As the climate crisis becomes an increasing concern, architects are starting to incorporate design details into projects aimed at mitigating the urban heat island effect. From coatings to cycle parks and vegetation, Ross Davies looks at some of the most popular strategies in the latest issue of Design & Build Review.

Stefano Boeri Architetti’s smart forest city plan for Cancun, Mexico, takes the concept of a green city to entirely new levels. Abi Millar looks at the project and considers what lessons can be learnt for other schemes

for Design & Build Review.

British architecture firm Foster + Partners has been awarded a design contract for the Red Sea International Airport in Saudi Arabia, which is set to serve one million passengers by 2030. Alex Love speaks to the company to find out more about the project for Airport Industry Review.

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority plans to trial Hexwave, a new security imaging system supported by artificial intelligence, at Pearson International Airport. The authority’s Dwayne MacIntosh tells Andrew Tunnicliffe why he hopes the trial will be a success and why AI shouldn’t be feared in the latest issue of Airport Industry Review.

As it reaches its final year, Horizon 2020 continues to support research and innovation projects across the European Union. In Future Rail, Andrew Tunnicliffe finds out how it has helped advance the bloc’s rail infrastructure, where it has succeeded, and what more can be expected.

The shipping industry might be the lifeblood of trade and commerce, but it remains wanting when it comes to cybersecurity awareness. This makes the launch of Cyber-SHIP Lab, a new research and training facility at the University of Plymouth, especially opportune. Ross Davies finds out more from the project’s principal investigator, Professor Kevin Jones, for Ship Technology Global.

The public perception of wind power has shifted over the last four decades but understanding why that is has been a major challenge. Andrew Tunnicliffe looks back at how public concerns have shaped the sector in the latest issue of Future Power Technology.

Energy theft is a serious issue and Ofgem figures reveal that 86% of energy companies are missing the UK regulator’s residential targets, despite being required to detect, investigate and prevent the crime. Julian Turner talks mitigation strategies with Grosvenor Services Group MD Lloyd Birkhead for Future Power Technology.

NASA’s TRISH has funded innovative projects seeking to better protect astronaut’s health during deep space missions. Two of the six projects focus on ‘just-in-time’ medications, which allow drugs to be manufactured on-demand and on-board the spacecraft. Allie Nawrat talks to the TRISH scientist Dr Emmanuel Urquieta about the two on-demand projects in Pharma Technology Focus magazine.

Despite pharma’s growing commitment to broadening access to medicines in poorer countries, progress has been fragile, according to a ten-year review by the Access to Medicine Foundation. In the latest issue of Pharma Technology Focus, Allie Nawrat explores how the pharma industry can help ensure access to the two billion people who remain forgotten.

Researchers from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a way to 3D-print living skin, complete with blood vessels. It’s an advancement that has been hailed as a step towards creating artificial grafts that appear and behave like natural skin. Chloe Kent takes a look at this development and the tech helping to improve skin grafts in the latest issue of Medical Technology.

UK Secretary of State for health and social care Matt Hancock plans for the NHS to start offering genome sequencing at birth alongside routine health checks. Genomics England is running the programme in a pilot form in 2020, and it could be widely available in as few as three years. Could this be the next frontier in modern medicine, or is it a huge breach of personal privacy? Medical Technology’s Chloe Kent and Chris Lo present the cases for and against.