The process of ukulobola, to pay the bride price in brief, is a critical stage in which the symbolic and material gestures ... Tswana, Venda, Tsonga and Ndebele people.

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During the trophy presentation after winning his first major at Melbourne Park in 2008, Djokovic put noses out of joint when he claimed the crowd wanted his opponent Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to "win more".

Among French players in the Open Era, Monfils (36) only trails Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (37) for match victories at the Australian Open. His victory over Altmaier also made him only the fourth man aged ...

2008 — Novak Djokovic def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (2). 2007 — Roger Federer def. Fernando Gonzalez, 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4. 2006 — Roger Federer def. Marcos Baghdatis, 5-7, 7-5, 6 ...

I'm watching a black disc of wonder material hovering over a bubbling bath of liquid nitrogen. "This is superconducting magnetic levitation," says magnet scientist Greg Brittles. "The closest you ...

The European Union said it will respond to any tariffs the US might impose on it, escalating a potential transatlantic trade dispute. “Unjustified tariffs on the EU will not go unanswered ...

NOVAK DJOKOVIC is undoubtedly men's tennis' greatest ever player. Statistically, there can be no doubt. He's won the most Major titles (24), Masters titles (40), year-end championships (seven ...

Twelfth seed Ben Shelton dispatched the French veteran Gaël Monfils on Monday to move into the quarter-finals at the Australian Open for the second time in three years. The 22-year-old American ...

Two-dimensional materials are substances with a thickness of a few nanometres or less. Electrons in these materials are free to move in the two-dimensional plane, but their restricted motion in ...

Materials Advances published a number of themed collections every year on timely and important topics, guest edited by members of the materials science community. Previous themed collections are ...