MassLive.com reported a team of researchers, including Melissa Landon, an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Maine, is developing a new mooring system for floating offshore wind turbines that uses an integrated network of anchors and lines to hold dozens of turbines in place in the ocean. Landon is working with engineers […]
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Be immersed in a simulated tornado, illustrate nature, look through a solar telescope, hold an oyster, ask a genius a question. Do it all and more at the Maine Science Festival, being held March 18–20, at the Cross Insurance Center and other downtown Bangor venues. The University of Maine is participating in a number of […]
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The University of Maine’s award-winning Composite Arch Bridge System known as the Bridge-In-A-BackpackTM was mentioned in the New Scientist article, “Skyscrapers of the future will be held together with glue.” The author wrote that glue is the future of architecture because of lightweight nonmetallic composites, such as carbon fibre, fiberglass panels and other structural plastics. […]
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A statewide outreach program of the Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research is featured in a recent newsletter from the Association of University Centers on Disabilities. The item in AUCD’s “Act Early Network News” highlights the institute’s work with the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), an intervention program targeting toddlers diagnosed with autism and […]
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been associated with increased risk for cognitive impairment, with the highest risk observed for those with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In many previous studies, healthy individuals have been compared with persons who have ESRD and are often being treated with hemodialysis. In recent papers, investigators with the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study […]
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Several news organizations including the Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Maine Public Broadcasting Network, Portland Press Herald, WLBZ (Channel 2) and WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) reported on a 2015 Maine drug death analysis conducted by Marcella Sorg, a research professor of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine. The […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) covered a symposium hosted by the Maine Medical Center Research Institute that focused on biomedical research funded by the National Institutes of Health and its effect on the state. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins was the event’s keynote speaker and participated in a roundtable discussion. Carol Kim, the University of Maine’s vice president […]
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David Handley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist of vegetables and small fruits, was the focus of the latest column in the Sun Journal “People You Know” series. Handley, who is based at Highmoor Farm in Monmouth, started 33 years ago with UMaine Extension in what was supposed to be a four-month position, according […]
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University of Maine marine scientist Rick Wahle was quoted by the Working Waterfront and Bangor Daily News in articles on the current state of Maine’s lobster fishery. The industry thrived in 2015, setting a record for statewide landings value of nearly half a billion dollars and remaining historically high in catch volume, the BDN reported. […]
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Mainebiz reported the Maine Medical Center Research Institute will host a symposium March 4 in Scarborough on biomedical research funded by the National Institutes of Health and its effect on the state. The event’s keynote speaker will be U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, who also will participate in a roundtable discussion, according to the article. Among […]
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