by David Brooks | Jan 28, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The U.S. population growth rate last year was the lowest in 100 years. From 2010 to 2019, rural America lost population for the first time in history, and COVID-19 is likely to further exacerbate this trend, according to a researcher with the NH Agricultural...
by David Brooks | Jan 27, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
As a guy with “geek” in the name of his newspaper column I’m supposed to be techy-savvy, so it’s embarrassing to admit how confused I got when signing up for a COVID-19 vaccine this week. Perhaps my experience will help those who sign up down the road. The big problem...
by David Brooks | Jan 27, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Eric Fossum, Dartmouth’s John H. Krehbiel Sr. Professor for Emerging Technologies, is one of a few recipients of the 72nd Annual Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards. The honor, a first for Dartmouth engineering faculty, comes from the National Academy of...
by David Brooks | Jan 26, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Twice a week a courier picks up a bucket of pretty unsavory stuff from the Concord wastewater plant and drives it a half-hour west to the huge Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center complex in Lebanon, where it joins what is basically a big wet-lab experiment. The goal of...
by David Brooks | Jan 26, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Jan. 17 to Jan. 24. *** Nonvologic Assigned Patent for Chemical Detection Mixture with Integrated Circuit Microsensor Elements Nonvologic, Meredith, New Hampshire, has been assigned a...
by David Brooks | Jan 21, 2021 | Blog
Since it started last summer the Monitor’s weekly COVID tracker has sometimes had to present depressing data. Here’s the latest: At our current rate of vaccination, New Hampshire won’t get close to “herd immunity” until November of 2022. That’s right: Not 2021, but...
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