by David Brooks | Aug 18, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
As we all crunch across our lawns in yet another dry summer, we should spare a moment’s thought for what’s happening underground. It might be changing and that might not be good. “It seems we are seeing a shift in baseline conditions of our monitoring wells,” is how...
by David Brooks | Aug 17, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Portland’s water district will start testing wastewater for the monkeypox virus, reports the Bangor Daily News (paywalled). The private company Biobot tests for COVID at a couple of NH wastewater plants (data is here). I queried them yesterday and was told...
by David Brooks | Aug 16, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Technology won’t succeed unless we’re ready for it. New Hampshire, where the population is getting older and we don’t have enough caregivers, needs to get ready for robots. “In Japan, it is not shocking to think you will spend the last 10 years of your life with a...
by David Brooks | Aug 15, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
The need for a human vaccine against Lyme disease is a reminder that this tick-borne disease remains a major problem in New Hampshire even though our attention has been diverted by the pandemic. “We’ve been 100% focused on COVID for two years and just now are digging...
by David Brooks | Aug 15, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Aug. 7 through Aug. 14. *** Cirkul Assigned Patent for Adjustable Additive Cartridge Systems, Methods Cirkul, Tampa, Florida, has been assigned a patent (No....