Increased local tourism and toxic substances transported to glaciers from distant locales can contribute to high concentrations of human-sourced metal pollution in snow and streams around Mount Everest that is likely degrading the quality of water used by thousands of residents and climbers. Heather Clifford made the discoveries in a study she conducted after taking […]
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Angela Mech, an assistant professor of forest ecology at the University of Maine, talked with the Bangor Daily News about using browntail moth pheromones to confuse the male moths and reduce mating. WQCB (Q106.5 in Brewer) also spoke with Mech and graduate student Sadia Crosby about their research. The researchers are working to identify the most effective pheromone […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release highlighting an analysis by Jonathan Borkum, an associate adjunct professor, which characterizes migraines as a protective response to oxidant and energy imbalances in the brain.
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Casey Olechnowicz, a Ph.D. student in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, spoke with Down East magazine about using prescribed burns to reduce fire danger in Maine. Olechnowicz notes that resistance to prescribed burning often reflects a lack of trust between the public and the agency conducting the burn.
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In reporting on a vote by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees to approve the 2021–22 budget for the System, the Portland Press Herald reported on two pilot programs at UMaine and UMaine Machias. A revenue-neutral initiative seeks to consolidate student fees to simplify billing, and a new research learning program will provide […]
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Despite greater cultural awareness about the prevalence of sexual assault in recent years, many victims are reluctant to talk about what happened to them. Not only do a large percentage of rapes go unreported to authorities, nearly a third of victims, according to one analysis, don’t share their experiences with anyone, not even a close […]
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The Associated Press cited a report authored by Marcella Sorg, a University of Maine research professor, in a story about the number of drug-related deaths in Maine in 2020. More than 500 Mainers died of drug overdose during the pandemic. Sorg indicated that research continues to understand the role of isolation and lockdowns on the […]
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Alexander Collins and Rakibul Hossain, bioproducts engineering master’s students at the University of Maine, won 2021 TAPPI NANO Student Poster Competition awards at the TAPPI annual conference. Both students are advised by Mehdi Tajvidi, associate professor of renewable nanomaterials with the School of Forest Resources. The annual TAPPI conference is considered the world’s largest cellulose […]
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This summer, Rhian Waller will return to an area of the Atlantic Ocean that she last explored 16 years ago. And she’s inviting everyone interested in the deep sea and deep sea animals to watch the underwater discoveries with her in real time. In 2005, Waller was a postdoctoral fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution […]
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The Bangor Daily News talked with Brie Berry, Cindy Isenhour and Jen Bonnet for a story about the thriving reuse culture in Maine. Berry is a Ph.D. student in anthropology and environmental policy at the University of Maine; Isenhour is an associate professor of anthropology, and Bonnet is a social sciences librarian.
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