The website Science 360 has posted a University of Maine video of UMaine oceanographer Andrew Pershing discussing the importance of studying copepods, the tiny oceanic crustaceans that eat algae and become food for small fish and whales, and their roles in ocean ecosystems and the health of certain species of fish. Pershing says the variable […]
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A Sun Chronicle article about a Biddeford City Council discussion on renaming a local park to honor the Abenaki Indian tribes included historical information about early tribal confederations in Maine that was attributed to a UMaine research paper from the mid-1990s. The article identified the Penobscot, Androscoggin and Wawenock tribes as being part of the […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension blueberry specialist David Yarborough about the status of Maine’s wild blueberry harvest and Extension fruit tree specialist Renae Moran about apple crops. Yarborough said this year’s blueberries will exceed last year’s harvest and is approaching 95 million pounds. Moran told MPBN that a late […]
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The White House has named University of Maine economist Sharon Wagner a Champion of Change for leveraging her national service experience in AmeriCorps to become influential in her career. Wagner, an assistant professor in the School of Economics, served in AmeriCorps’ National Civilian Community Corps following her graduation from the University of Massachusetts. She was […]
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The website Water World posted a UMaine news release about two graduate students who have developed a new rapid sensor system that will be able to detect a spike in pollutants in seawater. The sensor uses a novel fluorescence spectrometer to identify changes in concentrations of two common pollutants, nitrates and trihalomethanes. Contact: George Manlove, […]
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A story on Foster.com’s Sanford News website about the report of fly larvae found on the skin of a nursing facility patient in Sanford included information from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s website. The story noted that larvae from houseflies develop within 12 hours of a female fly laying its eggs. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension blueberry specialist David Yarborough for a report on this season’s bountiful wild blueberry harvest. Yarborough said he believes the crop will yield 100 million pounds, substantially up from the 83 million pounds from last year. Mainebiz published a summary of the BDN report. Contact: George […]
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University of Maine marketing professors Harold Daniel and Paul Myer were interviewed for a Portland Press Herald article about a new marketing concept at some Irving gas and convenience stores in southern Maine and New Hampshire: TV screens at the pumps. Daniel said the feature provides one more way to make an impression on consumers. […]
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In Maine and elsewhere, aquaculturists, harvesters, researchers and those in the business of making products from marine macroalgae are increasingly interested in seaweed. This is due to some innovative research being conducted in the region, and because Maine now has the first and only commercial kelp aquaculture operation in the United States, Portland-based Ocean Approved […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed by the Financial Times about former Maine Gov. Angus King, who is running for Maine’s vacant U.S. Senate seat. Brewer commented on King’s opinion that he might be a catalyst for changing the Senate’s filibuster rule, telling the newspaper it is hard to imagine what could be big […]
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