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Mainebiz, 3D Printing reports on Dagher’s testimony to Senate subcommittee

Mainebiz and 3D Printing Industry reported on Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, testifying during the Congressional hearing titled Rethinking Disaster Recovery and Resiliency, Part I: Protecting Our Nation’s Transportation Systems. Dagher spoke before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, […]

BDN advances Wabanaki resources portal project

The Bangor Daily News advanced a project from the University of Maine McGillicuddy Humanities Center to develop a centralized digital portal that will improve access to Wabanaki historical and cultural resources and archival collections.

Media highlight Yaseen Balkhi’s SARS-COV-2 review article

The Penobscot Bay Pilot, the Bangor Daily News and Medical XPress shared a news release about University of Maine immunology expert Mumtaz Yaseen Balkhi’s review article and model detailing innate and adaptive immune responses to SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

UMaine researchers join North Atlantic research voyage studying phytoplankton, ocean carbon

University of Maine researchers are participating in a monthlong research voyage in the North Atlantic Ocean to investigate the degree to which the visual characteristics of the upper ocean captured by satellites reveal information about plankton communities residing there, the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere they fix, and the amount of carbon they […]

News Center cites Drummond in reporting on legislation to ban ‘neonics’

News Center Maine spoke with Frank Drummond, a University of Maine professor emeritus of insect pest management, about pending legislation that would ban the use of neonicotinamides, or neonics, on lawns, turf and ornamental plants in an effort to protect bees and other pollinators.

Yaseen Balkhi gives in-depth look at immune responses to SARS-COV-2

Specific receptors in the immune cells detect and generate responses to defend against the virus that causes COVID-19 — SARS-COV-2 — when it infects the body, according to University of Maine immunology expert Mumtaz Yaseen Balkhi. Using several recent studies involving human samples, cell line and nonhuman primate models, Yaseen Balkhi, an assistant research professor […]

Lobster Institute statistics cited in WMME story about rare lobsters

WMME (92 Moose in Augusta) cited statistics from the University of Maine Lobster Institute in a story about rare colored lobsters caught off the coast of Maine and New England.

News Center cites UMaine varietal development efforts in potato industry story

News Center Maine cited efforts by University of Maine researchers to develop new potato varieties in a story about the impact of drought on Maine’s potato industry.

VillageSoup promotes STEM research course for high school students

VillageSoup advanced a STEM research and career exploration course for high school students offered by the University of Maine Hutchinson Center June 28–July 30. More information about the course is online.

DeSisto receives EDA award to help boost local production of environmentally friendly disinfectant

In the spring of 2020, University of Maine professor of chemical and biomedical engineering William DeSisto, like a lot of people, thought more about disinfectant than he ever had previously. And not just about disinfectant itself, but also about where it comes from. When hospitals were facing urgent shortages of hand sanitizer early in the […]

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