by David Brooks | Apr 1, 2016 | Blog
Vibrations caused by rock music have been found to increase a drug’s therapeutic window by creating a Teflon-like coating over the micro particles used in drug delivery. Researchers from the University of South Australia used AC/DC’s Thunderstruck to cause porous...
by David Brooks | Mar 31, 2016 | Blog
Reuters has a fun story about autonomous cars failing because they can’t handle crappy roads. Shoddy infrastructure has become a roadblock to the development of self-driving cars, vexing engineers and adding time and cost. Poor markings and uneven signage on the...
by David Brooks | Mar 31, 2016 | Blog
If you missed the March 16 Science Cafe NH in Nashua, here’s a write up by a volunteer named Benjamin DiZoglio, released by Dan Marcek, who moderates the discussion: On Wednesday, March 16th, NH’s Science Café brought citizens and experts to Killarney’s...
by David Brooks | Mar 30, 2016 | Blog
My column Tuesday about the possibility of having a Stirling engine power part of a state-owned building has generated more online discussion that anything I’ve ever written, I believe – more than three dozen comments from two dozen people at the moment,...
by David Brooks | Mar 29, 2016 | Blog
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory says claims rooftop solar by itself could provide 40 percent of the U.S. electricity needs. Which is cool, but what’s really interesting is that, as the above map shows, New England does really well in terms of how much...
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