by David Brooks | Dec 14, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
I went to a vaccine conference at Dartmouth last week to learn more about the most depressing piece of research I’ve ever encountered. Amazingly, I came away a tiny bit more optimistic. The ongoing research by Brendan Nyhan, a professor of government at Dartmouth...
by David Brooks | Dec 13, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
A lot of work is going into understanding that new respiratory illness in dogs. UNH News services reports a partial breakthrough at that school: The UNH researchers identified a small portion of the genome of a previously uncharacterized bacteria that may be causing...
by David Brooks | Dec 12, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
One of the pleasant surprises for creating a low-carbon economy has been the way Maine households have embraced electric heat pumps, switching away from the nasty No. 2 fuel oil that is so common in Maine (and New Hampshire). Annie Ropeik (a name many will remember...
by David Brooks | Dec 11, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Dec. 10. *** Leveraging a Virtual Router to Bridge Between an Underlay and...
by David Brooks | Dec 8, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The saga over the genetically modified American chestnut tree just got more complicated. The American Chestnut Foundation, the leading group that has been trying to resurrect the iconic species through cross-breeding, has never been crazy about the genetically...
by David Brooks | Dec 8, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The advocacy group Clean Energy New Hampshire has launched a new campaign to raise awareness about attempts to roll back the state’s rules on net metering, the process that pays rooftop solar for excess power. Obviously they took the state motto to heart because...