The Bangor Daily News, Morning Ag Clips, Phys.org and News Center Maine reported on a new University of Maine study showing that nanocellulose may help increase the yield from wild blueberry plants when used with liquid fertilizer applied to leaves. Researchers believe the increased production resulted from the nanocellulose reducing the particle size of nutrients […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the University of Maine’s new Wyman’s Wild Blueberry Research and Innovation Center, a three-acre research and education site that will be established off University Farm Road in Old Town over the coming year through a gift from Wyman’s Blueberries to the University of Maine Foundation. Wyman’s, which harvests and […]
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Nanocellulose may help increase the yield from wild blueberry plants when used with liquid fertilizer applied to leaves, according to a new University of Maine study. Nanocellulose, a natural polymer derived from trees and plants that has many desirable properties, is used in research and development for a myriad of applications, such as packaging materials, […]
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Morning Ag Clips reported that Gregory Porter, professor of agronomy in the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture, will receive an Honorary Life Membership from the Potato Association of America at the organization’s annual meeting in July 2022. Porter, who grew up on a potato farm in Aroostook County, has dedicated his 38-year […]
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Engineering News-Record reported on the construction of the University of Maine Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center, which is slated to open in August.
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The Portland Press Herald and Centralmaine.com featured a presentation about the threats the emerald ash borer poses to brown ash trees from John Daigle, a University of Maine professor of forest recreation management and citizen member of the Penobscot Nation, and his Ph.D. students.
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Rachel Schattman, a University of Maine assistant professor of sustainable agriculture, spoke with Centralmiane.com about McCain Foods’ plan to power 50% of its Easton, Maine potato processing plant with five community solar gardens, which is part of an overall effort to completely power all of its plants with renewable energy by 2030. Schattman says “Research […]
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The Scientific American reported that the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum is working with students and researchers to replicate a Tlingit clan crest hat before repatriation from the museum’s collection.
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Wyman’s Wild Blueberry Research and Innovation Center will celebrate its launch in Old Town off University Farm Road on Thursday, June 30, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. The launch event celebrates a new, 3-acre wild blueberry research and education site at the J. Franklin Witter Teaching & Research Center near the University of Maine campus. It will […]
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Four faculty-led teams pursuing commercialization of research projects are ready for the next steps in that journey having completed the University of Maine’s 2022 MIRTA accelerator program. The teams presented their projects at a Demo Day event earlier this month, marking the conclusion of this year’s program. The 2022 MIRTA teams, the fifth cohort to […]
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