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    Unmasking the nature of fire

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/326-unmasking-the-nature-of-fire
    21 Jun 2017: Professor David Bowman’s seminal 2009 paper on the role of fire in shaping Earth’s ecology has been cited well over 800 times, but as he straps his bikes on the car, preparing for another brief soiree into the Tasmanian bush, the world expert on
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    Designer rice breakthrough to benefit billions of people

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/279-designer-rice-breakthrough-to-benefit-billions-of-people
    15 May 2017: Designer rice could be the answer to global health problems such as obesity and diabetes, and improve health outcomes for more than half of the world’s population. University of Tasmania School of Biological Sciences Professor Steven Smith is an
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    Teaching by example

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/493-teaching-by-example
    11 Dec 2017: There’s a determination in the eyes of Michelle Cooper when she’s asked about how her students at Launceston Church Grammar School (LCGS) approach learning. Michelle is just six months away from completing her Master of Education. She’s been
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    Where are whales giving birth in WA?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/496-where-are-whales-giving-birth-in-wa
    13 Dec 2017: A study that looked at where humpback whales give birth along the coast of Western Australia has shown that the calving grounds extend more than 1,000 kilometres further south than currently recognised. The research by Institute for Marine and
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    Broken Bodies exhibition aims to break down breastfeeding barriers

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/464-broken-bodies-exhibition-aims-to-break-down-breastfeeding-barriers
    27 Nov 2017: The personal and emotive subject of why women stop breastfeeding and what they go through is the focus of a unique exhibition at Hobart’s Plimsoll Gallery. The Broken Bodies exhibition is based on research led by Dr Jennifer Ayton (pictured) from
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    Learning the secrets of lobster lives

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/482-learning-the-secrets-of-lobster-lives
    4 Dec 2017: The mystery of how to close the larval cycle of lobsters on a commercial scale has eluded science since the 1960s. But now there are some answers, thanks to researchers at the University of Tasmania. Associate Professor Greg Smith is Director of the
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    From high in the sky to the bottom of the ocean

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/494-from-high-in-the-sky-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean
    11 Dec 2017: In a world-first, a research team of Australian and international scientists has used data collected by satellites and an ocean model to explain and predict biodiversity on the Antarctic seafloor. The researchers combined satellite images of
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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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    You've got a friend in me

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/455-youve-got-a-friend-in-me
    16 Nov 2017: Man’s best friend is taking a giant leap forward in helping with the ecological restoration of threatened species. Researchers from the University of Tasmania’s School of Biological Sciences are part of a coordinated effort to help save the
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    The secret sex life of plants

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/260-the-secret-sex-life-of-plants
    10 Apr 2017: Sexual reproduction in animals and plants share common elements, but little was known about how the sex of plants is determined until University of Tasmania researchers discovered a gene responsible. Dr Scott McAdam, Associate Professor Timothy

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