Burns, who had been a police officer, and McLelland were older than the average student at Texas Wesleyan and soon became study partners.

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The study followed 44 long-term couples with partners from ages 23 to 60.

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However, by the end of the study, those who had prayed for their partners showed stronger beliefs that their relationships were sacred than those who had just had positive thoughts about their partners, with average scores of 3.7 and 2.8 respectively.

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The study also recommends that schools collaborate with a wide range of partners and suggests each school should have a parents' council.

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The security giant and is partners surveyed 1, 000 senior IT decision makers as part of its study, which also found that just 30% of organizations actually report a data breach when it occurs.

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The article reported on a Ugandan HIV circumcision study ending early because it showed that circumcising men who already have HIV does not protect their female partners from the virus.

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