Distilling jet fuel from wood chips, storing excess solar energy for a month and removing PFAS from the soil are just a few of the projects we’re working on.
Op-eds
Maine Voices: Let’s try to keep Maine’s housing problems from getting worse
As the state tries to increase the supply of affordable housing, investors are jacking up the rents in existing affordable apartments.
Jim Fossel: Supreme Court leak reveals hypocrisy of the left
Regardless of where you stand on abortion, breaking the confidentiality of a court proceeding will damage the rule of law.
The View From Here: Abortion may just be the beginning
Federalist Society donors are poised to create changes to American life through the courts that could not be accomplished through the democratic process.
The Maine Millennial: A tribute to the sister also known as Rocket Girl
A new college graduate is ready to take off and make the world a better place.
Maine Voices: Climate agency and urgency – surrender is not an option
Acts such as recycling and conserving energy are only the first steps to bigger solutions that involve collaboration and building on power in numbers.
Maine Republican Party vice chair: Democrats aren’t taking our state in a good direction
From the gas pump to the doctor’s office, the majority party in Augusta is intent on draining Mainers’ wallets, Shane Reitze says.
Maine Voices: Secrecy amid storms at UMF, UMA feels all too familiar
As they did at USM in 2014, UMaine System leaders persist in ignoring the vital roles faculty, staff and students play in our state’s public universities.
Maine Observer: Life as a creature of habit
Do little rituals and well-worn pathways rule your life? If yes, you may be one too.
Maine Voices: Anti-abortion movement’s history shows how faith was exploited for votes
Drawing on my own past, I can relate to the feeling of having been manipulated for someone else’s gain.