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  2. Thumbnail for Rankings rise for Earth Sciences

    Rankings rise for Earth Sciences

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/363-rankings-rise-for-earth-sciences
    25 Jul 2017: The Discipline of Earth Sciences and the CODES – ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits have been ranked equal second in Australia in the recent Shanghai rankings. Some of CODES’ HDR candidates tell us why studying geology truly rocks. Josh
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    Motor Neuron Disease: One step closer, a research journey

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/401-motor-neuron-disease-one-step-closer-a-research-journey
    28 Aug 2017: There are no treatments or cures for Motor Neuron Disease, and most people with the illness die three to five years after diagnosis. For the past 10 years Associate Professor Tracey Dickson’s group at the University of Tasmania's Menzies
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    #ImReady is set to help kids get healthier

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/364-imready-is-set-to-help-kids-get-healthier
    31 Jul 2017: The University of Tasmania is funding a project which aims to find lasting ways to improve Tasmania’s childhood and adolescent obesity and overweight statistics, which are some of the highest in the country. The inaugural #ImReady project will help
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    Optical collection gives crystal clear peek into past

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/487-optical-collection-gives-crystal-clear-peek-into-past
    7 Dec 2017: Our island ‘can-do’ spirit, secret wartime missions and reconnaissance flights are elements captured in a unique collection, featuring the work of Hobart’s World War II ‘Optical Munitions Annexe 9/101’ and its 25 year post-war
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    Delving into the "black books" of convict knowledge

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/325-delving-into-the-black-books-of-convict-knowledge
    20 Jun 2017: In 1803, the first of almost 73,000 convicts landed on what was then called Van Diemen’s Land. Over the course of the next 50 years convict clerks kept meticulous records of each new arrival in leather-bound volumes. Pouring over the voluminous
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    Criminality and Climate Change

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/254-criminality-and-climate-change
    3 Apr 2017: While the obvious impact of climate change is the increased temperature, rising sea-level and an impact to the ecology, there is also the issue of increased criminality. One of the many side-effects of climate change that many people don't make the
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    Having fun with unexpected research opportunities

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/404-having-fun-with-unexpected-research-opportunities
    29 Aug 2017: As part of the 2017 Research Week Research Excellence Keynote Lecture Series, Dr Lyn Goldberg, Senior Lecturer, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, will present Having fun with unexpected research opportunities: From Tasmania to the
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    Can Ancient Rome offer lessons on marriage laws?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/447-can-ancient-rome-offer-lessons-on-marriage-laws
    5 Nov 2017: The bill to legalise same-sex marriage has passed the Senate, with 43 voting yes, 12 no votes, with some senators abstaining from casting a vote. The bill was passed without amendment, and will not move to the House of Representatives for further
  10. Thumbnail for Tide turns with AMC testing turbine in the Tamar

    Tide turns with AMC testing turbine in the Tamar

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/278-tide-turns-with-amc-testing-turbine-in-the-tamar
    15 May 2017: The daily movements of the tides move great quantities of water around the Australian coast. Thanks to research being carried out by the Australian Maritime College, we are a step closer to harnessing this movement to generate electricity. Working
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    University of Tasmania historian shortlisted for Ernest Scott Prize

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/249-university-of-tasmania-historian-shortlisted-for-ernest-scott-prize
    26 Mar 2017: A book by University of Tasmania History and Classics Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow Penny Edmonds has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2017 Ernest Scott Prize. The $13,000 prize is awarded to work based upon original research, which
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    Renowned science communicator to give Research Week Keynote Lecture

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/405-renowned-science-communicator-to-give-research-week-keynote-lecture
    30 Aug 2017: Associate Professor Paul Willis will deliver the Keynote Lecture at the 2017 Graduate Research Conference. Associate Professor Willis is former Director of the Royal Institution of Australia, presenter on ABC TV's Catalyst program, and a
  13. Thumbnail for Researchers set to tackle pesky blackberry mite

    Researchers set to tackle pesky blackberry mite

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/490-researchers-set-to-tackle-pesky-blackberry-mite
    8 Dec 2017: Blackberries are meant to be black, but sometimes nature intervenes to create a multi-coloured problem for blackberry growers. A microscopic pest known as redberry mite is thought to cause this uneven ripening of blackberry fruit, typically creating
  14. Thumbnail for Convict children taken to Australia grew up taller than their UK peers

    Convict children taken to Australia grew up taller than their UK peers

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/413-convict-children-taken-to-australia-grew-up-taller-than-their-uk-peers
    17 Sep 2017: Male Tasmanian-born prisoners, arrested in the second half of the nineteenth century, were over four centimetres taller, on average, than transported convicts. And they were nearly two centimetres taller than free migrants who were born in Britain
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    Ambassador for the natural world honoured

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/330-ambassador-for-the-natural-world-honoured
    26 Jun 2017: Internationally renowned geographer and conservation ecologist, Distinguished Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick AM, has received the Australian Heritage Council’s 2017 Sharon Sullivan National Heritage Award for his work on national and international
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    nupiri muka: ‘Eye of the Sea’

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/410-nupiri-muka-eye-of-the-sea
    13 Sep 2017: An innovative new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) capable of diving up to 5,000 metres, operating underneath the ice and gathering data on Antarctic research missions was recently unveiled at the University of Tasmania’s Australian Maritime
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    Future wildfire warning for Australia

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/236-future-wildfire-warning-for-australia
    7 Feb 2017: University of Tasmania Professor of Environmental Change Biology David Bowman led an international collaboration - including researchers from the University of Idaho and South Dakota State University - to compile a global satellite database of the
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    Top of the food chain

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/306-top-of-the-food-chain
    9 Jun 2017: Most people across the globe don’t stop to wonder about the feeding habits of great white sharks but a team led by Associate Professor Jayson Semmens (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies) is researching the predator’s diet in an effort to
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    Science in service of a better cider

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/319-science-in-service-of-a-better-cider
    16 Jun 2017: Who doesn’t love a delicious crisp apple cider? Did you know that academic researchers are investigating how to improve your favourite beverage?That’s right, you can research how to make beautiful wines and ciders. The ancient arts of brewing and
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    Did you know the lucky country is sinking?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/317-did-you-know-the-lucky-country-is-sinking
    16 Jun 2017: Are you living in Australia? Do you ever get a sinking feeling? It could be because our continent is sinking. But don’t be alarmed just yet. Surveyor and University of Tasmania PhD candidate Anna Riddell is investigating. After an exciting career
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    Researchers keen on quinoa's salty secret

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/446-researchers-keen-on-quinoas-salty-secret
    30 Oct 2017: A new study into the breeding of salt-tolerant crops has made an important finding, which could prove instrumental in long-term efforts to address global food security. The research, published in the journal Cell Research, found that quinoa, which

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