by David Brooks | Jul 5, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Inverse, a news site, has a long detailed piece about efforts to develop a Lyme vaccine for humans, including the tantalizing possibility of a short-lasting but quick-to-take-effect vaccine using monoclonal antibodies and the need for better tests. Even if you know a...
by David Brooks | Jul 5, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
This column should have been written 10 years ago. In 2013, construction was about to start on Cape Wind, a 450-megawatt wind farm 7 miles south of Cape Cod. It was an exciting moment: European nations had been constructing wind farms in the North Sea for 22 years at...
by David Brooks | Jul 5, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
It’s been so wet in New Hampshire since May that it’s easy to think we’re protected from wildfire risk, but looking north shows that this is foolish. Eastern Canada is a place where raging wildfires didn’t happen until suddenly they did, and...
by David Brooks | Jul 5, 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 July 2. *** Cost Effective Cartridge for a Plasma Arc Torch HYPERTHERM,...
by David Brooks | Jun 30, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
valley News had a great story about the unveiling of ECFiber, a fiber-optic ISP around White River Junction, Vermont. ECFiber’s story has been through many chapters during its history: the initial 500 investors who kicked in $7.5 million in seed capital; nearly...
by David Brooks | Jun 30, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Vertical indoor farms – growing leafy greens indoors in tall buildings – have many advantages (less water usage, less land occupied, growing close to consumers, faster plant growth) but have all failed financially because of the cost of powering lights to...