by David Brooks | Feb 29, 2016 | Blog
Here’s an advance look at my column which will run in tomorrow’s Concord Monitor and Nashua Telegraph – maybe it will prod you into attending Tuesday’s Science Cafe Concord – 6 p.m. at The Draft Sports Bar. Free, of course. CRISPR and its...
by David Brooks | Feb 28, 2016 | Economy-Business, None
Recent patents issued to companies and inventors in New Hampshire include: Allegro Microsystems, Worcester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (9,265,104) developed by two co-inventors for “electronic circuits and techniques for maintaining a consistent power delivered...
by David Brooks | Feb 27, 2016 | Natural Sciences, Science-Technology
Massachusetts, as you may have heard, is freaking out over plans to put 150 rattlesnakes on an island in the middle of the state’s biggest reservoir, yet here in New Hampshire we already have a Rattlesnake Island, on Lake Winnipesaukee. Plus we have Rattlesnake Hill...
by David Brooks | Feb 26, 2016 | Blog
The United Nations has issued a warning that the worldwide loss of natural pollinators like native bees, flies and butterflies, above the troubles facing honeybees, is posing yet another threat to global food supply. But we knew that: UNH sponsored a...
by David Brooks | Feb 26, 2016 | Blog
The Maine state legislature is considering a novel plan that appears to move rooftop solar power into more mainstream marketplace, reports Greentech Media: The bill proposes to replace net metering — which credits rooftop solar customers at the full retail...