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  2. Thumbnail for The bumpy road to perfect fruit

    The bumpy road to perfect fruit

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/204-the-bumpy-road-to-perfect-fruit
    12 Dec 2016: Would you buy a bruised banana? Many shoppers won’t. And that is having a huge impact on the banana industry. PhD candidate Indika Fernando is researching how to improve banana quality in the post-harvest supply chain. Bananas are susceptible to
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    From Tassie to the US, with a "great start" from UTAS

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/186-from-tassie-to-the-us-with-a-great-start-from-utas
    8 Nov 2016: In Clare Smith’s US hometown, it’s now “fall” and the leaves are turning orange and red. The snow, she says, isn’t far off either. As a girl from Hobart, she’s a long way from home. UTAS graduate Dr Smith is a medical researcher at the
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    Exploring humanity’s relationship with the South Pole

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/151-exploring-humanitys-relationship-with-the-south-pole
    22 Aug 2016: Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow Elizabeth Leane is one of three University of Tasmania authors to feature in the international expert series Earth, with the release of her latest book South Pole: Nature and Culture. Here is an excerpt from
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    Sea level rise: the answers lie beneath

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/60-sea-level-rise-the-answers-lie-beneath
    22 Mar 2016: Sea levels are rising. It’s one of the biggest climate change problems facing humanity. The questions of how much and how fast have engrossed scientists across the globe. They’ve determined that sea levels are rising by about 3mm per year since
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    A PhD at 90 years young

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/154-a-phd-at-90-years-young
    28 Aug 2016: Joan Webb is just getting started. In August, at the University of Tasmania’s winter graduation round in Launceston, she crossed the stage at the Albert Hall and claimed a new honorific. Mrs Webb became Dr Webb, and at only 90 years young. Though
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    Young academic is working on greener methods of doing chemistry

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/53-young-academic-is-working-on-greener-methods-of-doing-chemistry
    15 Mar 2016: Green chemistry may sound like an oxymoron, but it is an emerging field of research that could have a big impact on the future. Dr Alex Bissember was the only Australian scientist awarded a Green Chemistry for Life research grant. Just six
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    Crossfit for your brain

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/143-crossfit-for-your-brain
    17 Jul 2016: Did you know people with low educational attainment have a higher risk of developing dementia? What can help? Crossfit for your brain. The Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre has a new MOOC, Preventing Dementia, which will help exercise
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    For generation Facebook, online identities hold pitfalls and promise

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/187-for-generation-facebook-online-identities-hold-pitfalls-and-promise
    9 Nov 2016: Despite suggestions that young people are losing interest in the platform, its 1. 5 billion users still puts Facebook at the centre of social media. The site was launched in 2004, and so those meeting Facebook’s minimum age requirement of 13 will,
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    Divers' unique perspectives on reefs supports science

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/54-divers-unique-perspectives-on-reefs-supports-science
    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
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    The secret lives of Tassie’s furry midlands carnivores

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/62-the-secret-lives-of-tassies-furry-midlands-carnivores
    26 Mar 2016: At Easter time most of us are thinking about rabbits. But our researchers are concerned with other, native, furry creatures: bandicoots and bettongs. Professor Chris Johnson, Zoology, is part of a large research project focusing on the wildlife and

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