A recently published study by researchers from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, University of Maine and National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration was cited in a Gloucester Times article about the start of another benchmark lobster study. In 2015, data collected in an assessment of New England lobster stocks showed record-high abundance for the combined […]
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The Forecaster reported Harpswell voters will decide whether to allocate about $9,500 for the University of Maine to conduct studies on brown-tail moths and ways to naturally reduce their population. The vote follows a Board of Selectmen workshop last November where Eleanor Groden, a professor of entomology at UMaine, discussed her work as director of […]
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The Lincoln County News and Boothbay Register published a University of Maine news release announcing the Darling Marine Center is accepting internship applications. Each summer, undergraduate students at the DMC in Walpole conduct basic and applied marine research in, on, under, and beside the waters of the Damariscotta River estuary and the Gulf of Maine, […]
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A new study conducted by researchers at MDI Biological Laboratory and the University of Maine was featured in the Bangor Daily News “Catching Health” blog. The research, led by MDI Biological Laboratory scientist Sandra Rieger, has demonstrated that the same enzyme connected to certain chemotherapy drugs also plays a role in peripheral neuropathy caused by […]
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Robert Steneck, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, spoke with The Guardian for the article, “Is it wrong to boil lobsters alive?” “I’m not convinced they feel pain,” Steneck said. “There is no compelling case I’ve seen that suggests they feel pain. You don’t really see this level of concern for […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in the Fox News report, “2018 emoji to include new food items, anatomically inaccurate lobster.” According to information from the Lobster Institute at UMaine, a lobster is known as a decapod, with “deca” being Greek for 10, because lobsters have 10 legs (five pairs). The new lobster emoji appears […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, an assistant professor of terrestrial paleoecology at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Gizmodo article, “Scientists react to new ruling requiring NSF-funded institutions to report sexual harassment.” The National Science Foundation will require the institutions it funds to report findings of sexual or any other kind of harassment involving a principal […]
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A podcast of the 2017 Maine Science Festival headliner event, “You’re the Expert,” is now available online, featuring University of Maine professor Kristy Townsend. An interview with Townsend, an assistant professor of neurobiology, also is on the Maine Science Festival website. The 2018 headliner for the fourth annual Maine Science Festival, March 15–18 in Bangor, […]
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Jill Pelto, a graduate student in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, was mentioned in the opinion piece, “Artists engage the science of climate change,” published in the Press Republican of New York. Earth’s changing climate has brought artists working in all media to express in their own way […]
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Jessica Leahy, a professor of human dimensions of natural resources at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Kennebec Journal for the article, “Firewood in short supply across Maine in wake of cold spell.” According to Maine firewood dealers, many customers procrastinated getting their orders in because of the mild fall, and pre-order demand […]
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