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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
Detective or explorer...you decide!

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/384-detective-or-exploreryou-decide

21 Aug 2017: It’s no secret that scientists get to do some amazing stuff. They see things in a different way. It might be scanning the frozen landscape of Antarctica from the deck of a research vessel, it might be investigating outer space through a telescope,
Physics graduate awarded for supermassive research achievement

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/335-physics-graduate-awarded-for-supermassive-research-achievement

29 Jun 2017: A University of Tasmania Honours graduate has secured a prestigious national award for her research into supermassive black holes and galaxies, highlighting the strength of the institution’s astronomy program. Madeline Marshall is the 2017
Can other planets sustain life?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/340-can-other-planets-sustain-life

4 Jul 2017: Professor John Dickey represents childhood musings for many of us. For everyone who stared upward into the night sky counting stars and dreaming of what lay beyond and from where it all came, Professor Dickey’s research may one day provide the
Don’t worry about the huge Antarctic iceberg...

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/344-dont-worry-about-the-huge-antarctic-iceberg

7 Jul 2017: Icebergs breaking off Antarctica, even massive ones, do not typically concern glaciologists. But the impending birth of a new massive iceberg could be more than business as usual for the frozen continent. The Larsen C ice shelf, the fourth-largest
Deadly disease can ‘hide’ from a Tasmanian devil’s immune system

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/223-deadly-disease-can-hide-from-a-tasmanian-devils-immune-system

4 Jan 2017: The Tasmanian devil facial tumour (DFT) cells may use a molecular deception – common in human cancers – that could allow the deadly disease to avoid the animal’s immune system, according to our new research published this month. Recently it
Who goes to MONA? Peering behind the ‘flannelette curtain’

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/270-who-goes-to-mona-peering-behind-the-flannelette-curtain

8 May 2017: “I’ve never been with so many bogans in my life. Aren’t they fantastic!” cried an enraptured guest at the 2011 opening of Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art. The general opening party debauchery (despite rumours of an impending orgy)
Melting ice and satellites: how to measure the Earth’s ‘wiggle'

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/293-melting-ice-and-satellites-how-to-measure-the-earths-wiggle

30 May 2017: "In a driverless future, it will be vital that our cars know exactly where they are on the road, down to the millimetre. We’ve found that our current methods of measuring location may not be up to scratch. Changes on Earth’s surface, including
Love Sci Fi? This is your perfect degree

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/381-love-sci-fi-this-is-your-perfect-degree

21 Aug 2017: What’s the ultimate achievement for someone passionate about engineering and technology? Probably creating a robot. And not just a robot, but an advanced cyborg, that’s just like a human. And these creations are no longer the stuff of science
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