Renews, Manufacturing Global, The Maine Edge, 3-D Printing Network and CompositesWorld highlighted the Department of Energy awarding $2.8 million to the Advance Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine to develop a rapid, low-cost additive manufacturing — 3D printing — solution for fabricating large, segmented wind blade molds. In addition, the UMaine Composites […]
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The Portland Press Herald and AZO Cleantech reported on research exploring the effects of ocean warming and acidification on gene expression in the earliest life stages of the American lobster. The study from a team of researchers from the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay and Maine Department […]
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Kimberley Miner will be featured on CBS Mission Unstoppable at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. Show host Fig O’Reilly will talk with Miner, a research assistant professor with the Climate Change Institute, about climate change and sea level rise. The interview will be posted on YouTube. Miner, who also is a scientist with NASA’s Jet […]
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A team of researchers from the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay and Maine Department of Marine Resources in West Boothbay Harbor recently published their research on the effects of ocean warming and acidification on gene expression in the earliest life stages of the American […]
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The University of Maine will host a live panel discussion at the 2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting at 2 p.m. Feb. 8. The theme for this year’s meeting, which will be held virtually, is Understanding Dynamic Ecosystems. The session facilitated by the University of Maine, “Fostering Career Development Through Research […]
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The College Post cited a survey led by social scientists at the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources in a story about how the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a greater drop in college applications among rural students compared to their urban counterparts. The Rural Youth Futures Project reported that the top barrier to college education among […]
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High blood pressure, a significant risk factor for kidney disease, heart disease, stroke, retinopathy and dementia, has been labeled the silent killer. Early detection and treatment are essential to slow or prevent the adverse consequences of untreated hypertension. Consequently, the practice of “opportunistic” blood pressure (BP) measurement has become commonplace in visits to primary care […]
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Maine Public and the Portland Press Herald talked with Steve Eddy, director of the University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute, about Maine’s budding urchin industry and a recent grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will support development of methods for hatching and growing urchin seedlings. WVII (Channel 7) interviewed Eddy and Dana Morse, Maine Sea […]
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GQ interviewed Kimberley Miner, a University of Maine assistant professor with the Climate Change Institute, about the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or forever chemicals, shed by climbers and gear left behind on Everest.
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The BBC cited a study by Andrew Pershing, a University of Maine marine scientist affiliated with the Climate Change Institute, in reporting about the role of whaling in releasing carbon into the atmosphere and how restoring whale populations could be a powerful tool for addressing climate change through carbon sequestration.
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