonesia, where scientists have recorded for the first time an association between the black-marble jawfish (Stalix cf. histrio) and the mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Undescribed by scientists until 1998, the talented mimic octopus is known to impersonate toxic flatfish, lionfish, and even sea snakes by creatively configuring its limbs, adopting characteristic undulating movements, and displaying bold brown-and-white color patterns. Thanks to these ...

Scientists have determined the structure of the enzyme endomannosidase, significantly advancing our understanding of how a group of devastating human viruses including HIV and Hepatitis C hijack human enzymes to reproduce and cause disease. The findings open the door to the development of new drugs to combat these deadly viruses that infect more than 180 million people worldwide. The team of international scientists led by and Professor Gideon Davies from the University of York and Associate Professor Spencer Williams from the University of Melbourne, studied bacterial ...

A hemispherewide phenomenon – and not just regional forces – has caused record-breaking amounts of freshwater to accumulate in the Arctic's Beaufort Sea. Frigid freshwater flowing into the Arctic Ocean from three of Russia's mighty rivers was diverted hundreds of miles to a completely different part of the ocean in response to a decades-long shift in atmospheric pressure associated with the phenomenon called the Arctic Oscillation, according to findings published in the Jan. 5 issue of Nature. The new findings show that a low pressure pattern created by the Arctic Oscillation ...

The report from Moneysupermarket.com revealed that the average amount of non-mortgage debt paid off each month is GBP322 a month, around 25% of the average monthly net salary for a UK adult, while a shocking 8% claim to have spent over 80% of their wages repaying debt. And despite women having the reputation for being prolific shoppers, it is men that appear to have 15% more personal unsecured debt compared to their female counterparts -  on average GBP7,944 compared to GBP6,739. MoneySupermarket.com's head of loans and debt, Tim Moss, said: "With the cost of living ...

Northridge, CALIF (Jan 4, 2012) – Daily doses of a soy germ-based nutritional supplement containing S-equol significantly improved menopausal symptoms, including significantly reducing hot flash frequency after 12 weeks according to a placebo-controlled study in postmenopausal Japanese women published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Women's Health. "It is believed that S-equol, produced from the isoflavone daidzein during the fermentation of soy germ, interacts with specific estrogen receptors to promote the improvement in menopausal symptoms. Data from this study and ...

In 2006, the Food & Drug Administration approved two new models of silicone implants: one model was made by Mentor and the other by Allergan. This approval by the FDA proved controversial as many critics claimed there wasn't enough evidence of silicone implants being safe for the long term. To study how the implants held up over long-term, the FDA required both Mentor and Allergan to perform a variety of follow-up studies--some studies won't even end until 2016. The study involved 40,000 participants for each model, totaling 80,000 in all. Some studies included ...