From a science museum in Seoul constructed by robots to a conference centre completed with robotic assistance in just 100 days, new projects suggest that automation may be heading for the mainstream of the construction industry. Design & Build Review looks at the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

The winner of the NASA Centennial Challenge, AI SpaceFactory’s MARSHA habitat is designed to utilise in-situ construction methods to create habitable structures on Mars. But its approach could also provide construction benefits far closer to home. Design & Build Review explores the idea with stunning images.

According to a recent paper from the European Parliament, embracing digitalisation could create a more competitive rail sector on the continent. While this shift appears to have the backing of the EU, it will require a great deal of funding. Future Rail explores some of the key findings from the report.

Huawei and China Mobile have launched 5G at Shanghai’s Hongqiao Railway Station, but the move has raised concerns about how this new network can be protected in an era of growing cyber threats to rail and metro networks. Future Rail investigates the technological milestone and the challenges it brings.

Greek marine consultancy Ocean Finance is working with partners on SpaceTech4Sea, an innovative project using the aerospace industry’s lightweight LNG tank technology to make the fuel more viable for shipowners. Ship Technology Global finds out more about the project and its benefits from Ocean Finance director Panayotis Zacharioudakis.

Earlier this year the UK launched its long-term vision for the shipping industry, known as Maritime 2050. Ship Technology Global reviews the ambitious strategy, which aims to define the developent of the country's martime sector for the next three decades, to find out what the shipping and marine industries can expect.

With enough mineral wealth among the stars to theoretically give everyone on Earth $100bn each, outer space mining is an attractive prospect for the world’s most opportunistic miners. However, the technology first needs to be proven to be effective, with basic issues such as funding missions and securing fuel sources key early challenges. MINE magazine spoke to Professor Andrew Dempster of the University of New South Wales who is leading a team that is aiming to extract water from the Moon, to demonstrate the feasibility of some of these ambitious plans.

China has invested $15m in a test for a “solar space station”, a craft that will orbit the Earth, absorbing solar rays, converting them into electricity, and beaming them back down to the planet; but it remains to be seen if this ambitious project can overcome the significant technological hurdles it faces. Future Power Technology has more on the project.

Astronauts can face serious health issues, including hand injuries and risk of infection during long duration space missions far from earth. Medical Technology magazine finds out how Chile-based Copper 3D is using funding from NASA to test a new, 3D printing-based approach adapted for the unique space environment.

The rise of AI in healthcare brings with it a whole new set of questions when it comes to regulation. Before a medical device is sold, it has to go through a whole series of approvals, a process that will need to evolve along with the technology it is intended to regulate. Medical Technology finds out about the challenges of regulating artificially intelligent medical devices.

Over the past decade, virtual reality technology has emerged as a beneficial tool in healthcare and clinical medicine. Medical Techology explores how the increasing affordability and flexibility of VR is enabling its use in a broad range of therapy areas.

German company Innoplexus has developed a domain-specific AI prediction engine, which correctly predicted that Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab would fail with 70% to 90% certainty. Pharma Technology Focus finds out how AI could help to remove the high risk of failure from the drug development process.