Mainebiz reported Blackstone Accelerates Growth, a $3 million effort started in 2011 to create innovation hubs in Maine, is now being run by Maine Technology Institute. The University of Maine, MTI and Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development are the three main parties under the Blackstone agreement.
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Recharge News reported the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center is interested in a direct-drive permanent magnet prototype wind turbine created by Goldwind, a Chinese vendor. Elizabeth Viselli, communications director at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, told Recharge the technology is promising and the center is interested in Goldwind’s tests.
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Courtney’s Bed gives father, families peace of mind.
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An online training program created by the University of Maine Center for Tourism Research and Outreach, the Maine Woods Consortium and the Maine Office of Tourism was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News Women@Work column, “Serve it up: Making the most of customer service.” Welcome ME Online Quality Service Training is professionally developed service industry […]
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A University of Maine study and Cooperative Extension specialists were cited in the Mainebiz article “Potato farmers innovate to find new markets.” The 2010 study found Maine’s potato industry could be well suited to grow stock for the bioplastic industry. John Jemison, water quality and soil specialist and Jim Dwyer, crops specialist with UMaine Extension, […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network cited a recent study by University of Maine economist Todd Gabe on the Maine film and photography industry. Gabe’s study shows steady growth in the area.
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Mainebiz spoke to Robert Rice, a University of Maine wood scientist, for an article about the Maine Heritage Timber Co. and its plans to harvest wood from the bottom of Quakish Lake in Millinocket. Rice has worked with the company’s co-founder Tom Shafer.
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EarthTechling and 93.7 the Wave recently reported on last week’s unveiling of a floating platform of VolturnUS, a first-of-its-kind offshore wind turbine, at the University of Maine. The turbine will be deployed off Maine’s coast at the end of the month and is expected to be the first grid-connected floating wind turbine in North America […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network and Recharge News reported on the University of Maine’s unveiling Wednesday of a floating platform of VolturnUS, a first-of-its-kind offshore wind turbine. The turbine will be deployed off Maine’s coast at the end of the month and is expected to be the first grid-connected floating wind turbine in North America […]
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Communication research focuses on reeling in the benefits of state seafood for consumers.
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