Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Midday solar power cuts region’s carbon emissions by 1/4
Sunshine on photovoltaic panels from Connecticut to Maine can reduce the carbon intensity of the New England power grid - the measured amount of "CO2 equivalent" emitted by power plants per kilowatt-hour - by at least one quarter, according to an interesting new...
UNH free online series tries to dispel COVID-19 myths – good luck with that
University of New Hampshire faculty members in the fields of microbiology, immunology and public health have developed a free online training to help participants gain an understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic and become better consumers of health...
Who knows what lurks beneath the gasholder?
Fans of Concord’s gasholder builder want to save the historic structure because of how it looks above the ground, but there’s an underground reason to keep it intact, as well. That issue came up in a recent webinar for environmental firms held by the New Hampshire...
State cybersecurity coordinator helps even little folks ward off online bad guys
Let’s say you live in Canterbury and get an email from “townhall@canterburynh.org” warning that your car registration is about to be revoked for nonpayment, and letting you know the town’s convenient online payment system is available. Just click through and use your...
As Cannon’s aerial tram enters old age, N.H. considers alternatives
Amid all the talk about how to upgrade New Hampshire’s transportation infrastructure, don’t forget the state’s best-known unit of public transit. The Cannon Mountain aerial tram is getting long in the tooth. It was installed in 1980, replacing another tram that also...
N.H. patents through Dec. 5
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Nov. 28 to Dec. 5 Parallel Wireless Assigned Patent for Dynamic Multi-Access Wireless Network Virtualization Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No....
Live Free or Die – unless you want to fix something, that is
New Hampshire lawmakers have always been selective about adhering to our license plate slogan but they’ve rarely strayed farther from “Live Free or Die” than in their dismissal of the right-to-repair movement. That loose coalition has been struggling for years against...
At UNH, a new center ponders why ocean energy is so far behind wind energy
We all know that offshore wind power has been very slow in coming to the U.S. but compared to offshore water power it is moving at lightning speed. At UNH they’ve been pondering this imbalance for a while. “Twelve, 13 years we were saying we are about 20 years behind...
COVID realism, not pessimism
As part of never-ending efforts to deal with this pandemic, it may be time to embrace the Stockdale Paradox. This concept, which I just learned about, is named after Jim Stockdale, a rear admiral who was held as a POW in Vietnam for seven years. Stockdale said in...
UNH research: Treating diabetes with snail venom. (Snails have venom?)
By Robbin Ray, UNH News Service: UNH researchers have found a potential treatment for diabetes from an unlikely source - snail venom. With a smooth, mottled shell popular among seashell collectors, the cone snail releases a potent insulin-like venom that can paralyze...
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