Mary Ellen Camire, a University of Maine professor of food science and human nutrition and past president of the Institute of Food Technologists, was quoted in a Food Dive article on the controversy surrounding funding for genetic modification research. “I hate to see anybody just rule out genetic modification outright because it’s evil. It’s how […]
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Researchers at the University of Maine say an expected increase in the frequency and strength of El Niño events — unusual warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that causes worldwide fluctuations in temperature and rainfall — may result in milder winters in New England. Though good for residents longing for warm weather, the shift could […]
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The Office of Research & Sponsored Programs’ NCURA (National Council of University Research Administrators) Communications Task Force, together with the ORSP Compliance, Analysis & Training group, have developed a survey to aid the development of an improved communications strategy and training program. Members of the UMaine research community are asked to complete the survey, as […]
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University of Maine geologist Gordon Bromley spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about his upcoming research expedition to Antarctica. Bromley will study how Earth’s largest ice sheet — the East Antarctic Ice Sheet — has responded during past times of global warming to learn about how it may respond in the future to human-caused climate change. […]
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The Bangor Daily News and The Maine Edge reported on a three-year, $2 million research project being led by University of Maine researchers that will use a popular video game to immerse rural Maine students in computer science and math concepts. Bruce Segee, the Henry R. and Grace V. Butler Professor of Electrical and Computer […]
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When Hannah Morgan, third-year bioengineering student at the University of Maine, was in 8th grade, she attended an event at UMaine that introduced her to the field of engineering. She was hooked. When she came to tour UMaine’s bioengineering department the summer before her senior year of high school, she knew her decision was made. […]
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Two University of Maine researchers have received a $500,000 National Science Foundation award to advance scientists’ ability to analyze massive data samples collected by real-time sensors. Today, sensors are only capable of taking samples at discrete points in space, such as taking hundreds of individual photographs. Often times, the data has to be physically retrieved […]
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Researchers at the University of Maine have received a $1 million federal grant from the U.S Department of Agriculture to continue their efforts in boosting organic grain production in northern New England. “We are very excited by this new USDA award in that it recognizes the impact of the work we’ve done with farmers, millers […]
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An underwater sea slug has evolved chemical foraging and defense abilities that are functionally identical to those of terrestrial insects, despite being unrelated to their land-based counterparts and living in vastly different habitats for 400 million years. “Specialized herbivores on land and sea appear to make a living in similar ways,” says University of Maine […]
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The Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Laboratory at the University of Maine will hold its third annual open house from 4–6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7. The lab, located in Carnegie Hall, is part of the spatial informatics program in the School of Computing and Information Science and houses Maine’s only research facility that combines […]
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