{"id":1129,"date":"2018-07-25T09:27:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T13:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/first\/?page_id=1129"},"modified":"2024-09-25T14:25:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T18:25:35","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/first\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1129_4bdf80-7e, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1129_4bdf80-7e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1129_4bdf80-7e\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1129_4bdf80-7e mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1129_4bdf80-7e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1129_4bdf80-7e\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1129_4bdf80-7e img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1129_4bdf80-7e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1129_4bdf80-7e\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading1129_4bdf80-7e wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1129_4bdf80-7e\">Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>FIRST is home to faculty and researchers from a wide variety of scientific backgrounds including Chemistry, Physics, Engineering and Biology, just to name a few. 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