The Cooldown wrote an article on a toxic group of chemicals called PFAS and featured work done by University of Maine. Researchers at UMaine tested whether or not intercropping could be a helpful way to reduce PFAS. “This study shows that there is no one-size-fits-all recommendation or policy for farmers dealing with PFAS contamination,” said […]
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Emma Perry, a lab manager at the University of Maine, spent countless hours of her career dying tissue samples by dipping them into 20-30 jars of liquid one careful step at a time and always wondered if there could be a better way. As she watched the head of a 3D printer work in an […]
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When Old Town High School Math Teacher Kristen Thompson uses TriO — a virtual reality environment developed by researchers at the University of Maine — she envisions a scenario that every teacher dreams about for their students: constant collaboration. “It builds up to having to work with others,” Thompson said. “You’re having conversations about what […]
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Many people enjoy eating Thanksgiving leftovers, but without proper storage, they can lead to foodborne illness. That’s why Gulsun Akdemir Evrendilek of University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering tips on how to properly store leftovers to prevent spoilage. Evrendilek is a seafood technology and food safety specialist with expertise in food safety, food microbiology and […]
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The University of Maine was named one of the 2025 Best for Vets Colleges by the Military Times, a national news source that reports on matters involving the U.S. military community and global defense. It’s the only Maine-based university or college to rank among the top 50. Factors that determine placement on the list include […]
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Members of the University of Maine’s Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) won third place in one of the most physically and mentally challenging events of a regional competition for cadets. At the 2nd Brigade U.S. Army Cadet Command’s annual Ranger Challenge in New Jersey, UMaine’s team took home the bronze in the Crucible event, […]
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A research team led by two University of Maine Ph.D students developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that could make it easier and faster for doctors to identify signs of breast cancer in tissue samples, possibly preventing delays and saving lives. The system, named the Context-Guided Segmentation Network (CGS-Net), mimics the way human pathologists study […]
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For Jeremy Juybari, the path from managing a defense research company to developing artificial intelligence (AI) models has been anything but ordinary. Now a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maine, he is pushing the boundaries of AI to help improve breast cancer detection and save lives. While pursuing his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees, […]
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Near the end of high school, Josh Hamilton of Alton, Maine lost a close friend to bone cancer, and early in his undergraduate years, he lost his stepfather to pancreatic cancer. Driven to help mitigate future cancer deaths, he is researching ways to improve early detection, prevention and treatment. A University of Maine Ph.D. candidate […]
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The New York Times interviewed Mary Ellen Camire, professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Maine, about the health benefits of potatoes. She said that potatoes contain a modest amount of vitamin B6, which is needed for cardiovascular, immune and mental health. Purple and red potatoes have pigments called anthocyanins that […]
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