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TUDOR VIERU
Unknowingly, I've been a science geek for the better part of the last 20 years, but it was only here that I figured out the full extent of my passion for all things new. The first story I wrote about galaxies and black holes won me over, and so I've been writing for Softpedia since late 2008.
Since then, I've literally covered more subjects and topics than I can possibly hope to remember, but I can honestly say that I could go on doing this forever. Working a “normal” job can quickly become routine, but being a science editor is anything but boring.
When not busy with science articles, I like to play my bass guitar, make music, hang out with friends and listen to the latest songs by my favorite bands. I also take my aggressive rollerblading to the streets from time to time, though my skills aren't what they once were.
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According to the conclusions of a new study published in the latest online issue of the journal Schizophrenia Research, it would appear that people suffering from this mental disorder are 56 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack than their peers. Overall, the life expectancy of schizophrenia patients is 20 y... |
4 October 2012
15:08 UTC |
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According to scientists, corneal diseases are among the leading cause of blindness around the world. This can be addressed with cornea transplants, but donors are difficult to come by. A synthetic version of this critical component of the human vision system has just been made available.
The transplant was develope... |
4 October 2012
14:55 UTC |
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According to the conclusions of a new Danish surveillance report, called DANMAP 2011, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have been spreading at an accelerated pace over the past few years. Most likely, the document adds, they will continue to do so in the near future.
Compared to other co... |
4 October 2012
14:47 UTC |
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A finding made during a recent investigation calls into question past wisdom on the nature of interactions that develop between black holes. In the study, experts found that the dark behemoths could live in pairs and groups. Furthermore, such pairs were discovered inside star clusters within our own galaxy, the Mil... |
4 October 2012
14:10 UTC |
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Officials at the Boeing Company announce that a spacecraft codenamed SVN-65 is now ready to launch, as the third of 12 advanced versions of the standard Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites.
The corporation is under contract with the United States Air Force to build, assemble, test and launch a series of vehic... |
4 October 2012
13:52 UTC |
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The European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft captured a series of new images of the second-largest asteroid impact basin on the surface of Mars, called Argyre. The orbiter was even able to produce an anaglyph 3D photograph of the landscape feature.
Astronomers collected the data using the High-Res... |
4 October 2012
13:27 UTC |
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Using the European Space Agency's (ESA) Herschel Space Telescope, a team of astronomers was recently able to determine that a nearby star called Beta Pictoris, located around 63 light-years away from Earth, is surrounded by a thick cloud of comets.
The stellar object is very young, and it is still surrounded b... |
4 October 2012
12:57 UTC |
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The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity has become the first spacecraft ever to check in from the surface of another planet, using the famous online location service called Foursquare. The event demonstrates the extent to which social media has now become a part of our daily lives.
The rover is already pr... |
4 October 2012
10:00 UTC |
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When the Space Exploration Technologies Corporation's (SpaceX) Dragon space capsule takes off to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 8, it will carry a series of 23 student experiments to orbit, as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP).
Around twelve of the experiments are being... |
4 October 2012
09:02 UTC |
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A team of astronomers at the American space agency recently combined data from two space telescopes to produce one of the most amazing images ever captured of the renowned Helix Nebula.
The cosmic structure is located around 650 light-years away from Earth, in the constellation of Aquarius, and is known among astron... |
4 October 2012
08:54 UTC |
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A group of experts operating the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope announce that they were able to refine the value attributed to the Hubble constant with the greatest degree of precision ever achieved.
In a nutshell, Hubble's constant refers to the speed at which the Universe is expanding, under the influence of d... |
4 October 2012
08:27 UTC |
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A few days ago, the first two segments destined to piece together the main mirror on the NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) were delivered to the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in Greenbelt, Maryland. The image above shows engineers inspecting it for damage.
The main mirror on the space observatory will co... |
4 October 2012
07:46 UTC |
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When the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity took off in late 2011, and flew towards the Red Planet, it carried with it the signature of US President Barack Obama, inscribed on a plaque affixed to the robot's deck. The presidential signature is accompanied by others, from several officials.
The high-r... |
3 October 2012
15:12 UTC |
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Figuring out how climate change will influence the world's food supplies, health levels, vegetation cover and freshwater supplies is an essential aspect of preparing for what's to come. University of Cambridge scientists are now part of an effort to simulate these complex issues.
Their latest community-dr... |
3 October 2012
14:56 UTC |
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Last Saturday, September 29, officials in charge of the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge announced that a team of students at the Concordia University, in Montreal, won first place in the competition.
The group designed a CubeSat-class satellites for studying the Van Allen radiation belts around Earth, an object... |
3 October 2012
14:33 UTC |
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A group of insurance and reinsurance companies recently signed a new agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA), which enables the former to access Earth-observation data collected by ESA satellite to conduct a series of assessments related to the damages and extents of floods.
As extreme-weather events begin t... |
3 October 2012
14:00 UTC |
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Officials at the American space agency recently released a new Research Announcement (NRA), asking the scientific community to propose new research projects on space biology, to be conducted aboard the International Space Station.
According to the documents NASA published, the main goal of the proposals should be &l... |
3 October 2012
13:20 UTC |
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The image above shows a trio of engineers applying thermal insulation to sensitive electronics that will make their way on the space agency's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The process is called blanket closeout.
It took two days for the engineering team, working at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (G... |
3 October 2012
13:10 UTC |
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Using their Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments, the NASA Terra and Aqua satellites were able to compile a map showing the extent of dried-up vegetation in the continental United States. The images used for this study were collected this August.
The US Drought Monitor reports that, at ... |
3 October 2012
13:01 UTC |
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Officials at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that one of the instruments the organization developed, a special type of 3D aerial laser, has recently taken off aboard a NASA aircraft, and is currently heading to Alaska and Japan, for a study of active volcanoes.
Scientists... |
3 October 2012
12:52 UTC |
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Scientists investigating a very old rock discovered signs of an ancient type of plankton that was capable of building complex colonies at a point of time when other organisms were incapable of such complex organization and cohabitation.
Signs of the colonies were discovered inside a rock specimen that had been anal... |
3 October 2012
12:07 UTC |
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This year was one of extremes at the two poles, researchers from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) reveal in their latest report. While Arctic sea ice extents established a new record low, ices in Antarctica reached a new record high.
This significant difference highlights the varied factors that act ... |
3 October 2012
11:49 UTC |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that their third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV3), called Edoardo Amaldi, reentered Earth's atmosphere earlier today, October 3, and burned up high above the Pacific Ocean. This marked the successful conclusion of its mission.
The spacecraft – Europe... |
3 October 2012
09:35 UTC |
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University of Minnesota experts announce the development of an innovative microscale optical device, which is capable of using the force generated by light to activate or inactivate a mechanical switch, at very high speeds.
The instrument could be used for effective and rapid data transmission, as well as for incre... |
3 October 2012
08:54 UTC |
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A collaboration of researchers from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University announce the development of a new method for sequencing DNA, which is fast, accurate and inexpensive to apply. It is unclear at this point whether ... |
3 October 2012
08:07 UTC |
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Investigations from the Parkwood Hospital, in Ontario, Canada, discovered in a new study that people who've suffered from a stroke are prescribed antidepressant medication even if no proper diagnosis of depression has been established by a specialist.
The main implication for this research is that many patient... |
3 October 2012
07:03 UTC |
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Officials at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which manages the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity, have just released a new image of Bathurst Inlet, a rock located on the robot's path to its first major science target.
The outcrop, called Glenelg, is located around 400 meters (1,300 feet) a... |
2 October 2012
14:34 UTC |
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Researchers with the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience at the American University, led by director Terry Davidson, found in a new study that exposure to highly-saturated fats and refined sugars effected a series of changes in the brains of rats.
The same type of effect may occur in the human brain as well. Accordi... |
2 October 2012
13:58 UTC |
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Mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have just released a new set of images of Titan, the largest moon around Saturn. This was the spacecraft's 86th flyby of the celestial body in 8 years.
Cassini entered orbit around Saturn on July 1, 2004. Since then, it ha... |
2 October 2012
12:52 UTC |
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Astronomers believe that they may have found a new way to look for a specific type of extrasolar planets, namely those that orbit special types of neutron stars called pulsars. These so-called pulsar planets may leave behind an electric signature as they move around their parent stars.
Neutron stars are the imploded... |
2 October 2012
11:47 UTC |
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