There’s a category of online commentary called TIL, for “today I learned,” that provides a context for the writer to mention some intriguing piece of information they recently encountered. It’s basically a watered-down version of “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” for the...

From ISO-NE: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has accepted an ISO New England proposal to better integrate large solar power installations into the regional power grid and wholesale electricity markets. The ISO made the proposal late last...

Science On Tap, the "science cafe" discussion series held by the SEE Sciene Center, will discuss AI in New Hampshire at its next session, on Tuesday, Dec. 12. Science on Tap events are informal discussions with local scientists and experts on a particular...

By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Dec. 3. *** Method and Apparatus for Processing User’s Ratings and Personal Information An inventor from Hanover, New Hampshire, Peter Newman Golder has been...

When it comes to driving an electric vehicle Addison County, Vermont, the county just south of Burlington, is New England's leader at 347 miles/1000 residents. (I know nothing about that county. Maybe it contains the rich suburbs for Burlington?) That's according to...

I'm no lover of snowmobiles - they're a useful tool and have an important role to play in northern life, but like ATVs and pickup trucks they have been bulked up and oversold. They've become a plague of too-powerful, dangerous, smelly, noisy toys that ruin things for...

There are all sorts of green-energy reasons to admire what the UNH Durham campus is doing with electricity and heat but if that doesn’t move you, consider the green-eyeshade reasons. “It gives us budget certainty,” said Bill Janelle, associate vice president of...

On Nov. 11, the gorgeous ginkgo tree on the Durham campus of UNH dropped all of its bright yellow leaves at once, an eye-popping move that ginkgo trees are famous for doing at the season’s first hard frost. The annual leaf-drop has long been cause for minor...

(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. 26. *** Rule-Based Network-Threat Detection for Encrypted...