UMaine testing natural control for berry-eating pest
A natural control for an invasive fly that has plagued soft-fruit crops like Maine’s wild blueberries is being tested by scientists at the University of Maine. Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) […]
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PBS interviews Eddy, Bouchard about aquaculture sustainability
PBS interviewed Steve Eddy, director of the University of Maine Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research, and Deborah Bouchard, director of the university’s Aquaculture Research Institute, about new ways to make […]
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O’Neill speaks to BDN about Old Town bridge impacting timber routes
Shane O’Neill, the forest industry business development manager at the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News about how the new 30-ton weight […]
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Zipe Education notes UMaine role in collaborative research into artificial intelligence
In an article about research grants in New Hampshire, Zipe Education noted a $6 million collaborative effort with the University of Maine, University of New Hampshire, University of Vermont, Dartmouth […]
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Mount Desert Island tourism can use participatory planning to address climate change impacts, UMaine research shows
A study from the University of Maine shows that bringing together academics and tourism developers on Mount Desert Island (MDI) is an effective way to identify climate change impacts and […]
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NSF awards $6 million for UMaine-led effort to establish new lab to study AI in advanced manufacturing
A new lab to study how the latest artificial intelligence tools and techniques could bolster advanced manufacturing in northern New England will be launched with a $6 million award from […]
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University of Maine System leaders applaud advancement of FY23 appropriations for critical projects championed by Maine’s congressional delegation
If passed by the full Congress and signed by the President, the FY23 federal budget will provide $53.3 million to the System in one-time funding to advance key university workforce […]
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Media features VEMI Lab’s federal prize for self-driving car software
The Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine, WVII (Fox 22 Bangor), Wired Focus, Zipe Education and the Times of Northwest Indiana reported that the Virtual Environments and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) […]
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VEMI Lab researchers earn federal prize, invite to White House for software that makes self-driving cars more accessible
The VEMI lab at the University of Maine earned third place in a national competition and an invitation to the White House for developing an inclusive smartphone software platform that […]
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University of Maine researcher serves as expert witness at Congressional hearing on supporting farmers adapting for the future
Rachel Schattman’s testimony about how farmers can mitigate and plan for climate change comes just days after a federal report showed more than half of Maine is currently experiencing moderate […]
