Science360, the website of the National Science Foundation, noted on its home page a recent UMaine news release about research into a phenomenon known as an aggregate flux event which occurs during the spring phytoplankton bloom in the North Atlantic. UMaine oceanographer Mary Jane Perry led the research project. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Kate Yerxa and UMaine Professor Mary Ellen Camire were interviewed for a WLBZ-TV report on packing healthy and safe lunches for kids going back to school. Yerxa, the statewide educator for nutrition and physical activity, advised parents to allow children to have some say into what goes into their lunch box, which […]
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Carol Kim, a UMaine immunologist, was mentioned in a Central Maine Morning Sentinel story about research into the effects of arsenic on the immune system and cystic fibrosis. Kim is part of an $11 million grant to Dartmouth Medical School, $1.8 million of which is a National Institutes of Health grant to UMaine to explore […]
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The website Nursing Times analyzed the announcement last week that researchers, including UMaine’s Malcolm Shick, have determined that corals produce compounds that protect them from the sun, and that some day a pill for human consumption could be developed to protect skin from getting sunburned. The website found that despite the potential of the compounds, […]
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Contact: Mary Jane Perry, (207) 592-0317 Using the latest in optical sensor technology, marine scientists from the University of Maine and the University of Washington have achieved unprecedented documentation of a critical phenomenon that occurs during the spring phytoplankton blooms in the North Atlantic that feeds the deep ocean and contributes to carbon dioxide sequestering.
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The website North American Wind Power has a story about the grant awarded to UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center for its work developing components for deepwater offshore wind turbines. The story noted the $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce will help equip the Offshore Wind Energy Laboratory, which opens this […]
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Boston public radio station WBUR included Bob Steneck, UMaine professor of oceanography, marine biology and marine policy, on a show about a new book focusing on the history of lobster and the industry. Steneck commented that he fears fishermen are overly reliant on a single species and the entire industry would suffer if disease or […]
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University of Maine nutritionists are available to offer advice for parents and guardians looking to pack healthy — and appealing — lunchboxes for children and adolescents, and to identify the benefits of school-prepared meals and snacks. Mary Ellen Camire, a fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists and professor of food science and human nutrition, […]
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Contact: Kristen Andresen, 207-581-3742 At the beginning of the fall semester, first-year students in the School of Biology and Ecology get a one-of-a-kind introduction to life at UMaine: the Schoodic Experience. This year, on Aug. 24-26, students explored plants, insects, birds and aquatic ecology in this incredible outdoor classroom while getting to know their classmates […]
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UMaine Professor of Marine Sciences Malcolm Shick was mentioned in an Agence France Press wire service story about the study of underwater coral reefs that could lead to a pill that would prevent sunburn. Shick is collaborating on the project with scientists from England and Australia, who discovered a compound which acts as a kind […]
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