Intoxicated people aren’t alone in engaging in risky behavior. Intoxicated tiny crustaceans in the ocean — or copepods — do too. And it can get them killed. Rachel Lasley-Rasher studies small shrimp-like animals that become intoxicated from grazing on blooms of toxic phytoplankton. The University of Maine marine researcher said the common calanoid copepods Temora […]
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Boothbay Register published a University of Maine news release about a study conducted by Scott Morello, a visiting researcher at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Morello found mussel larvae swim toward odors from adult mussels, and swim away from odors from predators, including green crabs and dog whelks. According to his research, mussel larvae […]
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Adults who are at least 50 years old are invited to participate in a sensory research study on the consumer acceptability of oats and barley. From 3–6 p.m. Monday, May 2, participants will sample four recipes that contain either oats or barley and be asked to take a brief survey. The testing is part of […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2), WABI (Channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News reported on the University of Maine’s 2016 Student Research Symposium. More than 500 undergraduate and graduate students presented their work at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. “It’s our job to take the knowledge that the students and the faculty are producing and apply […]
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More than 35 mechanical engineering students at the University of Maine will compete in the Mud Season Challenge on April 30 as part of their capstone requirement. The students were tasked with developing and building a fully autonomous land drone that can traverse unstable, muddy terrain to patrol the border between the U.S. and Canada […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2016 CUGR Summer Fellowship winners. The center’s advisory committee selected five proposals from 19 student submissions to be awarded $3,000 each during the summer semester. This year’s winners are: Antonia Carroll, chemistry, “Carbon Dioxide Fixation Using a Tungsten Oxide Electro-Catalyst,” advised by Brian […]
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National Geographic reported on a recent study conducted by Rachel Lasley-Rasher, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center. She found a common species of plankton in the northern Atlantic Ocean, Temora longicornis, becomes intoxicated when it consumes the toxic algae, Alexandrium fundyense. Plankton under the influence swim faster and on a […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) reported more than 500 University of Maine students will showcase their work during the 2016 Student Research Symposium at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on April 27. The event for both undergraduate and graduate students offers an opportunity to speak with Maine residents, including those who could benefit from the research, […]
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Inventor and entrepreneur James Ferguson uses his head. And with assistance from University of Maine researchers, he’s creating a material to help other people protect theirs. The founder and CEO of Alba-Technic, LLC in Winthrop, Maine has developed a patented, shock-absorbing material system to shield the brain from injury. Ferguson, a former nuclear power plant […]
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For people looking to settle down, a location’s odor can be a factor in whether they stay or go. Turns out the same is true for mussel larvae. Mussel larvae swim toward odors from adult mussels, and swim away from odors from predators, including green crabs and dog whelks, says Scott Morello, a visiting researcher […]
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