by David Brooks | Feb 14, 2022 | Blog
A month ago this column talked about the possibility of using wastewater monitoring to keep an eye on COVID-19 when – we move into endemic status. The Centers for Disease Control has now taken a step in that direction. Last week it released a web dashboard...
by David Brooks | Feb 11, 2022 | Blog
From SpaceNews: NASA has selected a University of New Hampshire cluster of smallsats to monitor turbulence in the solar wind, as well as a second project to study the sun’s corona, as its next Explorer-class heliophysics missions. Here is the NASA announcement. NASA...
by David Brooks | Feb 10, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Utility poles don’t get much attention considering that they are the most visible part of both the telecommunication and energy system, but the state’s Consumer Advocate wants that to change. The consumer advocate, Don Kreis, is drawing attention to a deal...
by David Brooks | Feb 10, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
I don’t want to make fun of people who suffer from online scams, which are repulsive and pernicious, but I couldn’t help but chuckle at a quote from the assistant attorney general in my story warning about Valentine’s Day-related romance scams. With...
by David Brooks | Feb 9, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
N.H. Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday he will name a 12-person commission to hold hearings and make recommendations on laws and regulations dealing with cryptocurrency and “digital assets”. The commission will include the attorney general, state banking...
by David Brooks | Feb 9, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Three New Hampshire treatment plants are part of a CDC database detecting COVID-19 in wastewater. Judging from the map, I think they’re Concord, Claremont and Conway. At the moment there is recent data only from Conway, which saw a drop of between 10% and 99%...
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