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We begin to discover the effect of microplastics on our body thanks to the most unsuspected thing: tap water

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The heat comes and, with it, the thirst comes. On average, according to some public estimates, household consumption grows up to 44%. But those data are incomplete because, a good part of the water we drink, comes in bottle. In Spain they are sold 5,331 million liters of bottled water every year. And it is a market in full growth. Sales grow annually at a rate of 2.5%. What we usually forget is that this type of product has consequences: the pressure pressure rises. As? What does what? One might think that drinking water rises the normal artery pressure. After all, blood pressure is the force exerted by blood against the walls of the arteries. If there is more liquid in the system or more salt, there should be more pressure … But not. Although obviously in extreme cases and, of course, specific conditions and compositions They alter the pressure Within a fork, the system has dozens of mechanisms to ensure that the blood pressure of a normal human being is what has to be. And then? That is what some scientists from the Danube University asked when, in the middle of a very small clinical trial They discovered that the same did not happen with bottled water. The Austrian team discovered that by keeping eight healthy people (of both genres) to a “water regime” of only tap water, His basal diastolic blood pressure dropped. It happened in men and in mujres, but in the latter the effect was much more striking. Because? Right now we only have hypotheses, but the most solid are phthalates (chemical substances that make the most flexible and durable plastic). And, honestly, it is something quite interesting: because, although all the water we consume right now has complex microplastics and substances, the truth is that they do not have the same things. And that is exceptionally good news. Not because with the available information is (or not) advisable to take (or stop drinking) bottled water. But because it is these little things that allow us to improve our understanding of What microplastics do in our bodies. Image | Noppadon Manadee | Engin Akyurt In Xataka | When the tap water knows in rays: the invisible chemistry of drinking water that explains why he knows how he knows (and why he is one of the best inventions in the world)

The gradient effect of objective

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Everything is more fun When it is raised as a gameeven more so when the objective of that game is to improve your motivation to achieve your goals. Plan the tasks As if they were Small tests of a game that you must be overcoming throughout the day you will get all your goals and, more importantly, you will without decaying your motivation. Gamification is a concept that is already used to maintain your motivation in sports applications; its use has been investigated in learning systems with dynamics such as the one Duolingo uses in its app; and use it to your supermarket to encourage your faithfulness. The common denominator for all of them: a psychological conditioner called “GRADIENT OF OBJECTIVE EFFECT“ The idea is simple but effective: by structuring tasks in short -term goals, each step about tangibly at the end, that generates in the brain a feeling of triumph and reward. This expectation of reward generates a natural impulse to continue advancing until the next test to complete it, and so on avoiding procrastination. Thanks to this technique, worldly priori tasks or demotivating priori, they can become more fun and attainable. Origin of the gradient effect of objective The gradient target effect has its roots on A study performed in 1934 by psychologist Clark L. Hull, who sought to better understand human behavior patterns. In his investigation, Hull observed the behavior of rats in a maze while looking for food. Interestingly, it was discovered that the closer they were to achieve their goal (food), faster and with greater determination advanced. This increase in effort when approaching the ultimate goal is a condition that also occurs in the human brain and, in fact, has a very widespread use in loyalty marketing (with rewards when accumulating points or stamps with your purchases to obtain gifts), in education, or to maintain motivation in health and sport apps (granting medals and overcoming challenges) The perception of closeness to the goal that our brain perceives can influence behavior and effort level, so the motivation to obtain a reward in dopamine is increased. Ran Kivetz, Oleg Urmininsky and Yuhuang Zheng They studied this behavior And they discovered that customers with a fidelity card that required 10 stamps to receive a free drink, were more likely to complete it if they already had some pre-marked stamps. Interestingly, people who started with two “gift” stamps completed 82% faster than those who began with a completely empty card. This same principle can be applied to your productivity. With one Proper task planningso that a large and challenging task can be divided into simpler and easiest tasks, a workflow aimed at constantly achieving small achievements throughout the day can be encouraged. That will contribute, for example, to mitigate that feeling of having been working throughout the day without having completed any concrete task. In addition, the progressive conclusion of tasks reduces the feeling of fear of failure, redagering the possibility of abandonment of A half task do. Something that your brain hate deeply by another psychological condition called Zeigarnik effect. How to apply the gradient effect of objective to our tasks Understanding this theory allows you to apply it practically to your daily life, especially using gamification tactics for do all kinds of more attractive tasks. Gamification consists of incorporating elements of video games, such as points, levels or rewards, to everyday situations to make them more motivating. For example, the gradient objective effect can be integrated into your day by dividing A big task in smaller steps And visually traceable, so you feel that you are continuously progressing in its conclusion. Another trick to take advantage of the gradient target effect is to incorporate small rewards along the way. Instead of waiting until the end of a project to celebrate it, you can Establish intermediate milestones. Imagine you are working in a long report. You can divide it into sections and, when completing each of them, reward with something you enjoy, such as a little break, a few minutes of relaxing music, etc. An essential element in this process is the visualization of the advance, so it is important to use productivity apps that measure that progress or keep the list of tasks, and Get out of all those little tasks Completed thus marking the progress of your work or your personal tasks. Use in moderation Despite being an excellent way to maintain motivation naturally taking advantage of an innate condition of the brain, it is convenient to use this technique selectively as a support for those projects that are procrastination meat. The abuse of the objective gradient effect conditions the brain to stay in a constant state of expectation that You can take its toll consuming all your energy and deriving in states of exhaustion, both physical and mental. A Excessive motivation By completing objectives, it also causes a “tunnel vision” in the task, in which other alternatives that could be more effective, but are not studied because the goal has been put into finishing them at all costs, not in the best possible way. Therefore, you have to be careful when applying this technique in tasks that require creative solutions or problem solving. Beyond those “contraindications”, take advantage of this condition of your brain will help maintain motivation In those tasks that you hate or that you do not feel like doing. In Xataka | Lack of motivation is a problem for productivity. The trick to avoid it is simple according to science: start In Xataka | “Doing nothing” is a great technique to improve your productivity. Neuroscience is clear Image | Pexels (DS Stories, Ivan Samkov)

Nintendo has just postponed the Switch 2 reserves in the US. Tariffs begin to take effect on the gaming world

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Nintendo prepares the ground for A new earthquake in the video game industry. The Nintendo Switch 2long expected by the followers of the brand, promises to renew his hybrid proposal with ambition. The expectation soon translated into a movement: while the presentation was developed, the official website activated a waiting list to access. But Nintendo has decided to slightly lift the accelerator foot in the United States. The Japanese company He has postponed The beginning of the reserves of its new star product in that country. The reason? Tariffs driven from the White House, which begin to leave their first visible mark on an industry that seems to be directly exposed. No date to book in the US. As usual in Nintendo, its new devices cannot be reserved the same day they are announced. Reservations are activated days later and shipments take a little longer. This time, April 9 was the date marked in the calendar of users in the United States, but they will have to eliminate it because it is simply no longer valid. As Nintendo has pointed out In a statement issued to Polygonthis movement is because they need to “evaluate the potential impact of tariffs and changing market conditions.” We are facing a movement that prints some uncertainty about the expected launch, but not everything is such discouraging news. The shipping date is maintained. Although Nintendo will take time to evaluate the impact of new tariffs on the United States, and will later announce the new date to reserve the Nintendo Switch 2shipments are still planned for June 5. With that horizon in mind, the margin to open the reserves is not too broad. For now, it only remains to wait for Nintendo to announce the new reservations for the US market. It should be remembered that this measure affects only the United States. In the rest of the markets, everything follows as planned. In Spain, for example, reservations will begin on April 8. The context that explains it. Just over 48 hours have passed since Donald Trump will announce the “reciprocal tariffs.” The measure extends to dozens of countries, with 24 % tariffs for Japan and 46 % for Vietnam, where Nintendo has transferred part of the hardware and component production. View price increase. Tariffs, As explained by Tax Foundationthey function as taxes applied to imports. In practice, this additional cost is rarely assumed by companies: it ends up impacting directly on the consumer pocket. Impact on Nintendo and other companies. Tariffs promise to leave their mark on the technological sector, especially among companies that manufacture outside the United States. The case does not affect Nintendo only: giants like Apple also face a complex scenariodespite having diversified its production to dodge these barriers. Images | Nintendo | Cristina Glebova In Xataka | Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk have also suffered the coup of tariffs: their fortunes have lost more zeros than they would like

In the US they have realized that Covid has had an unexpected effect on its restaurants: it has triggered its production

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The Covid has not sat badly at the US bars. At least if we talk about productivity levels. Even though pandemic He hit with viciousness to the hospitality of half the world (including the Spanish), He sank the billing From the sector and condemned not a few businesses at the close, American premises reached during the health crisis a level of labor productivity by 15% greater than they had before COVID, a notable increase that has not been diluted. The explanation is very simple: express visits. The Covid heritage. That the pandemic was devastating for the hospitality and forced to close Many businesses It is clear. However, however, a group of researchers from Chicago and New York universities asked a question that goes a little further: Did Covid-19 influence the productivity of the premises? And if so, in what sense? Is that effect still maintained? Their conclusions were reflected in A study that has just published the National Bureau of Economic Resarch (NBER) with a quite eloquent title and that gives a clue to which direction its findings point to: ‘The curious increase in productivity in US restaurants’. A percentage: 15%. The team of economists has not only found that effectively the performance of restaurants seemed to increase during the years of the health crisis. Has even encrypted that increase, as they need in The conclusions Of its report: “We verify that, after being practically constant for almost 30 years, real work productivity in restaurants increased more than 15% during the Covid-19 Pandemia.” The data is interesting because it does not only reflect a specific and past reality, related to the worst years of the Coronavirus. After sliding that percentage (15%) the researchers clarify that this turn has not yet diluted its effect. “This increase has been maintained even when many conditions have returned to prepondondemic levels.” And what was the reason? Clarified and calculated the increase in productivity, the following doubt was obvious: what was the reason? What did he answer? To answer all these issues, experts examined about 100,000 restaurants distributed by the US, focusing on aspects such as sales or the number of consumers attended by each employee. They also had access to information about visits thanks to mobile phones. The sample is wide, but presents certain characteristics that should be taken into account. To start the experts set in a very specific business profile, the Limited service hospitality (LSR), the one in which the interaction between the staff and the client is minimized, as in many premises of Fast food. The study in fact that focused on three subcategories: restaurants in the style of Taco Bell or McDonald´s, buffets and coffee shops such as Starbucks. For the sample to be wide, they covered more than 600 brands. Why this choice? The study It clarifies that the LSRs represent about 45% of the employment and sales of the sector in the US already throughout the last decades its productivity has evolved in a “very similar” way to the whole of the restoration sector. In addition, limited services offered an extra advantage: economists have complete information on their visits. Combing (thousands of) data. With all that information about the table, economists began drawing conclusions. And the first were striking. “Microdatos reveal significant growth in productivity, already measured in sales per employee or even in a more basic/physical average of the total number of customers per employee,” he says The study Published by Nber, which also rules out that this rebound can be explained by economies of scale, a greater weight of the sector or changes in demand. The experts also found that if the employees sold more it was not because they spent more time in their positions. When they were proven that the average weekly hours worked between July 2022 and June 2024 was 25.1 hours, “the same”, they clarify, that from 2006 to 2008. “In fact the current hours per worker are actually a bit below the pre-covid average from 2018 to 2019”. What is the cause? The rhythm. Or rather, the duration of visits. The researchers appreciated “significant descents in the amount of time” that customers spent in restaurants, with an increase especially pronounced in the group of consumers that remained in the premises 10 or even less minutes. That phenomenon was found during the pandemic years and did not seem to dissipate once the health crisis has been overcome. “The average permanence time of customers decreased and most of the reduction was due to the increase in the percentage of visits that lasted less than 10 minutes,” says the study. Your reading It is therefore clear: the increase in the performance of the restaurants “is strongly correlated” with the reduction of the time that customers pass in business, especially with express visits, which do not reach the quarter of an hour. Beyond the minutes. The data of the minutes clarified part of the mystery about the increase in performance (shorter visits translate into the possibility of attending a greater number of customers without increasing the templates), but letting another equally important question be bumping: why? Why was that increase in fleeting visits, 10 or even less minutes? Researchers are clear: leading food. “The frequency of these carrying food clients increased during the COVID-19, even in restaurants in Fast foodand it has not decreased “, They conclude Economists. The key would therefore be Deliverythe increase in orders made by telephone or customer apps that then collect their orders to eat them at home, office or any other place. “If businesses can satisfy these fast customers, in addition to the usual ones, with the same labor, the data will reflect a clear and legitimate increase in productivity,” economists add in their article. An advance with nuances. The 15% yield increase is positive for business, but there are experts who already invite you to value it with perspective. Douglas Hoktz-Eakin, president of the US Forum of Action, I pointed After examining the study that there is … Read more

The effect of interest rates on their results

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Juan Roig has found in recent years a new and lucrative source of income for Mercadona that goes beyond the sale of products in its stores: the management of your treasury He reported 180 million euros in 2024, 13% of its total benefits. The context. The increase in interest rates has turned the Mercadona Treasury into a machine to generate benefits, going from contributing only 5 million in 2022 (0.7% of the benefit) to 180 million in 2024 (13% of the benefit). This phenomenon is directly related to the supermarket business model, where customers pay at the time of purchase, generating surpluses of liquidity that can be deposited in banking entities. Simpler: Mercadona charges its customers instantly but pays its suppliers to installs, allowing you to accumulate billions in the bank generating interest. In figures. Mercadona closed 2024 with benefits of 1,384 million euros37% more than in 2023, with 5,692 million in cash and liquid assets equivalent to the end of the year. The financial result has multiplied by 36 in three years: 5 million in 2022 to 180 million in 2024. The total turnover reached 38,800 million, 9% more than in 2023. What has happened. He End of the negative types cycle in 2022 It was a turning point in the financial management of the Valencian company. Although the Euribor ranged between 3.7% and 2.4% for 2024, Mercadona was improving its financial margin through more efficient management. Roig’s company has increased its financial benefits even when interest rates have shown a downward trend. That demonstrates active management. Between bambalins. This improvement in financial income coincides with the culmination of the process of transformation of its supermarkets. Mercadona invested 419 million in 2024 to adapt stores to Efficient model “Store 8” (Diaphanous spaces, prepared dishes section, term and acoustic insulation …), 231 million less than in 2023. The combination of savings in investments (231 million) and the improvement of the financial margin (additional 92 million compared to 2023) explains much of the increase in the benefit. Deepen. The Phenomenon of Mercadona is an example of a trend among large retail companies with a lot of cash generation: diversification towards financial activities taking advantage of their liquidity surpluses. This “hidden bank” within the supermarket company has become an extra competitive advantage against chains with lower financial muscle. By 2025, Mercadona provides for a more moderate growth in sales (3.5%, up to 40,100 million) and a consolidation of the benefit. If we read the latter between the lines we can intuit that they anticipate a lower interest rates scenario in the future. Outstanding image | Mercadona In Xataka | Mercadonia: What is it, what is it for and how to use this GPT trained with the prices and data of Mercadona products

The strange effect that soap operas have had in Brazil’s demography

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It is evident, by pure common sense, that the most widespread pieces of popular culture can impact tremendously on the behavior of large masses of recipients. Songs of pop artists, ultrataquilla films or literary best-sellers can create fashions, modify customs, generate trends. And among those strong molders of public behavior, few are as strong as television. And within television, contests, news, Talk Shows, realities And yes, soap operas. Telenovelas change people. A couple of studies, ‘Soap Opeas and Fertility: Evidence from Brazil‘(‘ Culebrones and fertility: tests from Brazil ‘) and’Television and Divorce: Evidence from Brazilian novels‘(Television and divorce: Tests from Brazilian soap operas’) analyze the impact of snakes on different aspects of the personal life of their spectators. Specifically, these programs have made fertility rates fall (more than 60% from the seventies) and multiply divorces (five times more from the eighties) in recent decades. The fault is from TV. And in the meantime, the number of families owned by television devices have multiplied: by ten, specifically, currently reaching 80% of the country’s homes. Of course, the figures of all this are not necessarily linked directly, but as the studies explain, “the authorities of these countries often have difficulty educating the population in social social and public health matters, due to The high illiteracy rates and the limited circulation of newspapers and Internet access. ” That is, the influence of television on a population with high illiteracy indices is unquestionable. The role of Globe Rede. Both studies emphasize the importation of the growth of Globe linethe most important media group in the country and the fourth largest commercial network in the world. In the nineties, 98%grew, reaching 17.9 million homes when in the mid -sixties, it still did not exist. It is to this expansion to which these complete studies allude, using demographic data related to the increasingly widespread television signal and the unstoppable growth of snakes as a favorite genre in Brazil. How the study was done. The fact that the expansion of Globe is so well documented over the years allows us to contrast with demographic data to put in relation, for example, birth rates with television expansion. It was thus detected that fertility and birth figures were lower in Brazil areas covered by Rede Globo. In fact, these studies calculate the specific percentage: the probability that women in areas covered by the television signal would become pregnant decreased a 0’6. Similarly, and this data is defining, there are no differences in fertility rates in different areas of the country before the arrival of television. The descents of fertility rates were accentuated in years after the issuance of series where social mobility of women was represented. What is seen on television. The soap operas (who see from sixty to eighty million Brazilians regularly) put the viewers in contact with a very specific family model: small, white, well economically positioned, urban (the plots are usually developed in large cities such as river of Janeiro and São Paulo) and consumerist. According to Alberto Chong, economist and co -author of both studies, “the constant exhibition to smaller and less recharged families that television shows may have created a preference for having less children.” That is, the novels present a more desirable family model, and that models the behavior of women, in the image and likeness of what they see in the “novels”, as the snakes are called there. Other data. The studies have analyzed 115 snakes (such as ‘Vale Tudo’ or ‘Dancing Days’) issued between 1965 and 1999 during maximum audience. Studies have counted that in series, 62% of female characters have no children, and 21%, only one, which undoubtedly also supports the theories of these studies. And as an anecdote, there is influence, of course, in the choice of names of children: the probability that the 20 most popular names in an area that received the globe signal included one or more characters names from a series of that year was 33%. In Xataka | The softer of image of your TV is your worst enemy: maybe you should calibrate your TV

How to illuminate your skin this Christmas for a good face effect

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The party season is officially here: background carols, the eternal dilemma on which look to choose and, of course, that incessant search for a makeup that endures until the last toast. Because, let’s be honest, Between family dinners, parties with friends and an endless list of plans and events, sleep hours are scarcebut the desire to look good. So, if this December you are looking for a Small trick to hide dark circles of long nights (and hurried mornings) and Illuminate your face to get a good instant face effect (Although inside you are looking forward to a movie, blanket and sofa), keep reading: we have just what you need and it is called Touche Éclat by Yves Saint Laurent Beauty. This must have It is also an gift idea with which it will be very easy to succeed. More than once, our friends or partners have asked us what is our best makeup trick to always look radiant and rested. Now, these parties, it is the best time to reveal it in the form of a gift. © Fernando Junco Tellado Ideal to recreate the effect of 8 hours of sleep on the skin this Christmas He Touche Éclat by Yves Saint Laurent Beauty is the magical illuminating concealer that reproduces the effect of eight hours of sleep on the skin. On the one hand, he erases dark circles; on the other, illuminates the high points of the face. It is the iconic makeup product of the Maison Perfect for this Christmas because hides the lack of sleep of recent weeks. So, could not be missing in our list of beauty gift ideas that, in fact, has been placed as the essential (and even the object of worship) of any bag Beauty Let itile. © Yves Saint Laurent Beauty © Yves Saint Laurent Beauty One of the secrets of his success (and one of the reasons why a unit for sale every 10 seconds somewhere in the world) It is its light and bright formula that it does not cover, but enhances natural beauty, sculpting the volumes of the face. This corrector is not limited to hiding the shadows, but Add a strategic shine that makes it look like you have been in place of holidays for weeks. It is the perfect ally for those moments when you need an extra light at key points such as the cheekbones, the arc of the eyebrows or even the arc of Cupid, achieving a fresh and natural finish, as if the stress of December would not have affected. © Yves Saint Laurent Beauty The key is how you use it Used by makeup artists Celebritieshe Touche Éclat Yves Saint Laurent Beauty is also popular among beauty editors (and makeup enthusiasts like me), since it is easy to handle and guarantees impeccable results. Experts recommend applying it after day cream or as an ultra light makeup base to unify the tone. It can also be used during the day for a Express retouching to contribute an immediate healthy brightness. Either in the chin, the bridge of the nose, the upper part of the cheekbones or the contour of the lips, this magical pen) has the fair and necessary dose, in one click, so as not to pass ourselves as quantity and look artificial In addition, you can also Use on dark circles to erase the signs of fatigue. In other words, this illuminating concealer is the lifeguard ideal to keep the skin fresh and the look rested in all circumstances. If you want to see more gift ideas, Click here and surprise yours. And to be up to date with all the beauty news that our experts share, you We tell it here. (Tagstotranslate) Hello! Beauty Addict (T) Beauty

11 new ‘good-looking effect’ makeup that simulate 8 hours of sleep

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Used well, makeup acts as a kind of magic wand capable of blur dark circlesmultiply the luminosity, enlarge the eyes and a thousand and one transformations to the consumer’s taste for which great knowledge is normally not required: with a natural finish base that unifies the skin tone well, for example, they are erased in less than two minutes the hours without sleeping, yes, after achieving this perfect canvas you have to restore dimension to the face with the touch of rejuvenating blush or the mascara that opens the look. A quick and universally flattering step by step for which we propose 11 tailored products with anti-fatigue benefits and very easy to use. Easy Blur Natural Airbrush Foundation, by Huda Beauty It has been one of the most viral makeup bases in recent months and its “blurring effect” on imperfections together with a buildable medium coverage and a feeling of absolute lightness on the skin are the keys to its success. A product that achieves a perfect canvas in less than a minute and that lasts intact for 12 hours; In addition, it provides care through 1.5% niacinamide that smoothes and reduces the appearance of pores. Finally, it has a wide range of shades, 29 in total, among which to find the perfect one. Price: 39 euros (available at Sephora). Illuminant Surrealskin™ Concealer, by Makeup by Mario The influencers They not only use the concealer to camouflage dark circles, but as the best anti-fatigue ally that illuminates strategic areas of the face such as the corners of the tear duct, the chin or the nasolabial fold. This one in particular is a virtual favorite for its contribution of luminosity, its power to camouflage signs of fatigue and a blurring effect on imperfections that make it a favorite for night owls. It also offers long life and resistance to wrinkles. Price: 32.99 euros (available at Sephora). Tititint, by Vivienne Sabó. Price: 6.35 euros (available in Primor). Icy Nude PH Face Gloss, by Huda Beauty. Price: 33 euros (available in Spehora). Luminous blush The liquid or creamy formulas are perfect for restoring color to the face with a finish full of freshness and we offer you two novelties: the inks that can also be used on the lips of Vivienne Sabó, available in 8 different shades, very easy to blend with the fingertips and with a moisturizing effect; and the face gloss by Huda Beauty, which reacts with the skin’s pH to create a tailored, diamond-bright blush thanks to its illuminating pearls that burst with pink and violet pigments. Sun-Kissed Illuminating Bronzer Gel, by Clinique The quick and easy trick with which to extend your summer color throughout the year is tanning formulas like this oil-free gel that provides immediate warmth to the skin. The best thing is that it can be mixed with moisturizing cream to achieve an effect sun kissed globally, as a primer or in strategic areas with the help of a brush such as the cheek bone, the jaw or forehead line, the center of the nose… Of course, the brand warns that you have to wash your hands when finishing or you just have to add a little more product if you want to intensify the effect. Price: 39.50 euros. Mini Mix Palette, from Sephora Collection The look is probably the biggest victim on tired days and the good news is that with a couple of makeup tricks you can hide its effects. A palette in “mini” and neutral format like this one is the ideal ally because it has tones that add depth to the feature naturally and without major complications: if applied with a brush to the hollow of the eyelids, an earthy brown on the crease of the Be careful, the swelling is hidden instantly; You can also intensify the look with another darker color in the outer corner. Price: 10 euros (available at Sephora). Vertigo Lift, by Armani Beauty A step that changes everything, especially when they have not slept enough hours. A good mascara helps open the eye, enlarge it and intensify the color of the iris. The new Armani Beauty formula also increases length by 70%, provides volume without clumps and a spectacular application and finish thanks to its brush Infinity Loop Brush. Furthermore, it contains the Lash Extend Complex based on soft agents and lighter waxes with which it remains comfortable and silky during its 24-hour duration. Price: 44 euros (available at El Corte Inglés and other usual points of the firm). You Mist, by Fenty Beauty The finishing touch of any look should be a spray that sets it for hours and the novelty of Rihanna’s brand not only achieves this, it also improves the finish throughout the day through a formula with wild thyme extract, famous for its antioxidant, moisturizing and softening properties; or his InvisiFlex Protective Shieldwhich forms a durable and flexible film on the surface to extend its life and protect against external aggressors. Price: 29.90 euros (available at Sephora). Hollywood Tripeptide Lip Treatment, by Simon Ourian MD Price: 42 euros (brand website available). Rouge Coco Baume, by Chanel. Price: 45 euros. Careful and glossy lips Tiredness is usually accompanied by dehydration and lip balms revitalize the feature with a result that is as flattering as it is comfortable. Dermatologist to the stars, Dr. Simon Ourianhas launched the Hollywood Tripeptide Lip Treatment Based on advanced peptides, hyaluronic acid, ceramide complex, essential fatty acids, plant extracts and botanical enhancers, a powerful plumping and rejuvenating treatment that also has a refreshing touch of menthol and menthyl lactate. From Chanel we are left with their iconic balms in the new spring colors and with an enhanced shine that conditions and provides sublime luminosity; cares thanks to its Hydraboost complex, nourishing shea butter and oleoactive rich in omega 9; and provides a beautiful veil of color. Nail polishes from the winter collection, from Masglo The last step with which to convey a rested and groomed look is to have … Read more

the delay in the development of the new wind tunnel generates a domino effect

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Aston Martin faces a major challenge heading into the season 2026 of Formula 1year marked by the implementation of new technical regulations that promise to level the grid. The Silverstone team, which has experienced notable growth in recent years, is currently in a technological and structural transition periodwith his eyes fixed on his new wind tunnel of the latest generation, a key piece for your ambitions. However, a delay in wind tunnel calibration process has slowed down the development of the 2026 cargenerating a domino effect that affects both the team and its medium-term planning. Although from January 1, 2025 Aston Martin and all the teams on the Formula 1 grid were authorized to begin work on the design of the new cars, the Silverstone team has decided to wait until its new facility is fully operational to begin that phase of work. . The new wind tunnel, located in the Silverstone Technology Campusis part of the modern facilities that Aston Martin has built to compete at the highest level. Designed to be an essential tool in improving aerodynamic performance, its launch has been delayed due to the complexities of its calibration. This process, led by the engineering director Luca Furbattowas to be completed by the end of 2024, but the work has been extended beyond what was planned. Despite these delays, Aston Martin has chosen not to use the wind tunnel that he has rented for years to mercedes in Brackleywhere his previous cars were developed, including the AMR25 of 2025. The decision to work exclusively at Silverstone responds to a clear strategy: maintaining confidentiality, guaranteeing that the technical solutions for the new car are developed in-house, away from possible leaks, and trusting that their new work tool will provide more and better information for this process. Fernando Alonso reviews the changes in the ARM24 with an engineer Aston Martin Qualitative leap He new Aston Martin wind tunnel it’s not just one significant investment in infrastructurebut also a fundamental pillar for your future. Equipped with the most advanced simulation systems, it promises to offer more precise data that can be correlated with real track conditions. However, as the team recognizes, it will take time to fine-tune the simulations and take advantage of the full potential of this tool. Furthermore, the arrival of Adrian Neweyone of the most brilliant minds in the history of Formula 1reinforces Aston Martin’s expectations. Newey, who will join the team on March 5dedicate much of its time to the development of the 2026 car. Its incorporation, together with other notable technicians such as Andy Cowell and Eric Blandinreinforces the team’s long-term vision. The delay in using the new wind tunnel is not the only challenge facing Aston Martin. The team is also in full transition to official team statusa process that involves designing and manufacturing key components, such as the gearbox, that were previously sourced from Mercedes. Furthermore, the association with the historic manufacturer Sling for the supply of power units exclusively for them from 2026 adds an additional layer of complexity to this restructuring stage. Andy CowellCEO of Aston Martin Performance Technologies, has emphasized the importance of managing all these processes efficiently to avoid compromising performance on the track. “2026 is an opportunitybut not the final goal. We want to build a team that achieves sustained success,” he said in recent statements. The 2025 season will be crucial to consolidate the team’s structure before facing the challenges of 2026. Although the AMR25 will be developed with current resources, the strategic focus is already on the next big technical leap. Cowell insists that the key will be finding a balance between immediate priorities and long-term goals. With a robust technical base, a high-level human team and a constantly evolving infrastructure, Aston Martin seems to be on the right track to compete at the top of the grid. However, time is of the essence and rivals such as Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari will not give up in the fight to maintain their dominance.

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