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17 February 2020

Earth’s missing measurements found with radio telescopes

The work behind ever more accurate global positioning.

23 September 2019

Possums bounce back on Maria Island

Reduction of "Landscape of fear" impacts other species around the world.

16 September 2019

Kudos for cracking cubed poo code

Researchers get the Ig Noble Prize for their wombat investigation.

03 September 2019

Why you should never stop stargazing

Head of the discipline of Physics, Dr Andrew Cole, has never lost his fascination with the night sky.

Tails you lose for lizards

Regrowing a dropped tail comes at a cost for lizards.

19 November 2018

Tracking SpaceX and NASA missions

As the only university to operate a continental array of radio telescopes, the University of Tasmania plays a key role in the global space industry.

19 November 2018

How research is speeding up the detection improvised bombs

And soon there could be a working lab on smartphones.

03 September 2018

Combatting one of the most overlooked sources of global pollution

Here’s how researchers plan on curbing this serious source of global pollution.

02 September 2018

A fiery future for Australia is forcing experts to ask, “Are we ready?

A hotter, drier future means we can no longer think about wildfires as we once did.

01 September 2018

What lies beneath

Unlocking the secrets of Australia’s future prosperity

Smoke signals way to best practice

A unique experiment is exploring the link between fire and herbivore activity.

How do we know when trees will die?

Optical technique sheds new light on tree mortality during drought.

Changing climate puts the heat on regeneration

Research finds warming climate could threaten regrowth after bushfires.

Trouble in paradise

Eruptions from Kīlauea volcano place the Hawaiian island on red alert.

Fight against wombat mange

New findings to help stop declining population

New female lizard research provides food for thought

Mother lizards' diets impact their babies' problem-solving abilities.

Captured! Rare ‘glitch’ in a pulsar’s regular pulsing beat

Radio Telescope captures glitch in the Vela Pulsar.

No simple trigger for soil ‘carbon bomb’

Scientists get the dirt on soil's role in global warming.

22 February 2018

Immunised devils fighting cancer from within

Study reveals immunised devils produced own DFTD-specific antibody.

15 February 2018

Clever devils coexisting with cancer

Tasmanian devils are learning to live with deadly facial tumour disease.