CAPE TOWN, South Africa, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Guests Will Bounce Back to Health Using Mini-Trampolines as Part of Unique Therapy

Staying healthy in these stressful times is a challenge in itself but the launch of Fresh Attitude Health Retreats early in 2009 may provide participants with the impetus they need to implement and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

A key component of the retreat will be 'rebounding' - participants will be bouncing gently on a mini-trampoline several times a day.

DAVOS, Switzerland, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

23andMe, Inc., an industry leader in personal genetics, and mondoBIOTECH AG, a Swiss research company dedicated to the development of treatments for rare diseases, today announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that they are collaborating to advance research of rare diseases. The announcement marks the return of the companies to the World Economic Forum, where they both were recognized as Technology Pioneers in 2008.

SCHIPHOL RIJK, The Netherlands, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Panels United: The Central Point for Narrowcasting

Europe gets its first media agency specialized in narrowcasting with the launch of Panels United in The Netherlands. The use of narrowcasting in Europe is much lower in comparison to the US so a focus in this market was necessary. Panels United offers information, inspiration and placement in the digital signage market by providing value to advertisers and digital signage network operators.

SAN FRANCISCO, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced that Founder and CEO Suranga Chandratillake will be presenting on Entrepreneurship and Video: The Future of Search at an upcoming Tech@Tuck event at 12 p.m. EST on Wednesday, February 4, 2009. Each year, the Center for Digital Strategies at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, plans a speaker series consisting of several tradeshows, seminars and panels that reflect current themes in technology, innovation and the Internet.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Recruitment expert offers tips for job seekers looking to maximize their visibility in front of employers

Having trouble finding a new job? Your strategy may not be in-line with employers. Twenty percent of employers say that over the past year they have broadened the list of places they look for candidates to reach more job seekers, according to a new survey by CareerBuilder.se. In hopes of getting new talent in the door quicker, 14 percent of employers say they have shortened the time from initial meeting to offer, and 13 percent have removed steps from the application process.

The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters today announced the results of a study showing that the United States' share of scientific research has shrunk while Asia-Pacific's share of output has risen but the U.S. remains the leader globally in the relative impact of its research.

In its January/February issue of Science Watch, Thomson Reuters analyzes 12 year's worth of data from its National Science Indicators database to determine the U.S.'s global scientific influence based on the nation's research output and impact.

Investigators from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and a Bolzano colleague have written another chapter in a murder case over 5,000 years old. New investigations  reconstructed the chronology of the injuries that Oetzi, the glacier man preserved as a frozen mummy, received in his last days.

In 2007 chocolate was all the rage, with Mars, Inc.-funded scientists even having their own panel at the AAAS meeting.  In 2008, blueberries were the rage.    

In 2009, says Dr. Luis Cisneros, Texas A&M AgriLife Research food scientist, "Stone fruits are super fruits, with plums as emerging stars."

Astronomers have observed the intense heating of a distant planet as it swung close to its parent star, providing important clues to the atmospheric properties of the planet.  With that data,  astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz were able to generate 'realistic' images of the planet by feeding the data into computer simulations of the planet's atmosphere.    The researchers used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to obtain infrared measurements of the heat emanating from the planet as it whipped behind and close to its star. In just six hours, the planet's temperature rose from 800 to 1,500 Kelvin (980 to 2,240 degrees Fahrenheit). 

An international team of researchers  has uncovered the first gene linked to the most common type of epilepsy, called Rolandic epilepsy. One out of every five children with epilepsy is diagnosed with this form, which is associated with seizures starting in one part of the brain.

The finding is the first step in unlocking the causes of common childhood epilepsies and developing more effective treatments. Children with Rolandic and other types of epilepsies are usually treated with drugs that prevent seizures by suppressing electrical activity in the entire brain.