News Center Maine highlighted research from Sharmila Mukhopadhyay, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, to develop an easy-to-use and low cost sensor that can detect a group of chemicals known as PFAS. “We have taken nano materials which have been attached to these large aerospace grade materials to create robust and reusable […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Mainebiz and News Center Maine covered a ribbon cutting, joined by Gov. Janet Mills, leaders from the University of Maine and the Maine Potato Board, for a renovation to the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station’s 425-acre Aroostook Farm, the heart of UMaine’s agricultural research on potatoes. A $3 million renovation […]
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The Maine Monitor highlighted the collaboration between the University of Maine and Blue Hill Heritage Trust since 2017 to restore red spruce to Surry Forest. Jay Wason, a UMaine associate professor of forest ecosystem physiology, is spearheading the project, and a UMaine graduate student in the school of forest resources, Rose Gellman, published a forest […]
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The research farm recently underwent a $3 million renovation funded by the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan so that the land-grant university could accelerate its development of new potato varieties, like the successful Caribou Russet, and the growth of Maine’s agricultural economy and workforce Gov. Janet Mills and leaders of the University of Maine and […]
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A feature story in Progressive Dairy highlighted the technological advances at the University of Maine’s Witter Farm, a part of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station (MAFES). Investments were made toward a new robotic milking barn that is not only helping with cow comfort, but also broadening the scope of experiential learning students are […]
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The Portland Press Herald highlighted a partnership between the University of Maine, The Jackson Laboratory and Northern Light Health to research whether a simple eye exam could help detect Alzheimer’s disease, other types of dementia or similar diseases in patients before symptoms begin to appear. The collaborative team is beginning the next stage of research, […]
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News Center Maine featured a story on the $2.25 million grant funding from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to University of Maine researchers. Their projects are aimed at helping commercial farmers manage contamination from PFAS, a group of toxic, long-lasting chemicals.
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A new paper from two University of Maine researchers explores the challenges and opportunities for scholars and practitioners when it comes to using AI to study and develop interventions for relationship and family therapy. “Challenges and opportunities in using interpretable AI to develop relationship interventions” was published in Family Relations, the academic research journal of […]
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The Washington Post cited a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer on the length of time average hot temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere peaked between 1979 and 2000.
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News Center Maine highlighted wild blueberry research from the University of Maine in two separate stories focused on how new technology and tools can make growing and harvesting wild blueberries more efficient and sustainable. WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7) highlighted an event hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension at Blueberry Hill Farm in Jonesboro, during […]
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