SFGate, a site affiliated with the San Francisco Chronicle, cited Clay Kirby in an article about centipedes being an all-natural form of pest control as they eat termites, bedbugs and cockroaches. Kirby, an entomologist and insect diagnostician with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, said instances of people being bitten by house centipedes are rare […]
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University of Maine assistant men’s basketball coach Edniesha Curry is featured in The New York Times opinion video series “Equal Play” that showcases “insurgent athletes dragging women’s sports into the 21st century.” Curry is the lone woman coaching Division I men’s basketball in the country. The video accompanies Lindsay Crouse’s article titled “Where Are All […]
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A University of Maine time lapse video of a 25-foot, 5,000-pound boat being printed by a 3D printer at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center was Maine Public’s biggest story of 2019 based on traffic volume. The Composites Center earned three Guinness World Records — for the largest printer, the largest solid […]
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Two of Mainebiz’s most unusual stories of 2019 came from the University of Maine: green crab dog biscuits and the unveiling of the world’s largest 3D printer. Angela Myracle, an assistant professor of human nutrition in the School of Food and Agriculture, and Anna Smestad, a human nutrition and pre-med major, devised a process to […]
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Deborah Bouchard, director of the University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute told the Bangor Daily News that there’s a huge seafood deficit in the United States and that land-based aquaculture facilities will decrease that deficit, and increase food security. The article also cited a 2017 University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute economic impact report that […]
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The Forecaster noted the University of Maine Emera Astronomy Center is partnering with Cornerstones of Science, Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund, and the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands to introduce telescopes to 12 state parks in Maine. In addition to an Orion 4.5-inch StarBlast telescope, each park will receive special star kits, two iPads loaded […]
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Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster, credited the Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in its story about ocean heat waves and Australian bushfires. The article linked to the Climate Reanalyzer, which mapped the heat blob in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and South America. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research described the blob […]
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Daily Mail cited the University of Maine Lobster Institute in reference to a white lobster caught on the Yorkshire coast of United Kingdom. “The odds of finding an albino lobster are one in 100 million lobsters,” according to University of Maine Lobster Institute. “Yet, people do find them.” A genetic condition called leucism, which is […]
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In Lisa Miller and Luisa Deprez’s column in the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal about Maine turning 200 years old, University of Maine assistant professor of anthropology Bonnie Newsom, a citizen of Penobscot Indian Nation, said, “People have been living here for at least 11,000 years … living along the Penobscot River for at least […]
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In its article about snowfall deficit and global temperature anomalies, The Buffalo News linked to the Climate Change Institute Climate Reanalyzer. “Even Moscow didn’t get a white Christmas, which is unusual … For most of us, shovels can remain in place and snowblowers will continue a lengthening rest,” Don Paul wrote.
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