Shigellosis

Maine is experiencing an increase in reported cases of shigellosis.  Transmission of shigellosis is due to direct or indirect contact with c...

Washing Your Hands – It’s really as important as they say!

By Elisa Kaufmann, Education and Outreach Specialist Since I was a small child, the importance of washing your hands was emphasized. It was ...

DARPA’s Synthetic Biology Work Targets Diseases, New Materials

By Cheryl Pellerin DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2014 – Soldiers, military scientists and Defense Department civilia...

Work Looks to Industry to Maintain Technology Edge

By Amaani Lyle DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2014 – In remarks at the Defense One Summit here today, Deputy Secretar...

In Silence Heroes Rise

For nearly five years in the 1950s audiences thrilled to The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.   During the same year The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin...

Matthew Sweet at the University of Leicester

I have just got back from hearing Matthew Sweet lecture at the University of Leicester. His Centre for Victorian Studies Annual Lecture The ...