Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
All those dead ash trees are a danger to power lines
Eversource, by far New Hampshire's biggest electric utility, has begun a big problem to cut down dead and dying ash trees near power lines. The trees, of course, are being wiped out by the invasive insect emerald ash borer. From the press release: The work will...
Roads and wildlife don’t mix. Can anything help?
Pretty much everybody who has ever driven in New Hampshire has accidentally hit and killed something at one time or another. Usually, the casualty is a chipmunk or squirrel or frog, but more than 1,000 people face a bigger problem every year because they hit a deer....
NH patents through Sept. 7
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Sept. 7. Controlling Multiple Eversion-Based Actuators ELECTRONICS FOR...
The financial advantage for towns of composting is highest in NH (except for Alaska & Maine)
The composting firm Green Mountain Technologies has a site (OK, it's an ad for themselves) listing what it says are average "tipping costs" - the cost to haul a ton of trash to a landfill - for every state. The three highest averages, and the only ones over $100 a...
Pssst: There’s no such thing as ‘peak’ leaf-peeping season
August has disappeared, and thoughts are turning to leaf-peeping season, which means it is time for the annual New Hampshire tradition of everybody asking "Why are the trees changing color so early this year?" The answer is that they aren't, mostly. Every year ,some...
Maine Monitor: Facing pushback on land, Maine’s space industry looks to the sea
The independent Maine Monitor has a story how the Maine Space Corporation, which lawmakers recently voted to make a nonprofit, is looking into sea-based launch platforms. It is in talks with The Spaceport Company, a Virginia-based startup that focuses on mobile...
NH patents through Aug. 31
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Aug. 31. *** Toe Cap for Footwear TBL LICENSING LLC, Stratham, New...
Pulling up a 1,500-pound rail is a machinery lover’s delight
Like many people, I am sad that the extension of the Greenway Trail through Concord will kill the Scenic Railriders business with its quirky pedaled train cars. On the other hand, I can’t wait to see what sort of machinery CSX brings here to pull up and haul off six...
Another late summer, another flash drought
Back in 2021 I wrote about the new-to-me (and relatively new to everybody) concept of a "flash drought." That sounds like an oxymoron since “drought” usually reflects accumulated dryness rather than a quick-hit event. But as we saw last summer and fall, it doesn’t...
Science Cafe Nashua: PFAs
Science Cafe in Nashua will discuss PFAs at their session Sept. 16 (a Tuesday). This is a topic that has grown from "there's one bad place in Merrimack" to "those things are absolutely everywhere" which makes the response much more complicated. Discussion starts at 6...
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