A $940,000 grant announced Monday will fund research by MaineHealth into ways of getting more Mainers tested for COVID-19. The grant, awarded by the National Institutes of Health and funded by the American Rescue Plan, [...]

Bigelow Labs for Ocean Sciences has received $543,189 through the National Science Foundation to research the distribution of trace chemicals in the ocean, U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, said in a statement. [...]

A century-old building that was never up for sale was acquired to become a new campus that will house the the Roux Institute at Northeastern University, ideally for another century. The B&M baked bean manufacturing [...]

Two companies that manufacture COVID-19 testing supplies in Maine have indicated that they are prepared to increase production as the delta variant drives up cases and more employers require unvaccinated workers to undergo regular testing. [...]

Aging is inevitable, but can the diseases of aging be thwarted or at least postponed? New tools, including genetically varied mouse populations and advanced imaging technologies, hold promise for untangling the myriad mechanisms of human [...]

It's called eDNA, the E stands for "environmental," and the National Science Foundation is spending $20 million in Maine to see how it can be useful. Education and scientific institutions around the state are involved [...]