When it comes to science, there’s something to be said for longevity. Consider the Lamprey River. The Lamprey, which flows 212 miles from Northwood through Durham to Newmarket, isn’t exactly a huge river but it is the largest contributor of fresh water to the Great...

The SEE Science Center’s twelfth season of Science on Tap discussions continues on December 10th.  Science on Tap events are free, informal discussions with local scientists and experts on a particular topic.   On Tuesday December 10 the topic will be: The Hyper Local...

It's the time of year when legislators file bills, although many of them aren't actually written yet so we've only got the titles. A couple hundred have been filed; I zipped through them and flagged these scientifically dubious ideas. There may well be others - you...

(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 Dec. 1. *** Pulsed High Power RF Protection Using Transient Voltage...

For people like me it seems obvious that utilities should embrace the "virtual power plant" concept of using connected devices like thermostats and water heaters, along with batteries, to balance out the grid's needs without building more power plants or transmission...

From UNH News: Seeing the last leaves hanging on to trees in late Fall is a telling sign that New England dairy farmers have wrapped up the year’s field crop operations and are starting to think about what seeds to purchase and plant next spring. For many,...

I'm often surprised that offshore wind doesn't get more support from the big-corporate world in the U.S., since it requires big finance, big construction, big deals, just like oil and mining - in other words, it has lots of places where big corporations can make big...

When Ed Stein passed away in July after a long and happy life that was colored but not constrained by mild autism, his sister Kathy wanted to do something that would memorialize him. “He was the kind of guy where he would walk into a room and it would seem full,” she...

(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 Nov. 24. *** Devices and Methods for Excluding the Left Atrial Appendage...