UKIZ · Britain’s innovation map

Britain already has more than most of us can see.

UKIZ helps mobilise the UK’s innovation capability by making what is already here easier to find and connect.

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6,092 organisations mapped11 Innovation Zones187 live opportunities

Britain in motion

Bright blue and white fusion plasma glowing inside the vessel of the MAST tokamak — Fusion plasma · UKAEA CulhamEye Steel Film

A rocket engine firing horizontally at night on a test stand, exhaust plume lit against the dark — Rocket engine hot-fire · SaxaVord Spaceport, ShetlandLatitude

The full disc of the Sun in extreme ultraviolet, showing loops and active regions in gold — Solar Orbiter · spacecraft built in StevenageEuropean Space Agency

A Eurofighter Typhoon seen head-on in flight against a dark sky — Eurofighter Typhoon · UK aerospaceSqn Ldr Dylan Eklund

An astronaut aboard the space station holding a small handheld DNA sequencer beside a laptop — Oxford Nanopore MinION · first DNA sequencing in spaceNASA

An offshore wind farm substation platform standing on yellow legs in open sea, turbines behind — Rampion offshore wind · Sussex coastRussss

The Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation all-electric aircraft on the ground, propeller forward — Spirit of Innovation · fastest all-electric aircraftAlan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK

Engineers with Mars rover prototypes on the simulated Martian terrain of the Mars Yard at Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage — Mars Yard rover testing · Airbus Defence and Space · StevenageNASA / Tiffany Coutris

View through a vacuum chamber viewport at the National Quantum Computing Centre, showing the gold-toned ion trap assembly inside — Quantum hardware at the National Quantum Computing Centre · HarwellDepartment for Science, Innovation & Technology

The large Arthur satellite dish at Goonhilly lit in blue and white at night — Goonhilly Earth Station · CornwallMatthew Prior

The curving interior of the Diamond Light Source synchrotron hall with beamline equipment — Diamond Light Source · HarwellProsthetic Head

The Lovell radio telescope dish standing against a blue sky — Lovell Telescope · Jodrell BankMike Peel; Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester

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United KingdomEngineering biology × Life sciences6 Aug

Manchester partners in new centre for mitochondrial genome therapeutics

Scientists at The University of Manchester will contribute specialist expertise in enzyme engineering and therapeutic oligonucleotides to a new £50 million research centre aiming to improve understanding and treatment of mitochondrial diseases.

Source: University of Manchester news

UKUniversity of Manchester newsEngineered enzymes open new routes to building complex molecules UKUK Space AgencyBetter WiFi on remote trains and access to cutting edge tech for British farmers through £13 million boost to drive next-gen satellite communications Event1 SepEdinburghOnshore Wind Conference 2026 Opportunities67 live rolesAI & machine learning

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