The Bangor Daily News reported University of Maine’s sustainable agriculture program is growing and studying winter rye, red fife wheat, triticale — a cross between wheat and rye — and other grains to increase local, organic bread-grain production. The research also will help Bangor native Alex Bennett, who is developing a drinking straw made from […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine has been awarded $337,100 for influenza research. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced the award in a press release. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences awarded the grant funding to aid scientists in their study of influenza and the host cells it inhabits to […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and the Sun Journal reported the University of Maine has been awarded $337,100 for influenza research. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced the award in a press release. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences awarded the grant funding to aid scientists in their study of influenza and the host […]
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Fdlreporter.com, based in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, reported on Maggie Halfman, a fourth-year marine science student at the University of Maine, who will conduct a research expedition in Antarctica. The Fond du Lac native will travel to a research station in October, where she will conduct an independent project for two months. This summer, Halfman […]
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The University of Maine Darling Marine Center offers free, guided, 90-minute tours of its waterfront laboratories at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 19. Ashley Rossin, an undergraduate student in the School of Marine Sciences and a DMC summer intern, is the tour guide. She recounts the history of the center’s founding — 50 years ago […]
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Robert Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, spoke with the Morning Sentinel for an article about a rare orange, yellow and black calico lobster discovered in a shipment to a Skowhegan market. According to the Lobster Institute, the calico lobsters are believed to be one in 30 million. However, […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine has been awarded more than $200,000 for climate change research. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced the award in a press release. The National Science Foundation awarded the $201,515 in grant funding to support the study of climate change and its effect on birds’ migratory […]
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On July 22, the Maine Development Foundation (MDF) and the University of Maine’s School of Economics released the sixth quarterly report analyzing critical economic indicators in Maine. The latest report, “Water Quality in Maine,” addresses the economic, social, and natural effects of Maine’s comparatively high water quality. Water is an essential resource in Maine that […]
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Rebecca Holberton, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Maclean’s article about tensions rising over the last remaining disputed lands between the United States and Canada. The two treeless islands — North Rock and Machias Seal — are located in the ocean between Maine and New Brunswick. The […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported The University of Maine System Board of Trustees approved spending up to $9 million for the future Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Center. The laboratory will help scientists study pest management and threats to human and animal health across the state, according to the article. It will be the only […]
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