A recent report from Make UK revealed that two-thirds of manufacturers and engineers plan to address rising operational costs by boosting internal productivity, with 29% intending to leverage technologies such as cloud computing and AI to achieve this.

Britain’s manufacturers have said the government’s upcoming Industrial Strategy will be ‘fatally flawed’ if it fails to tackle the high energy costs faced by the sector.

Vodafone and Three have completed their merger two years after initial proposals triggered a lengthy investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority.

The UK alone has seen an estimated 16,000 extra premature deaths due to the ‘Dieselgate’ scandal that saw Volkswagen vehicles emit greater amounts of air pollution than regulators were led to believe in the 2010s.

Hinkley Point C is facing a backlash from environmental campaigners over its possible negative impact on local aquatic life.

EDF, the French energy firm building Hinkley Point C, is reportedly trying to raise an additional £4bn to fund the megaproject as cost continue to spiral upwards.

The Office for Nuclear Regulation has overseen the completion of defuelling Reactor 4 at Hinkley Point B power station. EDF, which operates the site, has also announced that alternative saltmarsh locations are now being sought for Hinkley Point C following a public consultation earlier this year.

The government has proposed subsidising the construction of the Sizewell C nuclear power plant by £5.5bn as the project struggles to attract additional investment.

Robots will be used to remotely and autonomously sort and segregate radioactive waste at the defunct nuclear sites.

Tracking the early stage developments: this issue we look at nanofiltration membranes, nanocatalysts and batteries made from nuclear waste.

Decommissioning Sellafield nuclear plant is not happening fast enough, and could add further costs to a project that is already estimated to cost £136bn, MPs have said.

Meta has signed a 20-year deal with a nuclear plant to buy electricity that will power the data centres behind its AI efforts.

A UK-led mission aims to launch scientific instruments into low-Earth orbit to mitigate risk from space weather phenomena.

The AI-enhanced electronic line-calling (ELC) system at Wimbledon, Hawk-Eye Live, replaced line umpires this year but has been making errors on court.

The UK Space Agency has started a £75.6m tender process to launch the first UK mission tackling space debris.

The gov.uk app can now be downloaded in public beta format, with further development to follow later in the year.

Earth’s magnetic poles have been shifted away from the planet’s axis of rotation due to the huge amount of water stored behind manmade dams, a study has found.

Electric vehicles accounted for a record 24.9% of the new car market in June, despite relaxed quotas on sales being implemented by the government earlier this year.

The dark web is surging in popularity, with the number of daily users reaching over 3 million by March 2025, a study has found.

London’s Met Police has arrested more than 1,000 wanted criminals since the start of 2024 through the deployment of live facial recognition technologies.

Earth’s magnetic poles have been shifted away from the planet’s axis of rotation due to the huge amount of water stored behind manmade dams, a study has found.

A UK-led mission aims to launch scientific instruments into low-Earth orbit to mitigate risk from space weather phenomena.

A breakthrough technology preserving livers and kidneys outside the body has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2025 MacRobert Award.

A new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) has completed its first field test in ultra-deep waters near the Mariana Trench, collecting data on previously unexplored polymetallic nodules.