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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University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management and animal care experts are available for interviews and to discuss ways to protect humans and animals against mosquito- and tick-borne viruses as more mosquitoes in neighboring New Hampshire have tested positive as carriers for West Nile Virus (WNV) this summer. Two weeks ago, the Maine Center for […]
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Research confirms regional — not global — climate change in New Zealand and European glaciers during the preindustrial Holocene.
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Editor’s note: University of Maine assistant track and field coach and alum Viktoriya Rybalko placed 20th out of 32 competitors in the preliminary round of the long jump at the London Olympics. Rybalko, representing her native Ukraine, leaped 6.29 meters that put her 10th in her group and 20th overall for the preliminary round. The […]
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Advanced Manufacturing Center helps develop next-generation hazardous materials sensor.
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University of Maine physics and astronomy professor Neil Comins, an expert on space, space travel, the planets, and author of many books on the subject, is available to discuss the significance of the planned Mars landing at 1:31 a.m., Monday, Aug. 6 of NASA’s largest research rover Curiosity. Comins can discuss how the success or […]
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The Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium, a six-week event that has brought eight internationally known sculptors to the University of Maine campus in order to create works of public art for spaces in Bangor, Old Town and Orono, will hold an artist talk each Thursday, starting Aug. 2, during symposium. The talks are free and open […]
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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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Climate Change Institute Director Paul Mayewski and CCI researchers journey into the Andes to take ice core samples.
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“Power-threat” theories suggest that women in authority may be more frequent targets.
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