Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
That Liberty Utilities project to help customers buy home batteries gets more complicated
The complication isn’t technical (which would be fun to talk about), it’s regulatory and business-related.
Lyme vaccine for humans is getting closer, just needs $350 million to help it along
If there's any medical advance that the New Hampshire public would love to see right now, it's a Lyme vaccine, as bacteria-carrying ticks sweep over the landscape - and not just in New England or just the U.S.. I suspect even anti-vax folks would find an excuse to get...
Tell me: What geek-related historical marker does New Hampshire need?
This is your chance, readers!
It’s annoying that snow melts and then you have to wait for it to fall again
When I was a kid, I once saved a snowball in the freezer so I could throw it in warm weather – but ski areas have somewhat bigger plans.
Maine girds for first statewide ranked-choice voting
At the June 12 primary, voters will have a chance to toss out the whole idea before the general election in November.
Measuring the ‘energy glow’ of plants from satellites can monitor carbon uptake
This study is the first to look at the relationship between ground-based and satellite-observed solar-induced fluorescence in different areas across the globe – from grasslands to mixed forests and areas with sparse vegetation.
Dryer lint vs. Lyme disease – let the battle begin!
Home-made tick tubes aren’t the answer, but if they kill just one of those nasty little eight-legged so-and-so’s, I’ll be happy.
NH group has been selling disease-resistant elms for three decades
Liberty Elms are one of several cultivars developed to resist Dutch Elm Disease – but not to completely be free of it.
UNH did the math and 10 nonillion electrons weigh as much as 2 doughnuts
UNH has been involved in space science for 64 years, so they put together a cool graphic about it, with bragging numbers like 36 current satellites have UNH instruments on board, and the fact that they manage the magnetometer on Voyager I, which is now 13 billion...
What tells forests to produce lots of nuts/berries one year but not another?
In forests, “mast” doesn’t mean those tall skinny things on ships – it means free food.
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