The Mainebiz website has an item (http://www.mainebiz.biz/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120119/NEWS0101/120119947) about the news that UMaine is part of a consortium of New England schools that will receive a grant for transportation research. The research is part of a nationwide, $77 million federal effort for research to promote transportation safety and efficiency. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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FIS, the website of Fish and Information Services, noted a pilot project being done by the UMaine-based Sea Grant and Cooperative Extension’s Marine Extension Team that will help mussel farmers build understanding and knowledge of growing kelp. Through photosynthesis and simple growth, seaweeds remove carbon dioxide and nitrogen from the atmosphere. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Several news outlets carried an Associated Press account of a U.S. Department of Transportation announcement that UMaine is one 22 universities and research centers nationwide that will receive $3.5 million in federal funds to collaborate on transportation research. The Boston Globe website noted that the consortium will work with federal agencies on research to promote […]
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Jordan LaBouff, a lecturer in UMaine’s psychology department, was quoted in a report on the website Psych Central about a new study that found humble people are more likely than arrogant people to offer a helping hand to someone in need. LaBouff, who was the lead author of the study, said the findings are surprising […]
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An editorial in The Anniston Star newspaper of Anniston, Ala., noted a 2008 study of hazing by UMaine researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden. The editorial called for stopping the tradition of hazing and cited statistics from the report, which found more than half of U.S. college students involved in clubs, teams or organizations have […]
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Two papers written by University of Maine graduate students received first-place awards at the recent International Annual Meetings of the Soil Science Society of America in San Antonio, Texas.
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The University of Maine Office of the Vice President for Research has announced recipients of faculty research awards by the Maine Economic Improvement Fund to support the use of high-end instrumentation.
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University of Maine ecologist Jasmine Saros provided research for a groundbreaking finding about the long-term effects of pollution published in the Dec. 16 issue of the journal Science.
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Maine’s beech trees have been under attack for decades by a disease that typically shows up as disfiguring cankers on a tree species that is supposed to have a smooth and silvery bark. Affected trees grow slowly and can survive for years. Unfortunately, the diseased trees produce few beechnuts, a loss of an important food source […]
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ORONO, Maine – Clams of all kind are big business in New England, but the razor or jackknife clam, while worth between $2.50 and $6 per pound, has not been a focus of clam diggers. The elongated, elusive bivalve is hard to dig from the mud and usually only accessible at extremely low tides, resulting […]
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