The
Mighty Cranberry - January / February 2009 |
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Food scientist Vivian
Wu's research on cranberries is part of the ongoing fight to keep
humans safe from food-borne illnesses. |
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Traceable
Bombs - January / February 2009 |
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Engineers Paul Millard
and Mauricio Pereira da Cunha are developing biological taggants to
enable law enforcement officials investigating terrorist bombings to
determine where the explosive materials were manufactured. |
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Searching
for Utopia - January / February 2009 |
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Naomi Jacobs' worldview
has been shaped by her research in utopian studies, a field that has
grown from relative obscurity to a broad examination of philosophy,
popular culture, technology, communication and politics. |
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Taking
Stock -
November / December 2008 |
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Yong Chen has developed
complex, cutting-edge computer modeling to assess the stocks of a
variety of marine species from lobsters to sea cucumbers. |
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The Time and Place of Cancer -
November / December 2008 |
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A new
cancer-fighting tool, the Biobank of Maine, will explore the
interaction between cancer genes and the environment. |
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Frontiers of Space -
November / December 2008 |
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David
Hiebeler uses mathematics-driven computer models to understand how
spatial distribution of a population affects its dynamics and
success. |
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Fly Me to the Moon -
November / December 2008 |
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UMaine
engineers are developing a first-of-its-kind wireless sensor network
system to monitor the structural integrity of inflatable space
structures. |
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On
the Brink -
September / October 2008 |
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Climate Change Institute
Director Paul Mayewski offers his perspectives on global climate
change, the science that's getting closer to predicting its future
and what our changing climate means to us. |