Daniel Dixon, director of sustainability at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Times Record article about eco-friendly initiatives the City of Bath has undertaken, including a hybrid police car, solar power installations on municipal buildings and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Dixon said other possible popular initiatives include offering residents incentives to install heat […]
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Denise Skonberg, University of Maine associate professor of food science, was an expert source for Yahoo! Entertainment about alternative protein sources to feed the estimated 10 billion people who will populate the planet by 2050. “Seaweeds don’t require fertilizers, don’t require feed, they don’t require fresh water and they don’t require land. So those are […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported that AmeriCorps members from the University of Maine hosted WindowDressers to build low-cost insulating window inserts to help people save fuel and stay warm. This week, volunteers will build 225 inserts and give more than half to local families. “It’s really great because it helps save them a lot of money […]
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Jeff Thaler, associate university counsel for environmental, energy, and sustainability projects for the University of Maine System and a member of the University of Maine team that has developed cutting edge offshore wind power technology, told the Bangor Daily News that as the state and university continue to test and refine offshore wind technology, there’s […]
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“Spire: The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability” announces its cover art contest for the spring 2020 issue. The winning artist is asked to highlight how their work relates to Spire’s mission to unite communities across the state to galvanize action for conservation and sustainability. Entries should be submitted by March 1. The winner, who […]
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For generations, indigenous Wabanaki people hunted, caught fish, and harvested clams and oysters along the coast of what’s now called Maine. And they left behind middens — heaps of shells — that sometimes contain tools, ceramic shards and bones of animals. Alice Kelley and Bonnie Newsom are in a race against time and tides to […]
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Maine magazine detailed how a research and development team at the University of Maine printed the largest 3D object in the world. “It started as a glob of bioplastic. At the end of 72 hours, it was a 25-foot-long patrol boat weighing 5,000 pounds,” began the feature about how the University of Maine Advanced Structures […]
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A University of Maine time lapse video of a 25-foot, 5,000-pound boat being printed by a 3D printer at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center was Maine Public’s biggest story of 2019 based on traffic volume. The Composites Center earned three Guinness World Records — for the largest printer, the largest solid […]
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Two of Mainebiz’s most unusual stories of 2019 came from the University of Maine: green crab dog biscuits and the unveiling of the world’s largest 3D printer. Angela Myracle, an assistant professor of human nutrition in the School of Food and Agriculture, and Anna Smestad, a human nutrition and pre-med major, devised a process to […]
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The Washington Post talked with Stephen Shaler, director of the School of Forest Resources and associate director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, for its story “Forget the log cabin. Wood buildings are climbing skyward — with pluses for the planet.” Shaler said, “There’s not a silver bullet out there” with regards to mass […]
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