The U.S. Arctic Research Commission (USARC) will host its 113th public meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 24 at Buchanan Alumni House. The USARC meeting, the first ever in the state, will focus on Arctic research conducted by scientists in Maine and the region, and how the federal government can help advance that […]
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The Bethel Citizen cited research by Amber Roth, an assistant professor of forest wildlife management at the University of Maine, in a birding column. Which birds will be able to adapt to changes in temperature and habitat, and which ones will struggle and need to go elsewhere to survive, is an important question for scientists […]
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Maine’s forests and their associated wood products may offset as much as 75% of the state’s annual fossil fuel carbon emissions, and the highest carbon stock densities are in wetlands and salt marshes, according to a new University of Maine-led analysis. This initial assessment, “The State of Maine’s Carbon Budget,” analyzed available information to calculate […]
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WiSTEMM (Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) will host a faculty lunch honoring the 2019 Presidential Award winners Feb. 12 at the University of Maine. Attendees can celebrate and learn from award winners 1–3 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. Award recipients are: Distinguished Maine Professor Award — Sandra Caron, […]
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Ferns have staying power. The vascular plants have existed for about 350 million years, even surviving nuclear winterlike conditions — global dimming, cooling and acid rain — 66 million years ago that wiped out dinosaurs and 75% of other animals and plants on Earth. Jacquelyn Gill, a University of Maine paleoecologist, will explore fern resilience […]
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NECN reported researchers at the University of Maine are studying ice cores from the world’s tallest mountain as part of National Geographic and Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Extreme Expedition to Mount Everest. Each layer of ice shows temperature and precipitation over the years, exposing how the climate was changing. Nearly 1 billion people in the Himalayas […]
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Sympathizers of the Islamic State and the Levant (ISIL) use Twitter to promote justifications of mass casualty violence perpetrated against civilians by the terrorist group, according to a new study led by Karyn Sporer, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Maine. University of Nebraska at Omaha researchers Michael Logan, Gina Ligon and […]
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Mary Ellen Camire has some good news about french fries. Fries made with the new potato varieties AF4296‐3 and Easton have much lower levels of a probable carcinogen than those made with the popular Russet Burbank variety, says the University of Maine professor of food science and human nutrition. Acrylamide is a probable carcinogen in […]
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The Graduate School and Foster Center for Student Innovation are co-sponsoring the UMaine Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition. All finalists will be invited to give their presentations at the University of Maine Student Symposium on April 17. First prize is $500, second prize is $300 and third prize is $200. The first-prize winner also will be […]
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The University of Maine was listed as a collaborator in a Hartford Courant article about a Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station study that revealed bees collect pollen more often from weeds than they do from decorative flowers and plants. “Perhaps the lesson to be learned is that honeybees have a much wider range of flowers they […]
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