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Winning the $100,000 investment is truly an honor and I thank Tory Burch, the entire Tory Burch Foundation and the judges, for this incredible opportunity," McAleer said in a statement about the honor. Read more »

Dr. Derya Unutmaz, professor at The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine in Farmington, Conn., will receive a $3.3 million federal grant over five years to study chronic fatigue syndrome, which affects up to 2.5 million Americans. Read more »

The aquaculturist aims to keep elver profits here by growing them locally for sushi instead of sending all the babies to Asia. Read more »

Budding entrepreneurs competed for the $10,000 in cash or in-kind services worth $120,000 from Microsoft at the annual event Read more »

Guess what Ricky Skaggs, Doc Watson, Ray Lamontagne and Luke Bryan have in common? They all play Bourgeois guitars, made in Lewiston. Read more here. Read more »

The National Science Foundation has awarded $1,093,785 to the East Boothbay-based Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences to fund a study on microbes and their effects on oceans. Read more »

MDI Biological Laboratory Assistant Professor Vicki Losick has found a new way that the body heals wounds, which in turn promises new genes or drugs to promote healing. Read more »

Maine is where the grain is, says Joel Alex, founder and maltster of Blue Ox Malthouse in Lisbon Falls. Add that to the sprouting number of hop growers in the state and you've got a formula for sourcing two of the main ingredients in beer locally. Read more »

The maker of upscale items from recycled sails expands throughout the Northeast. Read more »

The Jackson Laboratory has pulled yet more federal funding with a $1,281,975 Science Education Partnership Award from the National Institutes of Health. Read more »