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Ladies and Gentlemen, dear friends, It is a great pleasure to welcome you all to the conference “Next Generation Central Banking: Climate change, inequality, financial instability”. My name is Barbara Unmüßig and I am the president of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.  This is probably the first really big conference in Europe on to discuss the responsibilities of Central Banks beyond price stability. It is also so far the biggest event of the project “Transformative Responses to the Cris...

Self-driving cars will offer access to ride-sharing and ride-hailing with their suite of modern conveniences. However, many people with visual impairments who use these services rely on a human driver to safely locate their vehicle.  A research group led by the Virtual Environments and Multimodal Interaction Laboratory (VEMI Lab) at the University of Maine is developing a smartphone app that provides the navigational assistance needed for people with disabilities and seniors to enjoy ride-shar...

The Synthetic Crude Oil Pilot Plant (SynCOPP) designed for continuous production for 100 kilograms per day TDO oil. SynCOPP uses mixed-acids derived from sawdust processed in a companion Biomass to Bioproducts Pilot Plant at 1 ton per day feeding capacity. Photo by Amy Luce $4.8M will upgrade Forest Bioproducts Research Institute facilities, bolster bioproduct research The University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) will upgrade its Techn...

Gosse caps decade of research into troublesome triclosan University of Maine toxicologist Julie Gosse spent a decade unearthing the medical harm posed by the germ-fighting agent triclosan (TCS). Manufacturers had included the synthetic chemical in soap, toothpaste, facial cleansers, sanitizer and other common products since the 1970s, when no research delved into its health and toxicological effects. Products containing the antimicrobial agent filled store shelves. By the time Gosse and her stu...

Timing and adaptability endanger forests UMaine scientists find that trees are out of equilibrium with climate, posing new challenges in a warming world Marcus Wolf Forecasts predicting where plants and animals will inhabit over time rely primarily on information about their current climate associations, but that only plays a partial role.  Under climate change, there’s a growing interest in assessing whether trees and other species can keep pace with changing temperatures and rainfall, shi...

Boss’ lab participates in the new Tara ocean expedition studying microbiomes across the South Atlantic and South Pacific  Copyright: fondationtaraocean.org/studioV2 A French research schooner known for its scientific expeditions in the world’s oceans set sail on another voyage last week, equipped with sensors from the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences.   Emmanuel Boss, a professor of oceanography, and Lee Karp-Boss, a professor with the School of Marine Science...

The Mayer-Rothschild Foundation has awarded funding to the University of Maine Center on Aging and The Cedars, a nonprofit retirement community in South Portland, to identify and promote the best practices for person-centered care in nursing homes, independent and assisted living facilities and dementia and memory care residences.  The foundation’s first Designation of Excellence in Person-Centered Long-Term Care Award allows both organizations to develop a national standard for person-ce...

UMaine graduate students help tourism-dependent communities prepare for climate change Four University of Maine graduate students will help communities that rely on natural resources for recreation and tourism prepare for the ramifications of climate change.  The team will provide stakeholder municipalities data to help them adapt to the changing climate and assist them with developing climate adaptation frameworks using ‘scenario planning’— a method of forecasting potential fut...

The who to the coach and also the people in charge of the transfer dealings that brought in for a loan signings which. kevin trap and theyve all come in to replace those big players they lost the end of last season lucas risky temperance boateng and marcus wolf and you just look at this team and theyre exciting and fun to watch you know theyve got a very broad than front line all of them look like they can score at any time on the boat a lot of pace and i didnt expect to see them so high up the ...