News Center Maine highlighted research from Sharmila Mukhopadhyay, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, to develop an easy-to-use and low cost sensor that can detect a group of chemicals known as PFAS. “We have taken nano materials which have been attached to these large aerospace grade materials to create robust and reusable […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Mainebiz and News Center Maine covered a ribbon cutting, joined by Gov. Janet Mills, leaders from the University of Maine and the Maine Potato Board, for a renovation to the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station’s 425-acre Aroostook Farm, the heart of UMaine’s agricultural research on potatoes. A $3 million renovation […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Erin Percival Carter, associate professor of marketing at the University of Maine, on how taxes could affect consumer behavior around tipping. Percival said the visibility of a tax is what drives people’s behavior.
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WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) joined the Maine Department of Marine Resources and interns and staff with the University of Maine-led Maine Sea Grant to look into how a team is helping preserve Atlantic salmon. An internship program funded through Maine Sea Grant and NOAA Fisheries helps the DMR preserve these fish.
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Mark Brewer, chair and professor of political science at the University of Maine, spoke with The County about the general attitude of voters toward raising school budgets given their property taxes. “That is a pressure that voters are feeling,” said Brewer, who is also a member of the school board for Orono-based RSU 26. “That […]
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Better Homes & Gardens interviewed Jonathan Foster, home horticulture outreach professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about the types of fruit trees that grow well indoors. Foster recommends Ponderosa and Meyer lemons, calamondin oranges, tangerines and kumquats. “They are adaptable and do well growing in confined spaces,” he said.
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The Maine Monitor highlighted the collaboration between the University of Maine and Blue Hill Heritage Trust since 2017 to restore red spruce to Surry Forest. Jay Wason, a UMaine associate professor of forest ecosystem physiology, is spearheading the project, and a UMaine graduate student in the school of forest resources, Rose Gellman, published a forest […]
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EOS interviewed Damian Brady, professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, on the vulnerability of the Gulf of Maine to become more acidic from warming waters and increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. “The dynamics are such that we have these countervailing forces all the time. We have these rises in total alkalinity […]
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News Center Maine interviewed Matt Graham, associate professor of security management and information systems at the University of Maine, on personal data protection in the wake of a data breach discovered by Covenant Health in which hackers had access to their servers for more than a week and stole the personal data of thousands of […]
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News Center Maine and the Portland Press Herald interviewed Mark Brewer, professor and chair of political science at the University of Maine, on early fundraising efforts ahead of the election for Maine governor in 2026. “What would have been interesting is if one candidate had significantly outraised the others, or if one of them had […]
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