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    What will we learn from Pluto?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/3-what-will-we-learn-from-pluto
    1 Sep 2015: Nine and a half years ago the New Horizons spacecraft left Earth heading towards the last unexplored major body in our solar system, the dwarf planet Pluto. On 14 July 2015, New Horizons conducted a flyby of the planet, collecting incredible amounts
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    Forestry researchers get to the root of the problem

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/11-forestry-researchers-get-to-the-root-of-the-problem
    27 Aug 2015: Root rot is an insidious killer, strangling its victims slowly, the outside world oblivious to its menace. The disease cruelly attacks a tree at its roots, cutting off its supply to water and nutrients. By the time a tree shows signs of infection
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    Latest projects funded by ARC

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/9-latest-projects-funded-by-arc
    28 Aug 2015: The ARCs July round saw $2,057,620 allocated to the University, with additional industry and University contributions bringing the total value of the projects to more than $8 million. Effects of fire regime on ‘roo populations to be investigatedAn
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    Room for growth in our Chinese cereal connections

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/17-room-for-growth-in-our-chinese-cereal-connections
    1 Aug 2015: As one of the world’s most widely consumed staple foods, the humble cereal grain is inextricably tied to agriculture, biodiversity, population growth, resource use, water scarcity, climate change and human health, says the incoming Professor of
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    Why Antarctica is cool for composers

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/16-why-antarctica-is-cool-for-composers
    2 Sep 2015: The frozen continent's allure was particularly potent in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, when intrepid travellers would return with stories of its beauty and mystery, which in turn inspired works of art, literature and music. Dr Carolyn
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    Geology: Understanding the discovery of water on Mars

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/21-geology-understanding-the-discovery-of-water-on-mars
    31 Oct 2015: Astronomers took us to Mars. But it is often geologists that are helping to satisfy our hunger for knowledge of the red planet. Geologists sit at the interplay between physics and chemistry. They are skilled at bringing information together to help
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    Humble coffee machine helps speed up search for new drugs

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/1-humble-coffee-machine-helps-speed-up-search-for-new-drugs
    2 Sep 2015: University of Tasmania senior lecturer in chemistry Dr Jason Smith is a barista with a difference. After checking the temperature and pressure are correct on his espresso machine, he grabs a measuring scoop and adds 20g of green stuff. Coffeeis a red
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    World first: trial of Tasmanian Devil vaccine begins in the wild

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/19-world-first-trial-of-tasmanian-devil-vaccine-begins-in-the-wild
    15 Oct 2015: The release of 19 immunised devils into Tasmania’s Narawntapu National Park marks an important point in the quest to save the Tasmanian devil from extinction – it is the first time a vaccine against the deadly cancer threatening the species has
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    Wanted: offsite storage on nearby planet.

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/24-wanted-offsite-storage-on-nearby-planet
    22 Dec 2015: It will come as no surprise to most of us that as a society we’re spending beyond our means. At Christmas time in particular we give our credit cards a jolly good work out. The retail industry is the second largest employer in Australia and the
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    A vision splendid: New gene research

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/15-a-vision-splendid-new-gene-research
    2 Sep 2015: Through a painstaking teasing-apart of complex relationships, Associate Professor Kathryn Burdon and colleagues are aiming to build a comprehensive picture of the connections between genetics and eye disease. Working with colleagues at the University
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