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A whole world of science on one beautiful island

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6 Jul 2016: Students from NSW and Victoria were recently given the opportunity to explore all that Tassie has to offer on the University's SciCo science road trip competition. From our Mt Canopus Observatory to our Ice Core Lab at IMAS, the students were
Voyage to underwater volcanoes yields explosive findings

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29 Feb 2016: A major IMAS voyage to the Southern Ocean has ended in Hobart with the arrival of the CSIRO’s Marine National Facility research vessel Investigator after a 16, 000 kilometre journey. The voyage made news around the world when scientists on board
Different island, different perspective

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19 Aug 2016: Moving from the town of Lamongan on the Indonesia island of Java, IMAS student Muhammad Arif Rahman wasn’t really sure what to expect of Tasmania. “To be honest, I didn’t know that much about Tasmania because it is a small island under
The “boring billion” is anything but...

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6 May 2016: PhDs should always tackle the big questions- but Indrani Mukherjee is investigating some of the biggest of all. Why are we here? More importantly how did we come into being? The answer is millions of years ago a single celled organism decided to
More than meets the eye...

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15 Apr 2016: Drones, or Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), can be used to collect information that’s invisible to the human eye. Dr Arko Lucieer is a Senior Lecturer in remote sensing and GIS in the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Group, School of Land and Food
From plankton DNA to outer space...new research reaches for the stars

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/182-from-plankton-dna-to-outer-spacenew-research-reaches-for-the-stars

1 Nov 2016: The University of Tasmania has secured $9 million for projects ranging from using DNA to develop an Australian plankton record stretching back 1000 years, to using satellites to map remote vegetation and provide early warnings of droughts, diseases
Moots a hoot

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20 Dec 2016: It is no longer a moot point – the Faculty of Law’s moot teams are the best in the country. Moots are hypothetical trials in which students act on behalf of clients in front of real judges. In late September a University of Tasmania team won the
Revolutionary instrument uses black holes to measure Climate Change

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20 Sep 2016: University of Tasmania scientists have successfully completed tests on a revolutionary new instrument that will make it possible to measure the Earth and the effects of climate change with millimetre precision and also map our Galaxy. Measuring
Divers' unique perspectives on reefs supports science

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17 Mar 2016: When scientists, marine management agencies and recreational divers got together to discuss how to keep an eye on life underwater, an innovative solution was reached. Reef Life Survey (RLS) is a program that enlists scuba divers from around the
Changing your life - from cab driver to community nurse

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13 Nov 2016: Changing your career can be full of challenges, but Costa Papas knew he was up to the task when he decided, after 16 years of working as a cab driver, it was time for a change. I’ve always been interested in the field of health, I chose the