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First-Time Winner Spotlight: Shang dishes on teddy bears tiramisu

ATPWorldTour.com (Tennis) 

p#NextGenATP star Shang Juncheng made history on Tuesday by becoming the first Chinese player to win an ATP Tour title on home soil at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/chengdu/7581/overview'Chengdu Open/a./p pThe 19-year-old also became the first player born in 2005 or later to triumph on the ATP Tour. Entering the week, he had not made a tour-level championship match./p pATPTour.com caught up with Shang to discuss his maiden moment, an important mindset change, his lucky charms... Читать дальше...

Lasers provide boon for manufacturing of ceremonial Thai umbrellas

Sciencedaily.com 

The tiered umbrella is one of Thailand's oldest and most sacred ornamental symbols. Constructing one of these ornate pieces, also called chatras, can take master artisans up to six months. However, researchers demonstrate a technique for constructing seven-tiered umbrellas using high-powered lasers, which dramatically reduces the production time. Employing carbon dioxide lasers, they were able to fashion umbrellas from stainless steel in a matter of days while preserving their intricate beauty.

Extinct volcanoes a 'rich' source of rare earth elements

Sciencedaily.com 

A mysterious type of iron-rich magma entombed within extinct volcanoes is likely abundant with rare earth elements and could offer a new way to source these in-demand metals, according to new research. Rare earth elements are found in smartphones, flat screen TVs, magnets, and even trains and missiles. They are also vital to the development of electric vehicles and renewable energy technologies such as wind turbines.

Abrupt intensification of northern wildfires due to future permafrost thawing

Sciencedaily.com 

Climate scientists and permafrost experts show that, according to new climate computer model simulations, global warming will accelerate permafrost thawing and as a result lead to an abrupt intensification of wildfires in the Subarctic and Arctic regions of northern Canada and Siberia.

Atmospheric blocking slows ocean-driven melting of Greenland's largest glacier tongue

Sciencedaily.com 

Northeast Greenland is home to the 79 N Glacier -- the country's largest floating glacier tongue, but also one seriously threatened by global warming: warm water from the Atlantic is melting it from below. Experts have however now determined that the temperature of the water flowing into the glacier cavern declined from 2018 to 2021, even though the ocean has steadily warmed in the region over the past several decades. This could be due to temporarily changed atmospheric circulation patterns. Researchers... Читать дальше...

Good nutrition boosts honey bee resilience against pesticides, viruses

Sciencedaily.com 

In a new study, researchers have tackled a thorny problem: How do nutritional stress, viral infections and exposure to pesticides together influence honey bee survival? By looking at all three stressors together, the scientists found that good nutrition enhances honey bee resilience against the other threats.