A research team led by professor Denise Skonberg of the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture has been awarded a nearly $150,000 USDA grant to develop high-pressure processing technology for sous vide seafood products. Sous vide processing involves the low-temperature, long-time controlled cooking of vacuum-packaged raw foods in a hot water bath, preserving […]
Read more
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host an informational meeting about robotic dairy systems from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Wednesday, March 9 at Governor’s Restaurant, 376 Main St. in Waterville. The meeting is designed for dairy farmers and industry leaders to learn more about available robotic technology. Scheduled speakers include Les Pike, owner of Keewaydin Farm […]
Read more
The Maine Development Foundation and the University of Maine’s School of Economics recently released a quarterly report analyzing tourism — a critical economic indicator in Maine. The latest report, “The High Seasonality of Tourism in Maine,” uses data on the state’s taxable lodging sales to examine the seasonal nature of tourism in Maine, which plays […]
Read more
In an attempt to improve how amphibians are monitored, University of Maine researchers evaluated a waistband for attaching external radio transmitters to frogs and toads. Radio telemetry provides fine-scale temporal and spatial information about an animal’s movements and habitat use; however, its use for tracking amphibians has been restricted by transmitter mass and lack of […]
Read more
To celebrate Maine Engineers Week, the University of Maine will host the 2016 Engineering EXPO on Saturday, Feb. 27 in the New Balance Field House on campus. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., attendees can experience hands-on activities, view demonstrations and get involved in all the EXPO has to offer. Maine’s top engineering firms, academic […]
Read more
The National Park Service recently released an “Outside Science (inside parks)” video featuring a dragonfly mercury research project that was founded at the University of Maine. “Episode 2: Blue Skies and Dragonflies” explores a research collaboration among UMaine, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National Park Service to study mercury in dragonfly larvae. The project […]
Read more
The University of Maine’s Black Bear Marathon was included in Holiday Lettings from TripAdvisor’s “50 U.S. road races to attempt in your lifetime.” The second annual Black Bear Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K, which will take place June 5, 2016 on and around the UMaine campus, was the only race listed for Maine. The blog […]
Read more
The 12-hour University of Maine Miracle Network Dance Marathon will be held from 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27 to 5 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 28 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center on campus. Since 2012, the annual event previously known as Bearfest has raised more than $200,000 to help area hospitals support local children. Last […]
Read more
University of Maine Cooperative Extension has published a fact sheet for producers of goats and sheep to determine whether veterinary care is needed. “When to Call the Veterinarian — Tips for Producers of Small Ruminants in Maine” was written by Richard Brzozowski, UMaine Extension food system program administrator; Anne Lichtenwalner, DVM, UMaine Extension associate professor […]
Read more
A team of researchers led by Merrill “Pete” Elias of the Department of Psychology at the University of Maine published commentary in the Feb. 13 online issue of the journal EBioMedicine citing the importance of a new population-based study on the vision impairment and eye diseases in persons with chronic kidney disease (Wong et all., […]
Read more