Novel Sensor Research
A Maine oyster farmer’s experience inspires graduate students to develop a system for detecting pollutants in seawater.
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Advanced Structures and Composites Center Contributes to Brooklyn Bridge Park Project
The Advanced Structures and Composites Center tests black locust samples bound for a park near the famed Brooklyn Bridge.
Read moreUMaine Aquaculture Research, Facilities on Display in Open House Event
The University of Maine’s Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI) facilities and latest research findings will be the focus of a two-day open house event Aug. 23-24 at UMaine’s research centers in Walpole, Franklin and Orono. Tours and activities will be held at all three sites at 1 p.m. on Aug. 23, and in Orono on Aug. […]
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Holocene Warming Regional
Research confirms regional — not global — climate change in New Zealand and European glaciers during the preindustrial Holocene.
Read moreBangor Daily News Reports Chilean Forestry Trip
The Bangor Daily News carried an article about University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute faculty members who are leading a group of college students from across the country on a weeklong field trip to Chile to study forest sustainability and forest products manufacturing. FBRI faculty members David Neivandt and Douglas Gardner are teaching a […]
Read moreUMaine Faculty Members Taking Students to Chile
University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute faculty members David Neivandt and Douglas Gardner will accompany 10 undergraduate students from across the country on a weeklong trip to Chile as part of a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REU) program, a 10-week summer research experience based at UMaine and funded by the […]
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Exploring a Glacier in Chile
Climate Change Institute Director Paul Mayewski and CCI researchers journey into the Andes to take ice core samples.
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Study Finds Link Between Women in Power, Sexual Harassment
“Power-threat” theories suggest that women in authority may be more frequent targets.
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From the Lab to the Field
The Aquaculture Research Institute launches a mussel raft to investigate potential disease benefits for farmed salmon.
Read moreUMaine Researchers Featured in Museum Video
University of Maine Climate Change Institute researchers Aaron Putnam and Toby Koffman are among those featured in a video being shown at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City about how a new technique called surface exposure dating can help them analyze how the climate has changed over time. The video “Shrinking […]
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