Mary Ellen Camire, professor of food science and human nutrition, was an expert source in an Ars Technica story about a recent CBC piece that indicated the chicken in Subway sandwiches could be about 50 percent chicken. “The CBC’s story would not dissuade me from getting a chicken sandwich at Subway if I wanted one,” […]
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Pascal Bohleber’s findings about ice thickness on Mount Kilimanjaro are featured in Eos, a publication of the American Geophysical Union. Bohleber is an adjunct research assistant professor at the Climate Change Institute. In 2015, he led a team that — for the first time — took ground-penetrating radar to Kilimanjaro’s 6,000-meter-high summit. “It’s like an […]
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The March issue of Fishermen’s Voice includes a story on a new shrimp stock assessment model developed by professor Yong Chen and postdoctoral research associate Jie Cao. This spring, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will adopt the stock assessment model for shrimp that takes into account the complex life history, environmental conditions and the […]
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Rick Wahle, research professor at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, was an expert source for several stories about the record value of the 2016 lobster haul. Lobsters totaling nearly 131 million pounds that were caught last year had a total worth of $533 million at the docks, which exceeded the 2015 record by […]
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Ali Abedi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on the Pulse Morning Show (WZON AM 620). Abedi, director of the Wireless Sensing Laboratory (WiSe-Net Lab) on campus, spoke about the wireless leak detection system he developed with other UMaine researchers and students. The system is […]
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A 2005 study conducted by researchers with the University of Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center was cited in the Portland Press Herald editorial, “Don’t mess with success at Maine’s state parks.” The editorial states that the study found “a staff emphasis on providing high-quality visitor experiences” contributes to “consistently high visitor satisfaction ratings.”
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for a report about fake news. “I think what’s really going on here, more often than not, is an attempt to try and discredit opposing points of view in the attempt to accomplish what you want to get accomplished,” […]
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VillageSoup reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Knox-Lincoln Farm Bureau, Union Farm Equipment and Farm Family Insurance will offer a tractor safety course in Union April 5–26. The course will be held at Union Farm Equipment from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, according to the article. A written exam and tractor-driving test will be […]
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News outlets worldwide reported on research that identifies a group of new minerals that formed either principally or exclusively through human activities. Edward Grew, a research professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences collaborated on the research team led by Robert Hazen of the Carnegie Institution for Science. The results underscore humans’ impact […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the third Maine Science Festival set for March 16–19 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Linda Silka, a senior fellow at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, has been a board member and volunteer for the festival since it began. “It’s so important […]
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