WEX Expands Global Executive Leadership Team with Two Appointments in Newly Created Roles
Karen Stroup joins as Chief Digital Officer Carlos Carriedo joins as Chief Operating Officer, International PORTLAND, Maine–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WEX (NYSE: WEX), a leading financial technology service provider, today announced two new addition.....»»
Hospital beds full, National Guard deployed amid crushing delta wave
Pennsylvania hospitals are running at 110%, while Maine and New York call National Guard. Enlarge / A nurse in the ICU looks into a COVID patient's room filled with flowers and balloons at CentraCare St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, Mi.....»»
Mercury exposure in tidal marshes affecting breeding success of two sparrow species
Mercury exposure is related to a 10 percent decrease in nest survival in two tidal marsh songbird species surveyed in four states, from Maine to New Jersey, according to a new University of Maine-led study. These species have been experiencing sharp.....»»
Researchers try producing potato resistant to climate change
University of Maine researchers are trying to produce potatoes that can better withstand warming temperatures as the climate changes......»»
Research sheds new light on effects of dietary restriction
In new research, Aric N. Rogers, Ph.D., who studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms of aging at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, has discovered that muscle may be a protected tissue under conditions of dietary restriction, or.....»»
Harnessing the ecological roles of animal personalities
Personality differences that account for varying behaviors within species should be taken into account in ecosystem management, according to researchers in the University of Maine Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology......»»
Team discovers evidence of prehistoric human activity in Falkland Islands
Since its first recorded sighting by European explorers in the 1600s, scientists and historians have believed that Europeans were the first people to ever set foot on the Falkland Islands. Findings from a new University of Maine-led study, however, s.....»»
Nothing funny about bad year for Maine"s clownish puffins
Maine's beloved puffins suffered one of their worst years for reproduction in decades this summer due to a lack of the small fish they eat......»»
Fewer frogs died by vehicles in the outset of the pandemic
Fewer frogs died from vehicle collisions in spring 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began, than during the season in other recent years, according to a new study led by a University of Maine graduate student and community science project coordinator......»»
Take a ride on the space station from Texas to Maine
Enjoy a high-speed ride aboard the International Space Station as it passes over the U.S. at night, from Texas to Maine......»»
The Coastal Northeastern US is a global warming hotspot
New research, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst reveals, for the first time, not only that the coastal Northeast—from Maine to Delaware—is heating faster than most regions of North America, but that this heating is linked to drastic.....»»
A century after the Appalachian Trail was proposed, millions hike it every year seeking "the breath of a real life"
The Appalachian Trail, North America's most famous hiking route, stretches over 2,189 mountainous miles (3,520 kilometers) from Georgia to Maine. In any given year, some 3 million people hike on it, including more than 3,000 "thru-hikers" who go the.....»»
Apple further expands mobile student ID program on iPhone and Apple Watch
A handful of universities have been participating in the program to varying degrees over the past few years, and will be joined by Auburn University, New Mexico State University, Northern Arizona University and the University of Maine, among others,.....»»
Increase in extreme precipitation in the northeast caused by Atlantic variability and climate change
Recent record-breaking rainfall across the northeastern United States is part of a larger trend. From Maine to West Virginia, the Northeast has seen an abrupt increase in extreme precipitation—heavy rain and snow resulting in about 1 to 2 inches of.....»»
Bacteria from nematodes could be used to kill fire ants
Bacteria-infected nematodes may provide biological control of invasive European fire ants found in Maine, according to a University of Maine-led study......»»
Imaging spectroscopy can predict water stress in wild blueberry fields, says study
Imaging spectroscopy can help predict water stress in wild blueberry barrens, according to a University of Maine-led study......»»
Maine Passes the Strongest State Facial Recognition Ban Yet
The state of Maine now has the most stringent laws regulating government use of facial recognition in the country. The Verge reports: The new law prohibits government use of facial recognition except in specifically outlined situations, with the most.....»»
EA source code stolen by hacker claiming to sell it online
More organizations feel the pain as the ransomware scourge grows more pernicious. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Game-maker Electronic Arts and the Presque Isle Police Department in Maine are responding to an event they had both been dreading:.....»»
Researchers: Culture drives human evolution more than genetics
In a new study, University of Maine researchers found that culture helps humans adapt to their environment and overcome challenges better and faster than genetics......»»
Ice core chemistry study expands insight into sea ice variability in Southern Hemisphere
Sea ice cover in the Southern Hemisphere is extremely variable, from summer to winter and from millennium to millennium, according to a University of Maine-led study. Overall, sea ice has been on the rise for about 10,000 years, but with some excepti.....»»