ORONO, Maine, Sept. 10 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Four faculty- and staff-led innovation teams have been selected to participate in the seventh cohort of the University of Maine's MIRTA accelerator program. The 2024 projects will involve developing research innovations in environmentally-friendly advanced manufacturing, web privacy protections, water filtration for a group of chemicals known as PFAS, and accelerated soil carbonation to reduce carbon emission  more