The Associated Press and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported scientists and engineers at the University of Maine are evaluating the performance of Maine trees in a kind of lumber that is used to build homes in Canada and Europe. The researchers want to see how trees that grow in Maine and the northeastern U.S. perform in […]
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Two marine science students at the University of Maine started off 2016 a little differently than they had previous years. For five days, Ashley Rossin and Elise Hartill collected red tree corals, Primnoa pacifica, from the Tracy Arm Fjord — a narrow, deep inlet of the sea nestled between high cliffs — located just south […]
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There is a long list of learning objectives for the HON 150/155 phage genomics course, in which first-year undergraduates conduct hands-on research. They learn how to purify and isolate novel bacteriophages — viruses that infect bacterial hosts — from soil samples. The students learn how to characterize their individual phages — which have the miniscule […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported despite a moratorium on the northern Maine shrimp fishing season for the third consecutive year, some wholesale buyers, restaurants and markets could have Maine shrimp this winter due to a study currently underway throughout the state. This week, fishermen have been harvesting Maine shrimp from traps and trawlers as […]
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Recent research by Jonathan Borkum, an adjunct associate professor of psychology at the University of Maine, was cited in the Daily Mail article, “What triggers your migraines? Common culprits like coffee, chocolate and cheese may not be to blame and could actually prevent attacks.” The article focused on a study by the National Headache Foundation […]
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Engineering News-Record (ENR) reported three ocean engineering firms in January completed testing of wave energy converters, gauging how they will respond to severe offshore storms, at the University of Maine’s Harold Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab. The lab, which opened in November, houses the world’s first offshore wind-wave test basin with a rotating open-jet wind […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported MFGR LLC, a limited liability corporation that shares an address with a Connecticut-based asset liquidator, has purchased the shuttered Expera Specialty Solutions pulp mill in Old Town. Expera spokeswoman Addie Teeters declined to say what would happen to the University of Maine’s Technology Research Center, which opened about five years […]
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Ellen Mallory, University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist and associate professor of sustainable agriculture, was awarded $11,902 grant for food research from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The project is supported by the USDA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) and is titled, “Investigating Diversity as a Climate Resilience Strategy for Potato and […]
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Several University of Maine partnerships and projects were mentioned in the Mainebiz article, “U.S. R&D grows more than GDP.” Research and development expenditures in the United States totaled $456.1 billion in 2013, according to new data from the National Science Foundation, which at 3.2 percent is a higher growth rate than the 2.2 percent for […]
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University of Maine research on bird trade-offs during migratory flights was included in the HeraldNet article, “Five new findings about the bird world.” During migration, birds weigh the risk-reward of stopping to refuel versus threats of predators, according to the article. After two years of study, UMaine graduate student Jennifer McCabe and professor Brian Olsen […]
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