The Verge mentioned Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, in the article, “Will Trump slash public funding for scientific research?” Academic institutions in the U.S. rely heavily on federal dollars for running their labs, buying equipment, processing samples, and training the next generation of scientists, according to the article. Researchers all over […]
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Ian Bricknell, a professor of aquaculture at the University of Maine, was interviewed for the Maine Public report, “Animal owners, officials square off over proposed exotic pet regulations.” The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is revamping the rules on what kinds of animals Mainers can keep, according to the report. The more complex […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article about how Maine is poised to begin shipping wood chips to Europe for power generation next year if plans underway at Eastport and Searsport stay on track. Since wood can carry invasive insects, European Union regulations require all imported wood be heat-treated to […]
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Boothbay Register published a University of Maine news release about University of Maine Darling Marine Center graduate students Carl Huntsberger and Whitley Gilbert. The students want their research to support better management of two of Maine’s most valuable natural resources — clean water and lobsters. Huntsberger conducts research on juvenile and adult lobsters to determine […]
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A Portland Press Herald editorial credits the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center with finding new, innovative ways to use the materials that make up wood. The editorial comes days after another mill in Maine announced that it would shut down a paper machine and lay off 190 workers. The newspaper mentions a […]
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Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors published a feature story in its November/December issue on University of Maine avian physiologist Rebecca Holberton’s research on the 2,000-mile autumn migration of the blackpoll warbler. Every fall, the birds make the 80-to-90-hour trip at 12,000 feet, from Maine to Venezuela, for the winter. “From mid-September until mid-October, blackpolls double […]
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Research from the University of Maine was cited in the Epicurious article, “The truth about those fruit and vegetable washes.” A study conducted by UMaine’s Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition tested a popular produce wash, Fit, alongside distilled water and a couple other methods to see how they would work against microbes and […]
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University of Maine Darling Marine Center graduate students Carl Huntsberger and Whitley Gilbert want their research to support better management of two of Maine’s most valuable natural resources — clean water and lobsters. Huntsberger was 9 when he began lobster fishing. He knew a legal-sized lobster, known as “a keeper,” is one whose main shell […]
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Norway spruce, a wood species extensively tested at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, has been approved for use as construction-grade dimensional lumber. Based on the testing at UMaine, on Oct. 20, 2016, the American Lumber Standards Committee (ALSC) approved the inclusion of Norway spruce in the Spruce-Pine-Fir South grouping […]
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The National Sea Grant Extension Assembly selected Maine Sea Grant as the recipient of the 2016 Superior Outreach Programming Award, presented at the biennial meeting of the National Sea Grant Network on Oct. 13 in Newport, Rhode Island. Sarah Redmond, former marine Extension associate with Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension, received the […]
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