Making bio-pesticides is hard because biology is messier than chemistry
There’s a reason that so many synthetic chemicals are used in agriculture: They work really well. Biological alternatives are often harder to use or less effective for a variety of reasons, which also explain why they often have fewer side effects and are...N.H. patents through Oct. 3
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Sept. 26 to Oct. 3. *** SET North America Assigned Patent for 3D Packaging with Low-Force Thermocompression Bonding of Oxidizable Materials SET North America, Chester, New Hampshire,...Dartmouth joins the hunt for world’s oldest ice
From Dartmouth News Service: Dartmouth Engineering has been named a collaborator on a new National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded effort to locate Antarctica’s oldest ice and learn more about how the Earth’s climate has changed throughout history. The...Farmers try to improve, rather than worsen, the climate crisis
Excellent piece in the Valley News this weekend about some farmers trying to figure out how to make agriculture part of climate improvement instead of climate degradation: Farmers are envisioning ways to harmonize the production of food and the sequestration of...N.H. month-long BioBlitz winds up
The month-long BioBlitz project (which I previewed here) has wound up with people taking pictures of almost 7,000 plants and animals in more than 100 communities as they explored local town-owned lands. NHPR has a quick recap.
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Science Cafe NHAbout Granite Geek
Dave Brooks has written a science/tech column since 1991 – yes, that long – and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on topics of geekish interest in and around New Hampshire, from software to sea level rise, population dynamics to printing (3-D, of course). He moderates monthly Science Cafe NH discussions, beer in hand, and discusses the geek world regularly on WGIR-AM radio..
Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics but got lost on the way to the Ivory Tower and ended up in a newsroom. He has reported for newspapers from Tennessee to New England. Rummage through his bag of awards you’ll find oddities like three Best Blog prizes from the New Hampshire Press Association and a Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau, of all places. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015.