by David Brooks | Apr 19, 2016 | Blog
Nashua will get a chance to discuss gene editing via the incredibly powerful technology known as CRISPR at Science Cafe NH tomorrow in Nashua. Science Cafe Concord discussed it last month, but there’s plenty to discuss – attending both events would be...
by David Brooks | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog
What do you do when you think that invasive insects are going to kill trees? You can try to save them, but if you’re facing problems like the emerald ash borer or red pine scale, that’s pretty hopeless – so instead you can cut them down while...
by David Brooks | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog
The following federal patents were assigned to individuals and companies in New Hampshire. Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (9,304,226) developed by four co-inventors for a “scintillator-based neutron detector for oilfield...
by David Brooks | Apr 13, 2016 | Blog
A research project in Madison, Wisconsin, is trying to take trees too small to be sold for lumber or energy biomass and turn them into a marketable product via “nanocellulose”, reports USDA’ Forest Products Laboratory (story here): Scientists are...
by David Brooks | Apr 13, 2016 | Blog
Reports UNH Cooperative Extension (full item here): Two years ago, in May 2014, the N.H. Division of Forests and Lands released parasitic wasps at three sites in Concord and Canterbury in an attempt to control emerald ash borer (EAB) populations with natural predators...
by David Brooks | Apr 12, 2016 | Blog
Concord TV has posted a condensed (30-minute) version of the most recent Science Cafe Concord, concerning autonomous cars. If you missed it, check it out right here.
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