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Westbrook’s Pika Energy lands $875K clean energy grant
Pika will use the federal funding to continue development on technology it's created that assists in managing distributed energy systems, including solar arrays, and integrate them into the electric grid. Read more »
Good Shepherd Food Bank gets $3M to buy food locally
The funding, which comes from the Fund for a Healthy Maine, was made available as a result of legislation titled "Resolve, To Facilitate the Distribution of Food Harvested in Maine to Residents with Food Insecurity" passed in the spring of 2016. Read more »
UMaine one of 37 nationwide STEM projects to get NSF grant
Mohamad Musavi, associate dean at the University of Maine in Orono, is principal investigator for a new $300,000 NSF grant to build on the college's existing work to boost women and minorities participating in STEM fields. Read more »
The Bambino scrapbooks: Portland’s HistoryIT digitizes Ruth’s storied career
HistoryIT founder and CEO, Kristen Gwinn-Becker, and her team spent a year digitizing, describing and tagging materials at the museum, including Ruth's scrapbooks, to ensure that the museum's assets are carefully curated and searchable. Read more »
UNE Statewide economic impact tops $1 billion
"I think it is important for a private university to help people be aware of the ways in which we are an important economic engine. It's a way of gaining credibility: You can't say 'We're a little school in the woods' anymore." Read more »
Bangor Savings ‘buoys’ Portland gift card startup Buoy Local
More than $185,000 has been spent locally with Buoy Local gift cards since the company's founding, according to Bangor Savings. Read more »
Energy Department Awards More Than $20M for Wave and Tidal Energy Projects
Ocean Renewable Power Company of Maine one of three demonstration projects to integrate next-generation MHK hardware and software technologies into system designs. Read more »
MDI Bio Lab scientists score patent for heart repair medicine
Kevin Strange and Voot Yin were awarded a patent for a potential new heart disease treatment. Read more »
Bigelow Lab’s role in algae industry is growing
Work is underway on a 3,000-square-foot, $300,000 greenhouse in East Boothbay. Read more »