WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine Center on Aging has received a $147,000 award from the Corporation for National and Community Service to build on previous research on volunteer participation among older adults. Researchers are trying to determine ways to free up or help older adults as they juggle work, care for their […]
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More than 250 federal and state officials, business executives, University of Maine System leaders and community members were on hand to witness the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center receive three Guinness World Records on Oct. 10 for the world’s largest prototype polymer 3D printer, largest solid 3D-printed object, and largest 3D-printed boat. The event […]
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Medical Daily interviewed Bradfield Lyon, associate research professor with the UMaine Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, about his recent study on heat waves. The average spatial extent of summer heat waves in the United States could be up to 80% larger than today if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, according […]
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A new discovery by University of Maine researchers that challenges the established volcanic source of particles found in an ice core from the South Pole adds to the global record of volcanism and is relevant to several research disciplines. Understanding how the Earth’s volcanic activity interacts with the climate system, as well as volcanic […]
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The University of Maine Center on Aging has received a $147,000 award from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to build on previous research on volunteer participation among older adults. Older adults today are balancing multiple roles including working, caregiving, and helping in their community. The volunteer sector is looking for ways to […]
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The Associated Press, Mainebiz and WABI (Channel 5) reported a $1.6 million grant from NOAA Sea Grant will fund a new research consortium led by Walt Golet at the University of Maine. The Pelagic Ecosystem Research Consortium (PERC) will focus on improving stock assessment, management and sustainability of highly migratory species such as tuna, swordfish […]
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Phys.org published a University of Maine news release about a new study that found the average spatial extent of summer heat waves in the United States could be up to 80% larger than today if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated. The study was led by Bradfield Lyon, associate research professor with the UMaine Climate Change […]
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By the middle of this century, the average spatial extent of summer heat waves in the United States could be up to 80% larger than they are today if greenhouse emissions continue unabated, according to a new study led by a University of Maine climate scientist. Bradfield Lyon, associate research professor with the UMaine Climate […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Allison Gardner, assistant professor of arthropod vector biology at the University of Maine, and Sara McBride, a master’s student in ecology and environmental sciences at UMaine, for a report about their research on ticks in Acadia National Park. “Visitors were reporting that one of the things they’re most concerned about […]
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Improving stock assessment, management and sustainability of highly migratory species such as tuna, swordfish and sharks in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico is the goal of a new research consortium, led by Walt Golet at the University of Maine and funded by a $1.6 million grant from NOAA Sea Grant. Funding to support […]
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