The northeasterly storms that frequent the Maine coast in winter and spring can bring dramatic changes to sandy beaches, coastal marshes, and bluffs. The waves and flooding that accompany strong storms threaten coastal property with erosion and wind and water damage.
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National Entrepreneurship Week events in Maine include several at the Foster Center for Student Innovation at the University of Maine, such as the annual Junior Achievement Titan Challenge and two sessions for students and others with business ideas to consult with investors and experienced entrepreneurs.
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In a project with the potential to influence energy production, consumption and policy in Maine, 50 homeowners in the Blue Hill area will partner with a local energy-monitoring company and a University of Maine researcher in a year-long study of residential electricity use. The goal is to see whether homeowners adopt energy-conserving strategies once they […]
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Smart grid research by a University of Maine doctoral student is helping grade school educators learn about energy and how to conserve it in their schools and homes.
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An article by University of Maine mechanical engineering professor Mohsen Shahinpoor in a recent issue of the science journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics describes a robotic replica of the carnivorous Venus flytrap Shahinpoor created with nano-sensors and a thin, pliable metal composite material that he invented as part of his ongoing artificial muscle research. Recent articles […]
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An aeronautical engineer whose research focuses on engineering education as well as aerodynamics and energy efficiency has been named director of the University of Maine’s new Brunswick Engineering Program.
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Brazilian student Lucas Ramos is studying chemical engineering at the University of Maine courtesy of Science Without Borders, a program funded by the Brazilian government and aimed at advancing that country’s economic standing and technological expertise. The program eventually will place 100,000 promising students at participating colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad, covering […]
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Maine Animal Club students at the University of Maine are hosting this year’s annual Northeast Student Affiliate of the American Dairy Science Association and American Society of Animal Science competition Feb 18. More than college 200 students from 10 Northeast schools will compete in livestock judging, an agricultural quiz bowl and a paper presentation contest. […]
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The University of Maine Center on Aging is working with healthcare and social service providers and the public to determine to what degree impaired driving among older adults in Washington County is a hazard.
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OLD TOWN – There is Planet Earth, which, for the sake of the discussion taking place in Ed Lindsey’s 9th-grade science class at Old Town High School, is a spherical object made of rock, watery on its surface and wrapped in a layer of air. And there is the mysterious Planet Z, identical to Earth […]
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