Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Granite Geek: ‘Unprecedented’ is our new weather ‘normal’
Of all the shocking weather emergencies we’ve seen in recent years, the one that really made the hair stand up on the back of my neck was last July’s wildfire that destroyed an entire town in British Columbia. That out-of-nowhere disaster hits home in New England...
As COVID hospitalizations keep rising, public updates get rarer
Two pieces of news last week reflected what I suspect will be the pandemic’s reality for the foreseeable future: It’s not going away but we’re paying less attention. The not-going-away part shows up in the daily data released by the New Hampshire Hospital Association....
Another tick carrying nasty diseases is just about here
The Valley News (story here) has an update on efforts to see whether the lone star Tick has made it to Vermont yet - as it will do any day now: Adult females have a distinctive white star on their backs. Nymphs and adult females are the most likely to bite humans,...
N.H. patents through May 15
By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from May May 8 through May 15. *** Allegro MicroSystems Assigned Patent for Rotary Inductive Sensor Allegro MicroSystems, Manchester, New Hampshire, has been assigned a...
As Tesla looms, N.H. auto dealerships brace for an electric future
The news that Tesla is coming to New Hampshire – probably, at least – is the latest indication that life is changing for New Hampshire’s auto dealerships as electric vehicles take center stage. But it’s not the only one. “Prepping for EVs (electric vehicles) has been...
N.H. boosts its fish hatcheries, to the annoyance of some
Many environmentalists are no fans of fish hatcheries, which generate the big fish that anglers like but disrupt ecosystems in streams and rivers. The book "An Entirely Synthetic Fish" about the development and spread of the rainbow trout, tells the story well,...
What kind of tick bit you? Bebop Labs will tell
It's tick season (although, as I noted back when snow as still on the ground, it's always tick season now) so time to remind New Hampshire folks that if you find a tick biting you, sending it to Bebop* Labs in Plymouth will help their database of tick population and...
Why can’t you get Grade B syrup?
Found an excellent YouTube video about making syrup, spurred by the question of "why can't you get Grade B syrup any more?" - much more biology, chemistry and technical detail (using reverse osmosis means 11-1 rather than 48-1 ratio of sap-to-syrup) than the usual...
N.H. patents through May 8
By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from May 1 through May 8. *** Parallel Wireless Assigned Patent for Energy-Efficient Base Station with Synchronization Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire, has been...
New Englanders are making so much of their own electricity that the grid hit a record low
ISO-New England, the folks who run the six-state power grid, released this item: Mild temperatures, sunny skies, and low Sunday demand for electricity combined on May 1, 2022 to result in the lowest demand for grid electricity in New England since records began being...
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