There are three ways of dealing with soils that have been contaminated by years of people and companies dumping toxin crud underground, the old "out of sight, out of mind" mentality. They are: Clean up the soil (often by baking it) and keep it there, which is...

When the state announced plans recently to launch the first-ever municipal bond backed by bitcoin, the news exposed a big hole in my knowledge base. Bitcoin isn’t the problem; it was the bond part that baffled me. I know about chemical bonds, town-meeting bonds to buy...

Winter has warmed a staggering 8 degrees Fahrenheit in Burlington, Vermont, between 1970 and 2025. That's the most of 244 U.S. cities analyzed in a new report from Climate Central, a climate research group. Winters have gotten warmer in 98% of those cities. The effect...

A Plymouth State grad who lives in Merrimack is running her own test, with state approval, of whether mushrooms can help clean up some of the PFAS around the closed Saint Gobain factory. New Hampshire Bulletin has a story (here it is): "The pilot will focus on one...

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 Nov. 3o. *** Apparatus and Method for Detecting Disconnection of an...

Sorry to be such a downer on a holiday week. This column was going to be more upbeat but then I started writing it. As if parents didn’t have enough to think about when it comes to their kids’ health, some knowledgeable folks would like them to consider one more...

I like this story from UNH Today because it doesn't oversell the project, emphasizing the ongoing nature of testing that's needed. That seems to be lacking from a lot of tech releases these days. By Aaron Sanborn, UNH Today: A multi-year effort to develop and test a...

There are a number of neighborhoods along the Merrimack River named So-and-so's Ferry, reflecting the pre-bridge days when boats carried people and passengers from one shore to another. But there hasn't been a real ferry service on the river for - I don't know, a...

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 Nov. 23. *** System and Method to Monitor Power Source Connections ALLEGRO...