by David Brooks | Jul 12, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
For years climate change stories (including mine) have warned that precipitation extremes will increase as the planet heats up. Extra warmth allows the atmosphere to hold more water, producing deluges like we’re seeing in Vermont and western New Hampshire, but...
by David Brooks | Jul 12, 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 9. *** Nanophotonic Hot-Electron Devices for Infrared Light Detection...
by David Brooks | Jul 11, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
To make financial sense when burning wood for a large housing development, I have recently learned, you need to do something that sounds kind of crazy: Use it to cool yourself. “That’s the key. … District heating with wood is not a new thing, it’s the use of heat...
by David Brooks | Jul 10, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
If you can’t buy an electric version of your company’s vehicle, maybe you can take the vehicle and retrofit it to become electric. That’s the route Breezeline has taken in what they say is the first conversion of a bucket truck to electricity, both the motor and...
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...