Huffington Post reported on research conducted by scientists from Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory and the University of Maine’s Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering that found a key genetic element shared by animals with regenerative abilities. The study, published in the journal PLOS One by Benjamin King and Viravuth Yin, found three evolutionary […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,267 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2016 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,721 are from Maine, 483 are from 32 other states and 63 are from 27 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]
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Uranium mining in Australia is polluting the Antarctic, about 6,000 nautical miles away. University of Maine climate scientists made the discovery during the first high-resolution continuous examination of a northern Antarctic Peninsula ice core. Ice core data reveal a significant increase in uranium concentration that coincides with open pit mining in the Southern Hemisphere, most […]
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Revolution Research, Inc. was awarded funding last week from the Maine Technology Institute and the National Science Foundation to develop eco-friendly fire-retardant and water-resistant thermal insulation foam board. Nadir Yildirim, president of the company, is a University of Maine Innovation Engineering program graduate and doctoral candidate in forest resources. His spinoff company from the UMaine […]
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Three University of Maine graduate students have received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which recognizes outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. The three fellows awarded in 2016 — incoming students Anna McGinn and William Kochtitzky in the Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, respectively, […]
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Judy Walker, an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about the Speech Therapy Telepractice program she founded five years ago. In her former role as the chairperson of the department, Walker said she was regularly getting calls […]
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The Bangor Daily News published Zachary T. Wood’s outdoors article about sea lampreys. Wood is a Ph.D. student in the ecology and environmental sciences program at the University of Maine. In the article, “What you should know if you see this toothed monster in a Maine river,” Wood described the long, eel-like creatures that use […]
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The results of a recent survey conducted by researchers in the University of Maine School of Economics were the focus of the Bangor Daily News blog post, “If you knew that fish was from Maine, would you pay more?” A survey of 1,000 people found that about 75 percent of respondents said they would pay […]
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Recent research conducted by Merrill “Pete” Elias, a University of Maine professor of psychology and cooperating professor in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, was the focus of the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Why you should just eat that chocolate.” A recent study conducted by a team including Elias and researchers from the […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Merrill “Pete” Elias, a University of Maine professor of psychology and cooperating professor in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, about a recent study that found chocolate intake is associated with better cognitive function. Elias was part of a team that included researchers from the University of […]
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