Research

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Spring into science with return of Maine Big Night

University of Maine researchers are encouraging folks to get outside and help document one of nature’s great migrations this spring.  Maine Big Night, a community science nonprofit founded by UMaine Ph.D. candidate Greg LeClair calls on Mainers to brave the dark and muck to find frogs and salamanders that are on the move, and where […]

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Academic paper on love from UMaine cited by Newsweek

A 2015 academic paper from the University of Maine titled “The Essential Basis of True Love and the Physiologically Healthy Interpersonal Relationship” by Max Hammer, a retired UMaine professor of clinical psychology who died in 2011, and Barry Hammer, who has also been associated with UMaine, was cited in an article about love by Newsweek. […]

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ABC 8 cites UMaine survey on potential permanency of daylight savings

A University of Maine survey, which polled 220 business and community leaders on whether daylight savings time should become permanent, was cited in a report by WMTW (ABC 8 in Portland). The survey, conducted by the direction of the Maine State Legislature, found that 72% of those polled think the time should remain in Daylight […]

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Richlin writes research piece for The Conversation on vaccine skepticism

University of Maine assistant professor of anthropology Johanna Richlin wrote an article for The Conversation titled “Vaccine-skeptical mothers say bad health care experiences made them distrust the medical system,” which was based on research she had conducted. Richlin, who studies how beliefs and feelings circulate in American society, interviewed vaccine-skeptical mothers about their perceptions of […]

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UMaine researchers aim to recycle wind turbine blades as 3D printing material

A team of University of Maine researchers have secured a $75,000 grant to explore recycling wind blades as feedstock for 3D printing. The award is a Phase 1 winner from the Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office’s Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize.  Led by the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), the WIND REWIND […]

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‘The Maine Question’ explores impact of student research and development

Conducting research with global impact and local relevance is a quintessential service of the University of Maine. Out of all university research conducted in Maine, 89% occurs through UMaine. The insight and innovation it yields annually benefits hundreds of businesses. Research funding in 2023 reached an all time high of close to $190 million. In […]

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GPS-tracked iceberg research from UMaine highlighted by media

TechTimes, Interesting Engineering, Nature World News and The Think Tank Journal highlighted research from the University of Maine that used an innovative approach to gathering data by attaching GPS devices to icebergs. The research concluded that smaller, connecting tributary fjords should be considered in circulation models for fjords. Findings will contribute to more accurate models […]

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Media cite Climate Reanalyzer for sea surface temperature data

USA Today and Wide Open Spaces cited data visualizations from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer for average ocean surface temperatures. USA Today used the tool for the most recent record-setting high average temperature of the ocean, and Wide Open Spaces used it to show how surface temperature averages of the North Atlantic Ocean have […]

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