Research

Brown Talks to MPBN About Plans for Land-Based Fish Farm on Maine Coast

Nick Brown, director of the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network about plans for a third proposed fish farming operation in the fishing village Corea. Brown has been preparing for test studies on black sea bass and California yellowtail — the types of fish Brunswick-based RAS […]

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Mills Talks to MPBN About Declining Salmon Population

Katherine Mills, researcher at the University of Maine and Gulf of Maine Research Institute, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network about a new study on the decline of North American Atlantic Salmon populations that analyzes data from the past three decades. The study, which was recently published in Global Change Biology magazine, was written by […]

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Gabe’s Study Cited in BDN, WLBZ Coverage of Waterfront Concert Noise Meetings

Coverage by the Bangor Daily News and WLBZ (Channel 2) on a Bangor City Council workshop to address the noise complaints made during Waterfront Concerts included a reference to a study completed earlier this year by Todd Gabe, University of Maine economics professor. Gabe’s study found the Waterfront Concerts have generated more than $30 million in […]

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Shahinpoor Mentioned in Article Previewing Soft Robotics Journal

Mohsen Shahinpoor, Richard C. Hill professor and Mechanical Engineering Department Chairman at the University of Maine, was mentioned in an article announcing a preview issue of Soft Robotics (SoRo), a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the science and engineering of soft materials in mobile machines. Shahinpoor contributed the article “A review of ionic polymeric soft […]

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Gabe’s Study Cited in BDN Article on Waterfront Concert Noise

A Bangor Daily News article on noise complaints made during concerts held on the Bangor Waterfront included a reference to a study completed earlier this year by Todd Gabe, University of Maine economics professor. Gabe’s study found the Waterfront Concerts have generated more than $30 million in local spending in the first three years.

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