Mining.com reported University of Maine researchers have found a recent surge in uranium concentrations in the Antarctic can be linked to increased mining activity in Australia. UMaine climate scientists made the discovery during the first high-resolution continuous examination of a northern Antarctic Peninsula ice core. The team, which will publish the results of their research […]
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Uranium mining in Australia is polluting the Antarctic, about 6,000 nautical miles away. University of Maine climate scientists made the discovery during the first high-resolution continuous examination of a northern Antarctic Peninsula ice core. Ice core data reveal a significant increase in uranium concentration that coincides with open pit mining in the Southern Hemisphere, most […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in the Construction Dive article, “Branching out: Why cross-laminated timber is making advances in the US.” With origins 20 years ago in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, a mass timber construction system known as cross-laminated timber (CLT) has grown into a growing $2 billion industry. The U.S. is finally catching […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine’s Stormwater Management Research Team (SMART) Institute for high school students and their teachers. From June 26–29, participants in the program will work with university faculty, students and others to create environmental solutions to stormwater management. “I thought it would be interesting to learn about the stormwater […]
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The University of Maine’s Aroostook Farm was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about how Maine potato farmers have wrapped up planting and are hoping for a good year. Farmers, Maine Potato Board members and UMaine researchers also are studying alternative crops for potato growers, according to the article. The UMaine facility in Presque […]
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University of Maine research to provide molecular-level understanding of glycan-associated disorders, such as inflammation, pathogen infection and cancer, has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Matthew Brichacek, UMaine assistant professor of chemistry, leads the research to develop methods to synthesize glycans — a family of carbohydrates — that can […]
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The Associated Press reported about 85 high school students and 20 teachers from Maine and elsewhere in the country are staying at the University of Maine from June 26–29 for a program to create environmental solutions to stormwater management. Participants in the UMaine Stormwater Management Research Team (SMART) Institute will work with university faculty, students […]
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The Associated Press reported about 250 researchers and industry leaders are expected to attend the second International Conference of Fish & Shellfish Immunology June 26–30 in Portland. The University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute is hosting the event, which organizers said focuses on the health and welfare of wild and farmed aquatic animals. Bassem Allam […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, will present during the MDI Science Café at MDI Biological Laboratory’s Kinne Library in Bar Harbor at 5 p.m. June 27. Gill’s presentation, “Should We Clone the Woolly Mammoth to Protect the Tundra from Climate Change?” will focus on creative strategies to […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Revolution Research, founded by University of Maine forest resources doctoral candidate Nadir Yildrim, is competing for $100,000 in a pitch contest at the Maine Startup and Create Week conference. Yildirim and vice president Alexander Chasse, a UMaine civil engineering graduate, developed the foam-like material from wood fiber. Other material […]
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