Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
An old river threatens an old cemetery
The historic Blake Cemetery in the North Country town of Stark, which sits atop a 40-foot bluff, is being undermined by the Upper Ammonoosuc River, with gravestones and human remains close to being washed away. On Friday, NH State Police found a human skull on the...
Katahdin Woods National Monument gets East’s first ‘dark sky’ designation
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is now a "dark sky" sanctuary, the National Park Service announced today. The designation by the International Dark-Sky Association is the first of its kind along the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S., the second in the National...
Concert venue as drive-in movie theater
Tupelo Music Hall, a small and well-respected concert venue in Derry, has an interesting idea for giving show in the COVID Era: They're going to start hosting bands as if they were a drive-in movie theater. Sit by your car, watch the band on a stage, listen mostly via...
Yes, N.H. has slaughterhouses and they’re doing fine
Over the last six weeks a non-trivial percentage of the stories that I, and ever other reporter, have covered can be classified as "X industry's changes caused by COVID-19." Here's my latest: New Hampshire's four slaughterhouses are doing fine despite the turmoil...
N.H. patents through May 10
By Targeted News ServiceThe following federal patents were assigned to companies and individuals in New Hampshire through May 10. *** BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integrations Assigned Patent for GPS Jammer, Spoofer DetectionBAE Systems Information...
Recovered COVID patients – they want your blood!
Patients who have recovered from COVID-19 are being sought by New Hampshire hospitals and the American Red Cross because the liquid portion of their blood might help treat sick people. A number of hospitals including Elliott in Manchester, Southern New Hampshire in...
Carbon-free electricity rules N.E. grid (for a while)
ISO-New England, the folks who run the six-state power grid, divide electricty fuel sources into two categories: Renewable and other. That makes sense for some things but not if you're interested in the grid's carbon output. The trouble is that "renewable" includes...
Manchester airport flew 7,200 passenger in April & 152,536 last April
I figured Manchester-Boston Regional Airport was being hit hard by the COVID-19 shutdown, but holy cow! Check out the numbers in the Union-Leader story (here): "The state’s largest airport had 95% fewer passengers last month than a year ago because of government...
DHMC looking for plasma from COVID patients
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) is evaluating the use of plasma rich in antibodies as a COVID-19 treatment. Supported by federal government agencies including the Federal Drug Administration and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority...
You can order everything else online, so why not a box of bumblebees?
Many people have a favorite type of insect. Butterflies and dragonflies are perennial favorites, but you can find folks with a soft spot in their heart for almost anything, from walking sticks to dung beetles. Me? I like bumblebees. There’s something about their...
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