Antibiotic resistance has become a growing problem in the treatment of bacterial infections. In addition to minimizing or negating the effects of existing medicine, these antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or “superbugs,” are mutating faster than the development of new remedies.  Caitlin Howell, University of Maine associate professor of biomedical engineering, is working on new tools that take read more ‘The Maine Question’ asks how nature-inspired engineering can improve human health