Although quantum technology is still very much in its infancy, its commercial applications are already available.

The UK government has announced a £121m investment boost into quantum technology to help tackle fraud and money laundering, which cost the economy £2.6bn a year.

Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridgen have successfully conducted the UK’s first long-distance, ultra-secure data transfer using a quantum communications network.

The launch follows a four-year joint development project culminating in the launch of a 50-qubit quantum computer. available for research and business use.

Nanoprinters are finally helping us make use of AI breakthroughs in advanced materials.

The world’s tallest 3D-printed building, Tor Alva, has been completed in Switzerland using a unique construction technique.

Liquid carbon, a material that could play a key role in future nuclear fusion reactors, has been made by a team of scientists for the first time.

The polar ice sheets are unlikely to remain intact even if the world manages to keep climate change to within the 1.5°C increase as established under the Paris Climate Agreement.

Amazon’s Project Kuiper, the space-based broadband service that will compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink, is planning to launch its first batch of satellites next week.

Researchers have broken a distance record in quantum communication by transmitting ultra-secure quantum-encrypted images nearly 13,000km from China to South Africa.

Mobile network Vodafone says it has made the world’s first space-based video call using a normal 5G-equipped smartphone and coverage from commercial satellites.

Amazon’s satellite operation Project Kuiper – founded by Jeff Bezos – plans to launch a broadband service in the UK, which will compete directly with Elon Musk’s Starlink.

Six trains operated by ScotRail in the rural north of Scotland have started a six-month trial to provide onboard passenger Wi-Fi using Starlink’s low earth orbit (LEO) satellite network.

European researchers pursued a satellite falling from the sky to learn how its burn-up affects Earth’s atmosphere. Their findings will help the space industry understand the harm it is doing to the environment and, hopefully, reduce its impacts.

A British satellite that will map the world’s forests in 3D to keep track of climate change will be launched into space next week.

Amazon’s Project Kuiper, the space-based broadband service that will compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink, is planning to launch its first batch of satellites next week.

Four unmanned sailing vessels have been deployed for a three-month mission with the Danish Ministry of Defence, which is trialling new technology to boost its surveillance capabilities.

British Steel has signed a £500m contract with Network Rail to manufacture new rails for the UK’s train network.

US President Donald Trump could be about to launch a mobile network in the US – alongside branded phones and accessories – after a number of trademark filings were spotted with the US Patent and Trademark Office last week.

The water sector is in need of “root and branch reform”, with private water firms failing to adequately look after critical infrastructure, MPs have said.

The UK government has launched its long-awaited industrial strategy, with industry welcoming support through trade investment, skills training and lower energy prices.

The financial impact of the recent cyber incident on Marks & Spencer and the Co-op could be as much as £440m, according to estimates by the Cyber Monitoring Centre.

The Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile has released the first images taken using its 3,200 megapixel digital camera, the largest ever built for astronomy.

The ID. Buzz AD, the first fully autonomous production vehicle from Volkswagen, is to be deployed in Europe and the US from 2026.