Research

UMaine Study Cited in Press Herald Article on Threat to Sandhill Cranes

A 1998 University of Maine study was cited in an article in the Portland Press Herald about the environment and wildlife, especially sandhill cranes, being negatively affected by speeding boats. Maggie Shannon, president of the Maine Congress of Lake Associations, cited the study that found a 1-meter decrease in water clarity is equal to a loss […]

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RedOrbit Reports on Dowse Research on Circadian Rhythm of Birds

RedOrbit recently reported on a study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany on how different environments affect biological rhythms of birds. University of Maine biologist Harold Dowse and researchers from the University of Glasgow in Scotland contributed to the study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B that found […]

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Tripp’s Company Receives Award in White House Ceremony, The Weekly Reports

Orono Spectral Solutions Inc. of Bangor received the Tibbetts Award for excellence in small business innovation research in May at the White House, according to an article in The Weekly. Carl Tripp, who works in the University of Maine’s Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, co-founded the company in 2004 after realizing his research done […]

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LePage Vetoes Energy Bill Lacking UMaine Project Support, Media Report

The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald and WABI (Channel 5) were among news organizations to report Gov. Paul LePage’s decision to veto a wide-ranging energy bill that won support in the Legislature. LePage vetoed the bill because an amendment was not added to help the University of Maine’s offshore wind project. The House overrode […]

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Trostel’s Research Focus of Mainebiz Article

The Mainebiz article “CEO group advances early education effort” focuses on a Maine Early Learning Investment Group study on the fiscal benefits of creating a statewide early childhood education system for those with low incomes. Philip Trostel, economist at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and the School of Economics at the University of Maine, […]

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WABI Cites UMaine Study in Article on Harmful Chemicals Measure

WABI (Channel 5) cited a University of Maine study in a story about the Maine Senate unanimously passing a measure that will help protect children and pregnant women from harmful chemicals in household products. The study found just four environmentally related childhood diseases in Maine lead to at least $380 million in preventable costs every […]

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Fenceviewer Article Focuses on Offshore Wind Turbine Impact

Fenceviewer, the community news and information website for Hancock County, Maine, recently published the article titled “Developers hoping for big impact from first offshore wind energy turbine in U.S.” The article is about VolturnUS, the turbine developed by the University of Maine-led DeepCwind Consortium, and how investors hope it will positively affect how electricity is […]

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