Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
COVID testing: Fast, accurate – choose one
I don't usually point to preprints, or papers released without peer review, but this one on medRxiv, the preprint server for health sciences, is interesting: "For COVID-19-like viral parameters, a test with 40% false negatives and immediate result might reduce...
They’ve begun testing a Lyme vaccine for humans
It's actually not a vaccine but a "pre-exposure prophylaxis" that delivers antibodies to you instead of triggering the immune system to make them, which I think means it would have to be given every year. It was developed in Massachusetts although it's undergoing a...
Another plaque in Hanover honors creation of BASIC
The IEEE has put up a historical marker on the Dartmouth campus honoring the creation of BASIC. Dartmouth News has a story here. The IEEE Milestone marker at the Collis Center to commemorate the creation of the BASIC programming language in the building's basement in...
UNH to study of ‘wilderness therapy’ can help teens
UNH News Service: The University of New Hampshire’s Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Center will receive $2.97 million in grants to conduct a first-of-its-kind randomized study looking at the effectiveness of outdoor behavioral health (OBH), or wilderness therapy, a...
Biochar from North Country forests could be big business & big help to the climate
It’s hard to imagine anything less like the high-finance world of institutional bond portfolios than burying burnt wood in the ground but as Frederick Horton tells it, they’re more similar than you’d think. Horton, a Maine native who has spent a career in finance, is...
N.H. birth rates fall further due to the pandemic
When the lockdowns started there was lots of joking about how we'd see a baby boom in 9 months created by bored couples. The reality is quite different, as reported by the Concord Monitor: In December of 2020, nine months after the state’s first stay-at-home order was...
Vaccine rollout is a disaster! Vaccine rollout is a miracle!
March 18. That’s when this 65-year-old is scheduled for his first COVID vaccine. You wanted to know that, right? After all, the one conversation that everybody is having now consists of, “When are you getting vaccinated?” and “When can I get my shot?” That is...
N.H. patents through Feb. 21
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Feb. 14to Feb. 21. *** Parallel Wireless Assigned Patent for Multi-Egress Backhaul Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. 10,925,099, initially filed...
Energy efficiency saves money for taxpayers – what a surprise!
Associated Press: New Hampshire has avoided over $45 million in energy costs over the last decade, according to its annual state energy report. The State of New Hampshire is one of the largest energy users in the state. Since 2004, it has been documenting total...
The changing climate is a big enough issue for a college degree all its own
If youngsters are going to fix the world they need to understand what has to be fixed – and nothing needs more fixing than the way we are altering the climate. That’s roughly the thinking behind Plymouth State University’s newest bachelor degree, an unusual program...
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