The Portland Press Herald reported researchers and students in the University of Maine Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are developing computerized street lights designed to help drivers avoid hitting moose on rural roads that don’t have street lights. Andrew Sheaff, a UMaine lecturer who is overseeing the project, told the Press Herald the solar-powered […]
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Researchers and students from the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine are featured in an article and video by Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. The report cites work by Climate Change Institute researcher Gordon Bromley and UMaine anthropologist Kurt Rademaker.
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New doctoral program adopts holistic approach in implementing environmental policy.
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Electrons from North America’s first offshore wind turbine flow into U.S. grid.
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MPBN recently talked with University of Maine marine scientist Pete Jumars about his project that investigates how nonturbulent flow enters pipes, from engineered pipes to clam siphons. Jumars, a professor of marine sciences and oceanography in the School of Marine Sciences and at the Darling Marine Center, has uncovered an erroneous scientific calculation regarding flow […]
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MsnNOW cited research from the University of Maine in an article about a rare blue lobster that was caught near Nova Scotia recently. According to UMaine research, the odds of catching a blue lobster in North America are about one in two million.
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StateImpact Texas, a reporting project of NPR member stations, recently published the article “As offshore wind turbine launches in Maine, is Texas next?” The article states researchers in Texas are racing to catch up to offshore wind advances made by the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center.
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A Portland Press Herald story about producing movies in Maine cites research by Todd Gabe, University of Maine economist. Gabe’s study details the financial impact movies and photography had on the state’s economy from 2010 through 2012.
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A BBC News article titled “Ancient Irish texts show volcanic link to cold weather” said researchers used ice-core data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project to help trace the effect of volcanic eruptions on the climate. Paul Mayewski, director and distinguished Maine professor at the Climate Change Institute, is one of the leaders of the […]
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A 2008 University of Maine study was cited in an International Science Times article on a hazing incident in Virginia. The research found 55 percent of college students involved in clubs, teams and organizations experience hazing.
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