Search Results

Search

41 - 50 of 101 search results
  1. Fully-matching results

  2. Thumbnail for Clever devils coexisting with cancer

    Clever devils coexisting with cancer

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/531-clever-devils-coexisting-with-cancer
    15 Feb 2018: The deadly devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) affecting Tasmanian devils has triggered evolutionary responses in the species which may help them to coexist with the cancer, new research has found. Researchers from Australia and France reviewed the
  3. Thumbnail for Wildfire modelling study answers burning question for the first time

    Wildfire modelling study answers burning question for the first time

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/517-wildfire-modelling-study-answers-burning-question-for-the-first-time
    22 Jan 2018: For the first time, researchers at the University of Tasmania have modelled how effective certain types of prescribed burning scenarios are in reducing wildfire risk at a regional scale. In the largest simulation study of its kind, the effectiveness
  4. Thumbnail for Global impact of wildfires to intensify due to climate change

    Global impact of wildfires to intensify due to climate change

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1046-global-impact-of-wildfires-to-intensify-due-to-climate-change
    19 Aug 2020: The global economic and environmental impact of wildfires is likely to worsen as a result of human-induced climate change and land-use patterns, according to a team of international fire researchers. In a paper published in the journal Nature Reviews:
  5. Thumbnail for Shrinking glaciers offer surprising benefits for one species

    Shrinking glaciers offer surprising benefits for one species

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/55-shrinking-glaciers-offer-surprising-benefits-for-one-species
    18 Mar 2016: Shrinking glaciers in the Antarctic is a global concern. But for one species, there are surprising benefits. A study led by Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researcher Jane Younger has found that Adelie penguins in East Antarctica
  6. Thumbnail for You've got a friend in me

    You've got a friend in me

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/455-youve-got-a-friend-in-me
    16 Nov 2017: Man’s best friend is taking a giant leap forward in helping with the ecological restoration of threatened species. Researchers from the University of Tasmania’s School of Biological Sciences are part of a coordinated effort to help save the
  7. Thumbnail for Rare fish handily appears right before researchers give up search

    Rare fish handily appears right before researchers give up search

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/519-rare-fish-handily-appears-right-before-researchers-give-up-search
    23 Jan 2018: A team of divers from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and the citizen science project Reef Life Survey (RLS) have discovered a new population of what is believed to be the world’s rarest fish. Red handfish (Thymichthys politus
  8. Thumbnail for Immunised devils fighting cancer from within

    Immunised devils fighting cancer from within

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/543-immunised-devils-fighting-cancer-from-within
    22 Feb 2018: A new study has found more than 95 per cent of Tasmanian devils immunised prior to being released into the wild have generated a robust antibody response to the deadly devil facial tumour disease (DFTD). Lead author Dr Ruth Pye from the University
  9. Thumbnail for Emu scats offer clues to times in Tasmania

    Emu scats offer clues to times in Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1018-emu-scats-offer-clues-to-times-in-tasmania
    28 May 2020: Every three months Matthew Fielding arrives at Melbourne Airport with a large box to put on a plane. When he tells the airline staff what’s in it, they rush off to speak to their managers, mouths agape. After all, it’s not every day you are asked
  10. Thumbnail for The secret sex life of plants

    The secret sex life of plants

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/260-the-secret-sex-life-of-plants
    10 Apr 2017: Sexual reproduction in animals and plants share common elements, but little was known about how the sex of plants is determined until University of Tasmania researchers discovered a gene responsible. Dr Scott McAdam, Associate Professor Timothy
  11. Thumbnail for Unlocking the eucalypt genome

    Unlocking the eucalypt genome

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/73-unlocking-the-eucalypt-genome
    22 Apr 2016: Ask Professor Brad Potts why he studies eucalypt genetics and he will tell you the answer is simple, “The excitement of discovery”. “If I had lived in another era I would have been an explorer,” said Professor Potts. “There is nothing like
Back to results

Shortlist

Clear all
Back to results

History

Recent searches

Clear all