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  2. Thumbnail for Six tonnes of plastic removed from remote island's beaches

    Six tonnes of plastic removed from remote island's beaches

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/879-six-tonnes-of-plastic-removed-from-remote-islands-beaches
    3 Jul 2019: Dr Jennifer Lavers' research revealed in 2017 that the tiny uninhabited island was polluted with the highest density of plastic debris ever recorded. Part of the UK’s Pitcairn Islands territory, the island is so remote that it’s usually visited
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    Howe to turn waves into energy

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/928-howe-to-turn-waves-into-energy
    24 Sep 2019: Wave energy may be generated in the future from breakwaters, harbours and other maritime infrastructure if research by Australian Maritime College PhD student Damon Howe checks out. The research is looking at whether integration of wave energy
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    Why you should never stop stargazing

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/915-why-you-should-never-stop-stargazing
    3 Sep 2019: From a little boy staring in wonder at the night sky to the head of Physics at the University, Dr Andrew Cole has never lost his curiosity about the mysteries held in space. “I was inspired by the night sky and trying to understand why things
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    Tails you lose for lizards

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/888-tails-you-lose-for-lizards
    21 Jul 2019: The natural ability of lizards to drop and then regrow their tails is a neat evolutionary trick that allows them to avoid predators and remain alive. But new research from the University of Tasmania - published recently in Biology Letters - reveals
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    Kudos for cracking cubed poo code

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/923-kudos-for-cracking-cubed-poo-code
    16 Sep 2019: A cubed conundrum has for decades baffled bushwalkers and biological scientists alike. New research from the University of Tasmania’s Dr Scott Carver, Dr Ashley Edwards and Dr Alynn Martin – together with Georgia Tech’s Professor David Hu –
  7. Thumbnail for Eureka! Airport safety innovation wins prestigious prize

    Eureka! Airport safety innovation wins prestigious prize

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/912-eureka-airport-safety-innovation-wins-prestigious-prize
    28 Aug 2019: A portable device which rapidly detects homemade explosives, using technology invented at the University of Tasmania, has won a prestigious Eureka Prize. The University, together with commercial partner Grey Innovation, was successful in the
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    Teaching careers attracting high achievers

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/871-teaching-careers-attracting-high-achievers
    4 Jun 2019: Jordan Green, a Master of Teaching student based at the University of Tasmania’s Sandy Bay campus in Hobart, was inspired by his own high school experience to pursue a career in teaching. “Throughout high school, I had some really good teachers
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    Little study has big insights

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/953-little-study-has-big-insights
    17 Oct 2019: A study of Little Penguins in south-eastern Tasmania has shed light on how the marine predators adapt to subtle changes in environmental conditions to find food. To record their foraging behaviour, Little Penguins from three colonies around Storm
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    Got a great fish name handy?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/938-got-a-great-fish-name-handy
    3 Oct 2019: Banner image by Dr Rick Stuart-Smith. A new census of what is believed to be the world’s rarest fish has identified that there are fewer than 100 adult Red handfish left on the planet, in the only two known surviving populations near Hobart,
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    Crash test... or splash test?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/955-crash-test-or-splash-test
    17 Oct 2019: Banner image: Drop weight impact chamber. Crash testing cars is generally simple and pretty inexpensive…but underwater vehicles– with massive price tags and complex engineering –need a different approach. A world-first facility that will be

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