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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 Crisis”, that the Heinrich-Böll Foundation  and Finanzwende started in spring 2020.  The  purpose ...

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-sharing and ride-hailing, collectively termed mobility-as-a-service, with the latest in automotive techn...

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 Technology Research Center (TRC) in Old Town and Process Development Center (PDC) in Jenness Hall to bols...

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 students began investigating it, 75% of Americans were exposed to it, according to the National Health ...

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, shifting where they are found, also known as their ranges, to track their suitable climates. To test t...