The Bangor Daily News advanced a new University of Maine study that explored how personalities of individual animals affect mutualistic interactions with other species, which can shape their surrounding environment. “These results are exciting as they show that each individual plays a slightly different role in an ecosystem, and this role is determined by their […]
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Yingchao Yang, assistant professor in the University of Maine Department of Mechanical Engineering, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Early CAREER Award for his research on asymmetrical fracture of high-entropy two-dimensional nanomaterials. Yang is the fourth member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering to receive the prestigious award in 2021–22. Ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have […]
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The American marten is more than just Maine’s cutest carnivore. The marten, which is prevalent throughout the state’s forests, can tell scientists a lot about the population dynamics of a number of other mammals, but forest disruptions and climate change threaten the species’ existence. A group of University of Maine researchers led by Alessio Mortelliti, […]
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Just like people, animals have personalities — and, like people, these individual differences in behavior may determine what role an animal plays in building the world around it. “Mutualisms” are symbiotic relationships between animals: clownfish keeping stinging sea anemones clean in exchange for protection, or bats providing nutritious guano to pitcher plants as they provide […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on Maine Impact Week, which will celebrate University of Maine faculty, students, community and their contributions to the social and economic advancement of the state and beyond, April 10–15. The public is invited to attend the more than 20 virtual and in-person events highlighting the impact of research and creative […]
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Maine Impact Week celebrating University of Maine faculty, students, community and their contributions to the social and economic advancement of the state and beyond is April 10–15. The public is invited to attend the more than 20 virtual and in-person events highlighting the impact of research and creative work produced by Maine’s research university. A […]
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Many people try to make society change for the better. The real challenge is how to get good solutions to scale up for major change. New research suggests that social change may depend on the relationship between beneficial behaviors and policies. The research, conducted by the University of Maine, University of Maine at Augusta, University […]
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Research has uncovered a groundbreaking method for hastening molecular recognition in supramolecular chemistry. Catalysts are materials that increase the rate of, but are not consumed in chemical reactions. Often, catalysts are complex molecules with shapes finely tuned to match an intermediate structure known as a transition state between the reactant and product of the targeted […]
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In February, the University of Maine received an R1 designation from the prestigious Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. This rank serves as the highest possible tier a doctoral research university can achieve in the Carnegie Classification, and it places UMaine among the top 4% of research universities nationwide. In Episode 7 of Season […]
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It started with a series of discussions. Convened by a group of collegial humanities scholars at the University of Maine, the small community then evolved into an initiative with the support of then Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Jeff Hecker. Becoming a fully realized, university-recognized academic research center required both a […]
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