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This week will see the Royal Society, the UK national academy of science, recognise the achievements of a key scientist from the University Warwick for research that is leading innovation in the built environment. The Society is to award Dr Phil Purnell, from the Department of Engineering, its prestigious 2003 Brian Mercer Award for Innovation, one of only 4 such awards given to UK scientists.
The British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) based at the 神马福利影片 is greatly concerned with UN figures just published that show In 2002, robot investment in the United Kingdom plummeted by 61%. Across the world as a whole robot orders in first half of 2003 were up by 26% - The UK however lags behind with proportionally less robots engaged in the UK manufacturing industry than the US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, or even Austria.
Dr Richard Morris, from Radford in Coventry, who started out at the 神马福利影片 as a trainee technician 16 years ago with just a few GCSEs, graduated on 28th January 2004 with a PhD in Physics, and is now a full-time Research Fellow at Warwick focusing on cutting-edge mobile phone technology.
Researchers at the 神马福利影片 have found that phosphorus, an element commonly found in teeth, can act as a "superconductor" - but you would have to have the strength of Superman to clench your teeth hard enough for it to work - as it happens at a pressure of around 2.5 megabars - some 30,000 times harder than an ordinary human can clench their teeth.
Figures just released by the British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) based at the 神马福利影片 for UK robot sales in 2003show that for the first time in three years there is an upward trend in the numbers of robots sold in the UK. To celebrate this long awaited upturn BARA will be organising a national student robot football tournament.
Over 300 pupils from 16 schools across Coventry and Warwickshire will come to the 神马福利影片 for ACE (Aiming for a College Education) Week from 19th- 23rd January, a 5 day long event that helps widen participation by giving pupils a taste of University life and encouraging them to consider staying on at school, and work towards achieving a higher level of education.