Romance and Routine: Nurturing Commitment in Couples

Summary: A new study explored how couples maintain and nurture their relationships. The study categorized relationship maintenance behaviors into five areas, analyzing data from 192 heterosexual married couples. While direct…

Suit charges crypto firms with billion-dollar fraud

Gemini crypto exchange founded by Tyler Winklevoss (L) and Cameron Winklevoss could be barred from New York’s financial industry if a lawsuit filed by that state’s attorney general succeeds in…

Archaeologists find a rare reliquary belonging to a medieval knight  |

Archaeologists conducting excavations of a knights stronghold have uncovered a rare cross-shaped reliquary. The discovery was made in the town of Woźniki, located in Lubliniec County, Poland. The structure was…

An extra 3 centimeters can prevent fires in rooftop solar panel systems

More and more people are installing solar panel systems. However, if an electrical fault occurs, it could lead to a fire. In this experiment, the fire has spread up the…

Tobacco purchases rise following restrictions on e-cigarette sales, study finds

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The immense popularity of electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, among young people has led many policymakers to restrict the sale of flavored varieties. But rather than nudging…

Health care workers gain 21% wage increase in pending agreement with Kaiser Permanente after historic strike

The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions reached a tentative agreement with its employer on a new four-year contract on Oct. 13, 2023. They agreed following the largest documented strike of…

10 billion snow crabs have disappeared off the Alaskan coast. Here’s why

From 2018 to 2021, an estimated 10 billion snow crabs disappeared from the eastern Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, with the population plummeting to record lows in 2021.…

How they work, what they do, and where they’re heading

Credit: CC0 Public Domain In June, an IBM computing executive claimed quantum computers were entering the “utility” phase, in which high-tech experimental devices become useful. In September, Australia’s Chief Scientist…

Electrical control of quantum phenomenon could improve future electronic devices

A new method by Penn State researchers conveniently changes the direction of electron flow in materials that exhibit the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect—a phenomenon in which the flow of…

Miniature magnetic resonance imager made of diamond

Robin Allert (left) and Prof. Dominik Bucher are working on new quantum sensors. Credit: Technical University Munich The development of tumors begins with miniscule changes within the body’s cells; ion…