The Boothbay lab will use the National Science Foundation grant to build the Maine Algal Research Infrastructure and Accelerator in a bid to unlock more ways macroalgae and its microscopic counterpart can be used and ultimately marketed.
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The voyage of the Altar Stone: A Stonehenge mystery solved (maybe)
Researchers revealed that the long-mysterious Altar Stone at the heart of the world’s most famous prehistoric monument came from faraway Scotland.
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MDI Bio Lab gets $19 million to boost Maine’s biomedical research, workforce
The federal grant will fund the renewal of the Maine IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence program, a collaboration between 17 educational and research institutions, for another 5 years.
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Intertidal: Olympic swimming brings water quality to forefront
During this week’s intermittent rain, I found myself watching more of the Paris Summer Olympics than originally planned. The vast variety of sports is impressive across the board, but I’m always particularly compelled to watch the water sports. This year, there are officially 46 different aquatic events that span five sports — swimming, artistic swimming, […]
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Great Barrier Reef waters hit hottest point in 400 years over past decade, study finds
Between 2016 and 2024, the Great Barrier Reef – the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem and one of the most biodiverse – suffered mass coral bleaching events.
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Meet the surprisingly complex ancestor of all life on Earth
Scientists propose in a new study that this hypothesized ancestor was more sophisticated than previously known.
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Intertidal: Historic Maine Street has direct connection to the sea
With Brunswick’s sidewalks under construction, there has been a great deal of attention around our Maine Street. The new sidewalks are coming along and are certain to improve the pedestrian experience downtown. But the fact that Maine Street is so wide remains, often making downtown feel out of scale for people and more suited to […]
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Intertidal: Taking a closer look
It seems somehow ironic that I wrote last week about discovering a seaweed species that I happily found out was not invasive, but was merely unfamiliar to me, as I am now writing about a seaweed species that is invasive. When a friend who was visiting pulled up a glistening sample of dead man’s fingers, […]
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Midcoast tuna tournaments pitch in with science
Atlantic bluefin tuna populations are on the rebound, or so local scientists suggest.
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Intertidal: Always more to see in water and along the shore
It’s always nice when you find out that something unusual is not an invasive species. With so many changes afoot in the Gulf of Maine, there have been some strange visitors in the water and along the shore. Blue crabs that typically frequent the Chesapeake area and black sea bass that are more common in […]