by David Brooks | Dec 22, 2016 | Blog, Newsletter
Note: Subscribers to the GraniteGeek weekly newsletter saw this story yesterday. You can subscribe for free here. You probably heard the news Wednesday about a federal/private initiative to develop an Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute in Manchester, with...
by David Brooks | Dec 22, 2016 | Newsletter
There’s no Granite Geek Newsletter next week – I’ll be snowshoeing and skiing North of the Notches and no way I’m going online – so here’s a little something to help tide you over: this is the Granite Geek column that will run in...
by David Brooks | Dec 22, 2016 | Newsletter
There’s a proposal to release genetically modified mice on the island of Nantucket to stop the spread of Lyme disease, reports Stat, a publication of the Boston Globe: Esvelt hopes to reduce the prevalence of Lyme disease by focusing on the white-footed mouse,...
by David Brooks | Dec 22, 2016 | Newsletter
An interesting discovery by UNH professor Xiaowei Teng could lead to a better, safer battery – something the world really needs – but before we get to the details, check out a comment he made about the lab’s multi-year effort: “We found the material with this unique...
by David Brooks | Dec 22, 2016 | Blog, Newsletter
Indoor agriculture is an intriguing concept – which is why it was the topic of discussion for Science Cafe Concord in October – so I was drawn to a story in The Sunday Telegraph of Nashua by Don Himsel about a non-farming family looking to get involved in...