technical updates

American Airlines slashed its profit forecast Friday largely due to the crisis around the Boeing 737 MAX, a somewhat more profound hit to operations and customer bookings than at other carriers affected by the jet's grounding. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories http://bit.ly/2UJht06

Giant earthquakes and extreme wealth may not appear to have much in common, but the frequency with which the "Big One" will hit San Francisco and how often someone will earn as much money as Bill Gates can both be predicted with a statistical measurement called a power law exponent. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories http://bit.ly/2L3iLmY

Like a classic car being restored, the research vessel (R/V) Roger Revelle is undergoing a year-long makeover to extend its working life, enhance its operating systems, and strengthen its research capabilities for the Navy and scientific organizations. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories http://bit.ly/2ZC1Ueo

Researchers have shown that existing optical fibre technology could be used to produce microscopic 3-D images of tissue inside the body, paving the way towards 3-D optical biopsies. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories http://bit.ly/2UZjyd5

MIT engineers have designed tiny robots that can help drug-delivery nanoparticles push their way out of the bloodstream and into a tumor or another disease site. Like crafts in "Fantastic Voyage"—a 1960s science fiction film in which a submarine crew shrinks in size and roams a body to repair damaged cells—the robots swim through the bloodstream, creating a current that drags nanoparticles along with them. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories http://bit.ly/2DAjEgS

All over the world, governments, institutions and businesses are combining technologies for gathering data, enhancing communications and sharing information, with urban infrastructure, to create smart cities. One of the main goals of these efforts is to make city living more efficient and productive – in other words, to speed things up. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories http://bit.ly/2W7na9r

The British press is regarded by the rest of the world as notoriously raucous. If you need an example of how raucous, the way British newspapers have reported Brexit is only one recent, if much-discussed, example. Headlines such as "Who will speak for England?", "Enemies of the people" or "Draw a red line on immigration or else" stirred up controversy and put the media's role in political and democratic debate into sharp focus. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories http://bit.ly/2L8iKOA