Materials Research with Energetic Heavy Ions at GSI

EME SEMINAR
Prof. Reinhard Neumann
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung
Planckstr. 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany

Thursday 3 December 2009 at 11.00 am
in the Link Building Seminar Room

Australasian Science Prize 2009

Dr Michael Roderick, a science researcher from the ANU Research School of Biology and the Research School of Earth Sciences, was awarded the 2009 Australasian Science Prize for climate change research into water evaporation rates in Australia and around the world.

Fiddler crabs offer safe sex for favours

Male Fiddler Crabs will quite happily protect a female neighbour, but do so partly in exchange for sex, according to a new study from The Australian National University.

The study by Richard Milner, Professor Michael Jennions and team leader Dr Patricia Blackwell of the Research School of Biology at ANU looked at how female fiddler crabs – without the large claw that the males are armed with – go about protecting their territories.

The Global Energy Challenge

In this public lecture, Professor Snieder of the Colorado School of Mines will be giving examples of what one can do as a teacher, student, consumer, businessman and as a citizen to make progress towards a more sustainable energy system.

Tuesday 5 Dec 2009, 6-7pm