Upper-arm lift is the latest trend in plastic surgery, according to a report by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. While bigger eyes, higher noses and bigger breasts still prevail in the industry, arms are definitely having their moment with the number of surgeries shooting up 4,378 percent over the past decade. The primary patients are those who have gone through dramatic weight loss and want to tighten the saggy underarm area. The new wave in the plastic surgery industry is not only ge

April 30, 2013

British and U.S. researchers suggest size may not matter in fighting; the big guy doesn‘t always win -- at least for fish.Scientists at the University of Exeter in England and Texas A&M University found when fish fight over food, it was personality, rather than size, that determined which would be victorious.The findings, published in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, suggested when resources were in short supply personality traits such as aggression could be more important than s

April 30, 2013

Microsoft’s new ad for Nokia Lumia 920 Windows phone portrays the battle between two competitors, Samsung and Apple, in the U.S. smartphone market. It starts with a wedding ceremony where two groups of guests start to take pictures, one with the Galaxy Note 2 and the other with the iPhone 5. A brawl ensues between the two groups when one Apple user mocks a Samsung user. The scuffle turns into a rowdy scene reminiscent of the patent spat between the two tech rivals.The ad ends with the slogan “Do

April 30, 2013

Women who regularly get Botox treatments seeking youth are becoming immune to the injection, even forming antibodies to it, a report said.German researchers published a paper in the Journal of Neural Transmission, saying that one out of 200 Botox patients come to develop antibodies which lead to ineffective results. More negative results were found among those who took a larger dose of injection than others due to medical reasons such as treating spasms or sweating. Other scientists from Britis

April 30, 2013

LG Electronics said on Monday that it will begin accepting pre-orders for its 55-inch curved OLED TVs in Korea to once again show that it intends to stay ahead of Samsung Electronics in terms of OLED technology. The announcement marks the first time that a Korean company, including Samsung, has commercialized both flat screen and curved OLED TVs. The flat screen OLED TVs have started to ship to local customers in February.Over 1,400 LG retail stores here have started to take orders on this day,

April 29, 2013

Rats forced to exercise in a study were protected against stress and anxiety the same as rats who ran without being forced, U.S. researchers say.Benjamin Greenwood, an assistant research professor in University of Colorado at Boulder, said there was a question whether people reap the same mental benefits of exercise if they are forced to do -- as is common among high school, college and professional athletes, members of the military or those who have been prescribed an exercise regimen by their

April 28, 2013

The highly-anticipated global release of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S4 was welcomed with a lukewarm -- “good but not incredible” -- response from a number of major U.S. news outlets.The latest model of South Korean tech giant’s flagship Galaxy series is to hit the global markets on Saturday, a day after it was released in South Korea.Armed with a five-inch screen and powerful hardware that allows users to cruise through apps and videos, the smartphone is expected to present a serious challenge

April 26, 2013

It was no surprise to see Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest maker of memory chips and smartphones, post a more than 40 percent increase in its first quarter net profit on the back of brisk shipments of its flagship Galaxy lineup. Net profit reached 7.15 trillion won ($6.44 billion), up from the 5.05 trillion won in the previous quarter a year earlier, the company said on Friday. On the same day, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jay-yong and his fellow executives met with Google CEO L

April 26, 2013

LG Electronics became the world’s third largest smartphone vendor for the first time since it began to sell the devices back in 2009, the Seoul-based company said on Friday, citing research data from Strategy Analytics.LG shipped a total of 10.3 million smartphones in the first quarter, which was more than double the 4.9 million units it recorded a year earlier, with its market share standing at 4.9 percent, the data showed.“LG was a star performer as its global shipments doubled year-over-year

April 26, 2013

Viewing sexually explicit material via the Internet, videos and magazines may affect teen and adult sex behavior but less than thought, Danish researchers say.Gert Martin Hald of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and colleagues conducted an online survey of 4,600 people ages 15-25, who lived in The Netherlands.The survey revealed 88 percent of males and 45 percent of females said they watched sexually explicit material via the Internet, magazines, videos, television or other media in the p

April 26, 2013

The state-funded Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information has launched the first English-language journal of information science in Korea. The quarterly Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice publishes outcomes of research on diverse theories of information science and their application. KISTI plans to increase its publication frequency in the years to come. The institute held an event April 18 at its headquarters in Daejeon to celebrate the launch of the journal.Co-edit

April 25, 2013