In science, revolutions take time. Eureka moments can stretch into noggin-scratching years.

And so, the day after news broke of a possible revolution in physics — particles moving faster than light, violating Albert Einstein’s ultimate speed limit — a scientist leading the European experiment that made the discovery calmly explained it to a standing-room-only crowd at CERN, the giant particle accelerator straddling the Swiss-French border.

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The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) has received a $1.73 million stimulus grant to significantly expand the cyberinfrastructure in Maine for research and education.

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