Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Registry of NH carbon credit properties now online
N.H. Press Release: A registry of New Hampshire properties enrolled in carbon credit programs is now available online, the N.H. Division of Forests and Lands announced today. The registry includes the legal name of each property owner; reference to the tax map and lot...
“Fir waves” – the cycle of life and death in White Mountain trees
The always great Something Wild segment on NHPR has a cool discussion of tree patterns in the White Mountains, especially "fir waves." When trees growing on this thin soil rock back and forth in the wind, they break their fine feeder roots. As they grow taller, their...
UNH Space Tech Hub gets first partnership (for $180K)
he University of New Hampshire Space Tech Hub, part of the Space Science Center, today announced plans to partner with Laconia, N.H.- based Rogue SpaceSystems to build a 3D learning model that will provide information on high-energy electrons in space, helping plan...
NH patents through Dec. 22
(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. 22. *** T Cell Receptor-Deficient T Cell Compositions TRUSTEES OF...
Canada lynx sightings point to success in conservation efforts
Canada lynx, the big-footed cousin of bobcats, are making it back into northern New England, as VTDigger notes in this story, which understandably has a Vermont focus. No guarantees it will continue, of course, but let's hope. “The future presence of lynx in Vermont...
Don’t believe Einstein? Then explain Santa Claus!
There's no Granite Geek next week - it's Christmas after all! - so here's an advance look at next week's Monitor column. There’s a standard way to shut down physics cranks who say they’ve disproved Einstein –for some reason, cranks never “disprove” scientists who...
Looking for a (probably extinct) New Hampshire trout, via YouTube
It’s embarrassing that it took a guy from New York to teach me a cool piece of ecological history in a local spot I’ve been to multiple times. And via YouTube, no less – egad! The spot is Dublin Pond, also called Dublin Lake, which is halfway between Peterborough and...
Childhood flu vaccination is falling here, there and everywhere
Childhood flu vaccination is down 7% nationally this year compared to last year and the decline is a lot worse locally, reports Axios Boston: In Massachusetts, 58.7% of kids were vaccinated in the 2023-2024 season compared to 53.6% in the current 2024-2025 season (as...
Plymouth State gets grant to develop first-of-its-kind Snow Drought index
From PSU: With a two-year, $192,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), researchers at the Judd Gregg Meteorology Institute at Plymouth State University (PSU) will comb through nearly a century’s worth of snowpack data from across...
Governor admits free market can’t handle vital medical industry, urges government control
That headline isn't the way Gov. Sununu would put it but that's the essence of his letter to the Biden administration - here's an IndepthNH story about it - in which he said the administration needs to “become the leader of this national issue rather than outsourcing...
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