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Science can be beautiful, but please don’t call it basic

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/339-science-can-be-beautiful-but-please-dont-call-it-basic

4 Jul 2017: Research underpinning fundamental scientific concepts or mechanisms of disease is referred to as “basic science”. I detest the term. It conjures up images of mundane, uninteresting, simple lab work, but this is rarely the case. No two days are the
Native bees best

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22 Jun 2017: Many of us feel we are too busy to stop and smell the roses. Even when we do, few of us would notice how the behaviour of native bees buzzing through the garden varies from the introduced variety. However, research students like Melanie Bottrill who
Whale warning signs revealed in historical records

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23 Jun 2017: A study of historic whaling records has revealed there were warning signs that populations of commercially harvested whales were heading for global collapse up to 40 years before the event. The research by scientists from the Institute for Marine
Delving into the "black books" of convict knowledge

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20 Jun 2017: In 1803, the first of almost 73,000 convicts landed on what was then called Van Diemen’s Land. Over the course of the next 50 years convict clerks kept meticulous records of each new arrival in leather-bound volumes. Pouring over the voluminous
Graduates secure prestigious scholarships to ask the big questions

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29 Jun 2017: Two University of Tasmania graduates will undertake the opportunity of a lifetime as recipients of a scholarship to study theology at the University of Oxford. Adrian Staples and Harrison Virs have been awarded the scholarships by Reverend Professor
A course for those "passionate about improving health"

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28 Jun 2017: Quality healthcare is vitally important, but with a lack of resources it can be hard for providers to meet these important needs. Health Services Innovation Tasmania is taking the challenge of providing quality healthcare via clinical
Can other planets sustain life?

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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
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
History textbooks still imply that Australians are white

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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
It's a rocky road, but lobsters surviving

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20 Jun 2017: New Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) research investigating the environmental factors that influence Southern Rock Lobster settlement on reefs has found evidence that the fishery is showing broad resilience to climate change. The
Bringing sustainability into the 21st century

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3 Jul 2017: A team of University of Tasmania students has been awarded for their innovative approach to digitising sustainability data gathering. The 2016 ICT Project “Digitran" team won the 2017 Undergraduate Tertiary Students prize at the recent iAwards.
Dangers of the desk job

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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
The frozen continent and its connection to us

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4 Jul 2017: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researchers have joined the City of Hobart for the official launch of a new research project that aims to enhance Hobart’s role as an Antarctic gateway. The Antarctic Cities project is studying the
Breastfed babies likely to be a healthier weight as they grow up

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28 Jun 2017: Babies who are fed only breast milk for the first three months of life appear to be much more likely to maintain a healthy weight trajectory, with the benefits possibly lasting through to early adulthood, new research shows. The study, published
$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
Physics graduate awarded for supermassive research achievement

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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
Weathering a Brainstorm during Dark Mofo

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/321-weathering-a-brainstorm-during-dark-mofo

19 Jun 2017: When Master of Fine Arts graduate, Darren Cook, was invited to exhibit at Brainstorm as part of Dark Mofo, he started by thinking about both weather patterns and cognitive patterns. He thought about shelter from storms and their cognitive equivalent
Ambassador for the natural world honoured

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26 Jun 2017: Internationally renowned geographer and conservation ecologist, Distinguished Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick AM, has received the Australian Heritage Council’s 2017 Sharon Sullivan National Heritage Award for his work on national and international
Four good habits add up to lower weight gain

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27 Jan 2017: If that New Year’s resolution is fresh in your mind – healthier eating and consistent exercise – then research from the Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania will provide you with just the encouragement you
How researchers are trying to save Australia's precious native…

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28 Jun 2017: There has been a widespread decline of many native marsupials, with 29 Australian mammals now extinct – the highest rate of mammal extinction in the world. A further 30 per cent of our surviving mammal species are now listed as threatened. 29the
If you are having trouble reading this email, read ...

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24 Sep 2023: If you are having trouble reading this email, read the online version. Action stations. There are good reasons why approaching the warmer months in the southern hemisphere has the Universityof Tasmania's global fire ecology expert, Professor David
View this email in your browser Issue 25 | ...

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24 Nov 2022: View this email in your browser. Issue 25 | September-October 2022. This month in sustainability. UTAS signs internationalScientists' Declaration againstmarine plastics. Associate Professor Joanna Vince hasn’t. always been a champion against
We are cutting emissions but nowhere near fast enough

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3 Jul 2024: We are cutting carbon emissions but nowhere near fast enough: Opinion piece on the Tasmanian Emissions Update prepared for the Mercury, July 2024. As Australia slides into another politically charged battle in our long-running climate wars, the
HAVE you ever baked a cake? If you have, ...

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28 Oct 2020: HAVE you ever baked a cake? If you have, feel free to consider. yourself a chemist. It is quite remarkable to think you. can combine basic ingredients. like self-raising flour, eggs, sugar. and butter and produce. something so nice to eat.
HAVE you ever been tempted to bite into a ...

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4 Nov 2020: HAVE you ever been tempted to. bite into a slice of lemon? Lemons are a key ingredient in a. lot of food and drinks, and lemon. zest is added to many dishes. In combination with other. ingredients, lemon adds flavour. Lemon juice is also brilliant
School Holiday activity packAutumn 2024Follow your curiosity,…

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20 Jun 2024: School Holiday activity packAutumn 2024Follow your curiosity, explore, and earn hours! School Holiday Activity Pack – Autumn. Hello autumn! In Australia, it is autumn in the months of March, April and May. Did you know that in some places around
Derwent_habitat mapping

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16 Sep 2015: NHT FINAL REPORT. ESTUARINE HABITAT MAPPING IN THE DERWENT – INTEGRATING SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT. A. R. Jordan, M. Lawler and V. Halley. June 2001. NHT Project No. CMP22338. ISSN 1441-8487. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication
CODES AN NU AL R EPO RT 2020 CENTRE ...

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31 Aug 2021: CODES. AN. NU. AL R. EPO. RT 2020. CENTRE FOR ORE DEPOSIT AND EARTH SCIENCES. VISION. To be the premier international research centre in ore deposit geology. MISSION. Significantly advance collaborative and innovative ore deposit research for
https://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/1434333/056_Hamilt…

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Page 1 of 20 T A S M A ...

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15 Jul 2022: Page 1 of 20. T A S M A N I A. LAW REFORM I N S T I T U T E. Faculty of Law, Private Bag 89, Hobart, TAS 7001. Phone: (03) 62262069, fax: (03) 62267623 law. reform@utas. edu. au. www. law. utas. edu. au/reform. Annual Progress and Financial Report 2017
2022.AnnualReport_2021.CFR

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6 Dec 2022: Page 1. T A S M A N I A. LAW REFORM I N S T I T U T E. Faculty of Law, Private Bag 89, Hobart, TAS 7001. Phone: (03) 62262069, fax: (03) 62267623 law. reform@utas. edu. au. www. law. utas. edu. au/reform. Annual Progress and Financial Report 2021. External
Electrical Eng Ex Soln

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23 Jan 2014: Electrical Engineering. Practice exercises Solutions:. 1. The voltage in a series circuit is 5 10i volts and the impedance is 12i ohms, what is the current? V = 5 10i volts Z = 1 2i ohms V = I x Z. I = V / Z = )21(. )105(. i. i. . . )21(.
The eyes have it...

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12 Jun 2017: Writing, reading, pouring a cup of coffee– all tasks that seem inconsequential until our sight is at risk. At least one in seven Australians have a genetic disposition to developing blinding eye disease, but the University of Tasmania’s research
A day in the life of a typical PhD student...

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/301-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-typical-phd-student

7 Jun 2017: 9. 30am Go to the Uni café and obtain a much-needed coffee. Get waylaid by a friend who wants to know “how’s the PhD going?” Struggle to answer such a huge and problematic question while completely un-caffeinated. Escape gracefully, down the
How this PhD student is putting lobster on your plate faster

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/304-how-this-phd-student-is-putting-lobster-on-your-plate-faster

8 Jun 2017: A lot of people love lobster. Unfortunately it is pretty hard to produce. PhD student Audrey Daning Turzan is trying to solve that problem. I found out that the University of Tasmania offered Aquaculture and they have good facilities. They have very
Taking care of business

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/314-taking-care-of-business

15 Jun 2017: For Will Campbell, agriculture means business. Will grew up on a family farm in Bothwell, Tasmania and is currently studying the Bachelor of Applied Science (Agriculture and Business) at the University of Tasmania. After taking a year off after
Why Tasmania is the best place to do your PhD

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/300-why-tasmania-is-the-best-place-to-do-your-phd

7 Jun 2017: 1. We are the literal gateway to the AntarcticIf you want to study the marine sciences, the University of Tasmania is THE place to be. Our world-leading Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies has a huge range of amazing scientists conducting
This PhD student is making concerts sound better

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/316-this-phd-student-is-making-concerts-sound-better

16 Jun 2017: How do you know if a concert venue is going to make an evening of music amazing or just OK? You ask an engineer. Specifically, an acoustician, like University of Tasmania Engineering PhD student Lily Panton. Lily studies the acoustics of concert
PhD - the real passion project

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/298-phd-the-real-passion-project

7 Jun 2017: If you’re searching for a thesis topic, you have to ask yourself, what am I obsessed with?Do you want to cure cancer, dissect Great Expectations, or save an endangered frog? Do you hunt down rare black and white films to watch, or do you spend a
5 reasons why this is the coolest PhD project you’ll ever hear about

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/297-5-reasons-why-this-is-the-coolest-phd-project-youll-ever-hear-about

7 Jun 2017: Sahan Jayasinghe came to the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) to do his PhD, and he was blown away by the opportunities. He became an astrobiologist and is exploring the possibility of life on Jupiter’s
Five reasons why a Science degree will spark a world of possibilities

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/318-five-reasons-why-a-science-degree-will-spark-a-world-of-possibilities

16 Jun 2017: 1. There’s more to science than the white coat. When people say “scientist”, most of us picture someone in a lab wearing a white coat and goggles. OK that’s definitely part of being a scientist, but there’s also Geology, where you get to
Studying agriculture in Tasmania just makes sense

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/313-studying-agriculture-in-tasmania-just-makes-sense

15 Jun 2017: MengYong Lim made the decision to move to Tasmania three years ago and says he doesn’t regret it for a minute. In 2015, MengYong moved from Malaysia to the beautiful shores of Tasmania to study a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at the University
Top of the food chain

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/306-top-of-the-food-chain

9 Jun 2017: Most people across the globe don’t stop to wonder about the feeding habits of great white sharks but a team led by Associate Professor Jayson Semmens (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies) is researching the predator’s diet in an effort to
Earth’s future linked to algae growth

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/303-earths-future-linked-to-algae-growth

8 Jun 2017: In the time it takes to read this sentence, you will almost certainly have inhaled oxygen disgorged by algae. Tiny ocean-borne algae played a critical role in creating the atmospheric conditions on Earth and produce half the oxygen we breathe
Discovering the diversity of agriculture

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/312-discovering-the-diversity-of-agriculture

15 Jun 2017: When a current agricultural science student visited Guilford Young College, it opened up a whole new world of possibilities for Lauren Rowlands. When Lauren was in her final year of college, like a lot of school leavers, she was unsure what career
A land of opportunity – agricultural careers in the 21st century

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/296-a-land-of-opportunity-agricultural-careers-in-the-21st-century

7 Jun 2017: Now is the perfect time to begin, or advance, your career in agriculture in Tasmania. If you have a picture in your head of shearing sheep, milking cows or growing crops – think again. There is far more to 21st century agriculture than meets the
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
Bold explorer 200 years ago inspires scientists of today

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/294-bold-explorer-200-years-ago-inspires-scientists-of-today

31 May 2017: Two hundred years after Matthew Flinders circumnavigated Australia and mapped much of the coastline for the first time, community citizen scientists and Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researchers are now following in his wake to
Did you know the lucky country is sinking?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/317-did-you-know-the-lucky-country-is-sinking

16 Jun 2017: Are you living in Australia? Do you ever get a sinking feeling? It could be because our continent is sinking. But don’t be alarmed just yet. Surveyor and University of Tasmania PhD candidate Anna Riddell is investigating. After an exciting career
Rankings rise continues for University of Tasmania

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/305-rankings-rise-continues-for-university-of-tasmania

8 Jun 2017: The University of Tasmania has climbed to 313 from 370 in the recent QS World University Rankings. It is usually accepted that there are 20,000 universities globally and the University of Tasmania now ranks at 313th according to QS, 292nd in the