Married couples argue with each other more about finances and other household matters as they cope with economic hardship from the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Social Sciences
May 5, 2020
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Experts have predicted that the COVID-19 pandemic will result in the worst financial crisis in the United States since the Great Depression. While the full scope of the financial fallout remains to be seen, furloughs, job ...
Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2020
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I was supposed to travel to "Mars" this month. The plan was to stay two weeks at the Mars Desert Research Station – actually in the Utah desert—to simulate human operations on the red planet. Eight of us were to live ...
Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2020
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A Swinburne University of Technology study published this week examines the propagation of energy as sound waves in a quantum gas, revealing for the first time strong variations in the nature of the sound wave as a function ...
General Physics
Apr 14, 2020
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Acyl fluorides are organic compounds that contain a fluorine atom in their structure. These compounds have recently gained much attention in transition-metal catalysis due to their stability and selective reactivity. However, ...
Materials Science
Apr 9, 2020
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The human body evolved within the constant force of Earth's gravity. To prevent bone and muscle atrophy during their stays in space, astronauts must exercise every day. For researchers studying bone or muscle loss that might ...
Space Exploration
Apr 2, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Twente and Beijing Normal University have recently conducted a study investigating the parameter known as spin memory loss (SML) for a variety of different interfaces, using a combination ...
Topological insulators (TIs) are bulk insulating materials that nonetheless exhibit metallic conductivity on their surfaces. This conductivity is guaranteed by the bulk band structure's topology—the surface features these ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 16, 2020
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Same-sex marriage may have been given the green (or rainbow) light in Australia in 2017, but it appears there are still some entrenched attitudes in society when it comes to same-sex parenting.
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2020
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A research team led by Prof. Zhao Jin from Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found low-frequency lattice phonons in halide perovskites resulting ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 24, 2020
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