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Preventing human trafficking in hotels
How can hoteliers help to prevent human trafficking? The New Hotelier investigates.
Drug regulation
The new face of plastic surgery
Medical Technology investigates how technology is transforming the capabilities of plastic surgeons, as well as the lives of patients.
Safety in offshore
The UK Government’s safety statistics for 2018 were a mixed bag, but perhaps the main question raised is whether mental health should be included. Offshore Technology Focus investigates.
Nuclear waste
Energy company Sellafield has collaborated with the University of Liverpool’s Virtual Engineering Centre to develop a mixed-reality simulator. Future Power Technology investigates.
Growing buildings from bacteria
The University of Colorado is using living bacteria to create self-healing, air-cleaning buildings. Design & Build Review investigates.
How low can you go? Ultra-light beer redefines the light concept
Light beer is getting lighter. Though sales of top-selling light beer brands like Bud Light, Coors Light, and Miller Light have been eroding for nearly a decade in the US, the success of AB InBev’s Michelob Ultra product has given the industry hope. Tom Vierhile examines the new wave of innovators seeking to establish a new ultra-light premium beer niche.
Should airports have their own microgrids?
After Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport experienced a major power supply disruption, the Rocky Mountain Institute was awarded a $450,000 research grant to develop a microgrid implementation toolkit to help airports avoid disaster. Elliot Gardner finds out more from RMI’s director of sustainable aviation Adam Klauber.
Lost in transmission: why upgrading the UK’s network should be top of the agenda
While the UK Government churns out strategies to meet its ambitions of leading the world on decarbonisation, it is failing to tackle a fundamental issue in the country’s energy network. Dominic Quennell, managing director of Enertechnos Energy, explains why energy losses shouldn’t be ignored.
A storm is brewing for India’s domestic shipping industry
India’s domestic shipping industry is considering its options after the central government relaxed cabotage rules. It now looks set to do away with a ‘right of first refusal’ that gives Indian shippers a chance to match the lowest rate offered by foreign ships. But what are the potential implications of this, Joe Baker asks?
Urgent concern: how mining damages wildlife on land and at sea
The work of mining companies can have a significant – and often destructive – impact on local wildlife. Guidelines and legislation operating above the level of national governments could help to guide mining towards a less destructive future, but questions remain, as JP Casey finds out.
Selling cells: the economics of CAR-T therapy
As a new class of CAR-T cell therapies moves through clinical trials and the first of these innovative treatments enters the market, the therapy is causing almost as much consternation as excitement in the healthcare sphere. While CAR-T looks set to transform the treatment of cancer, what does the future hold for one of the industry’s most advanced – and expensive – treatments? Sally Turner finds out.
Creating a train station in virtual reality with MTR Crossrail
The operator of London’s upcoming Elizabeth Line has developed a platform that allows trainee staff to hone their safety and security skills in a virtual train station. In this Q&A, MTR Crossrail finance director Andy King talks to Joe Baker about the benefits of this innovative approach to training, and how it could be expanded in the future.
How will Heathrow deliver its pivotal third runway expansion?
With a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport finally approved after years of delays, an all-important question still remains: what happens now? As contractors jostle for position on the project, Joe Baker finds out what the biggest challenges for Heathrow will be in the years to come.
Has a new era of small producers arrived in the UK North Sea?
The latest round of offshore licensing for the North Sea has been important for the rise in smaller new players bidding for blocks, as big players like Total put their assets up for sale. Are we seeing the dawn of a new era of small companies dominating the North Sea? Molly Lempriere finds out.
Industry roundtable: will new nuclear benefit the UK?
Nuclear power is high on the agenda for the UK Government, with a spate of projects planned in the coming years. But just how beneficial will it be to the country? Industry experts offer their views to Scarlett Evans.