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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,
Teaching school kids to talk health

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29 Nov 2017: Health literacy, or the ability to find and use information to promote and maintain good health and well-being, is most often focussed on adults. However, research shows that we achieve most of our learning about how to be ‘healthy’ from our
How does the Venus flytrap work?

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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
Here's why fat is everything in the coldest place on Earth

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28 Nov 2017: Nature has dished up some pretty extreme milks over the course of evolution, but hooded seal milk is in a league of its own. While human breast milk contains a relatively modest amount of fat (between three and five per cent), hooded seal milk
The Burnie factor in the Timor-Leste maritime boundary negotiations

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/457-the-burnie-factor-in-the-timor-leste-maritime-boundary-negotiations

17 Nov 2017: Expectation: To take over the family business in Burnie and become a welder like his father and grandfather. Reality: First in the extended family to go to university. He is now a partner at global law firm DLA Piper and is the Asia Pacific Head of
Broken Bodies exhibition aims to break down breastfeeding barriers

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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
Architecture and Design students create new ‘Home Base’ for Riverside …

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19 Jun 2017: When Riverside Primary School officially opened its latest addition, the guests of honour were from another school entirely – the University of Tasmania’s School of Architecture and Design. In a collaboration between the two schools, design
Modelling marine futures with maths

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30 Nov 2017: Dr Jess Melbourne-Thomas is focused on change — the changes in our environment, and the changes needed for gender equity in science. Dr Melbourne-Thomas is a Research scientist at the Australian Antarctic Division and Project leader with the
The right course at the perfect pace

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20 Nov 2017: Paul Kamler is a Clinical System Administrator in the Northern Territory, where technology plays a vital role in the delivery of important health services. So when he heard about the University of Tasmania’s e-health courses, he decided to add to
Working towards a Defence Innovation and Design Precinct in Launceston

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27 Jun 2017: The University of Tasmania welcomed news the Australian Government will jointly fund a feasibility study into the establishment of a Defence Innovation and Design Precinct for Launceston. Minister for Defence Senator Marise Payne announced the