The New York Times (Aug. 16) -- More than anything else, the stays on Genoa’s Morandi bridge that collapsed on Tuesday are what made the bridge unusual: They are constructed of concrete with steel rods, called tendons, inside them, which allow the concrete to handle the pull of the roadway. More modern cable-stayed bridges use steel cables instead. “This type of stay or cable is not very common,” says Bassem Andrawes, a professor of civil engineering at the U. of I. “You would rarely see them anywhere.” Also: Wichita Eagle (Aug. 16)