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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
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
Dangers of the desk job

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/327-dangers-of-the-desk-job

22 Jun 2017: Australians are working longer and exercising less with two out of three adults now classed as overweight or obese – presenting Dr Scott Pedersen with a mighty battle. As the Director of the Active Work Lab in the University of Tasmania's Faculty
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
TIA scientist named Young Agronomist of the Year

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/418-tia-scientist-named-young-agronomist-of-the-year

26 Sep 2017: The Agronomy Australia Young Agronomist Award was presented at the 18th Australian Agronomy Conference in Ballarat, Victoria. The award recognises an agronomist aged 36 or under for their record of publications, supervision of PhD candidates,
$150,000 to improve soil health for potato industry

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/338-150000-to-improve-soil-health-for-potato-industry

3 Jul 2017: The one-year project is funded by Hort Innovation with in-kind contributions from TIA. It will provide tangible benefits to potato industry levy payers around Australia through the development of extension materials and identification of priorities
Lollies for cows: Plantain in the pasture

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/365-lollies-for-cows-plantain-in-the-pasture

31 Jul 2017: New research at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) is looking at how the inclusion of plantain in traditional ryegrass pastures can boost production and profitability for Tasmanian dairy farmers. TIA Dairy Research Fellow Pieter Raedts and
Agriculture graduate becomes a future industry leader

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/229-agriculture-graduate-becomes-a-future-industry-leader

30 Jan 2017: An agriculture graduate from the University of Tasmania has received a prestigious $120,000 Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship to continue her research into Tasmania’s cider industry. Madeleine Way, 22, graduated from the University of Tasmania
Fine wine, faster

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/456-fine-wine-faster

16 Nov 2017: How can we get beautiful wines faster, without compromising on quality? Dr Fiona Kerslake, fermentation scientist at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture at the University of Tasmania, is trying to find out. Tasmania is a well-known sparkling wine
Putting the emotion into maths for better learning

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/500-putting-the-emotion-into-maths-for-better-learning

17 Dec 2017: Are you a “maths person”? Most people think they are, or they aren’t. What if we told you there was no such thing? Professor Kim Beswick is an ARC Future Fellow, and her research is aiming to help teachers educate their students better, by
Workplaces urged to get healthy, mentally

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/423-workplaces-urged-to-get-healthy-mentally

9 Oct 2017: During Mental Health Week (October 8 to 14) researchers at the University of Tasmania are urging workplaces to make employee mental health a priority. While physical safety is at the forefront of Work Health and Safety laws and many workplaces are
Shedding the maths stigma

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/367-shedding-the-maths-stigma

3 Aug 2017: Many of us gain a sense of control over a situation when we are able to create some kind of order. Teachers presented with a class full of children also tend to do this; grouping children with others who appear to be at the same level as them in
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
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
What we can learn from book clubs

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/420-what-we-can-learn-from-book-clubs

3 Oct 2017: Children’s book clubs have been in the news lately. In July, ABC Online featured a number of Year 6 students who had formed their own clubs. The kids love their reading groups and the story describes how the groups form the basis of lasting
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
Bruny energy research project powers up

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/375-bruny-energy-research-project-powers-up

17 Aug 2017: The rapid changes in the energy sector are driving some of the biggest innovations experienced in centuries. How energy is consumed today, and where will it come from tomorrow, are some of the bigger questions being asked the world over. Central to
Greener greenhouses to feed the future

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/235-greener-greenhouses-to-feed-the-future

6 Feb 2017: Did you know greenhouse cultivation is a relatively new practice of food production in Australia? PhD candidate Dianfan Zhou is going to help bring our country up to speed. “I recently started my PhD in UTAS’ School of Land and Food and my
This scientist is chasing the secrets of ancient crops

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/472-this-scientist-is-chasing-the-secrets-of-ancient-crops

28 Nov 2017: “We’ve created a kind of ‘kindergarten for plants’,” said Professor Sergey Shabala from the University of Tasmania, describing the current state of global agriculture. “We provide them with everything they need: nutrients, water,
The decline in male teacher numbers

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/441-the-decline-in-male-teacher-numbers

20 Oct 2017: The percentage of male primary school teachers in Australia has decreased in recent decades, from 30. 24% in 1983 to 18. 26% in 2016. Education authorities have responded to this with recruitment-focused initiatives, such as scholarships and quota
History textbooks still imply that Australians are white

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/323-history-textbooks-still-imply-that-australians-are-white

19 Jun 2017: Despite improvements to their content over time, secondary school history textbooks still imply that Australians are white. Textbook depictions of Australianness are not only relevant to experiences of national belonging or exclusion. Research has
How does the Venus flytrap work?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/474-how-does-the-venus-flytrap-work

28 Nov 2017: "This plant, commonly called Venus' fly-trap, is one of the most wonderful in the world,” Charles Darwin wrote in 1875. What did the species Dionaea muscipula do to receive such lofty praise? Well, it can catch a meal as large as a frog; it can
Why do pregnancy pictures from everyday women matter?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/237-why-do-pregnancy-pictures-from-everyday-women-matter

8 Feb 2017: Stop the presses, Beyoncé is pregnant. For a brief moment last week, the headlines shifted from Trump to the “Queen Bey”, who dropped the news of her twin pregnancy on Instagram in a post garnering nearly 10 million “likes”. Beyoncé
We need a new Australia Day

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/476-we-need-a-new-australia-day

29 Nov 2017: The decision by ABC Triple J to move the Hottest 100, its popular musical countdown, from January 26 has reignited the smouldering controversy about Australia Day. The radio station has moved the 2018 poll from Australia Day to January 27 after a
Why experts are predicting this species will change the future of food

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/473-why-experts-are-predicting-this-species-will-change-the-future-of-food

28 Nov 2017: As freakishly warm weather continues to wreak havoc on rainfall over the Pacific, the risk of major droughts and flooding has begun to surge around the world. But there’s another threat to our farmlands that’s a whole lot harder to see –