Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Boston Sand and Gravel tries low-carbon cement
If you drive into Boston from NH on I-93, you know Boston Sand and Gravel, with its industrial site tucked between the highway and the train tracks just north of the Charles River. It seems like a throwback to Boston's gritty days, so it was cool to see that it's...
Dartmouth heaves a sigh, creates an online master’s degree
Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering has launched an online master's degree, the Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering, marking the school's first entry into the never-show-up-on-campus era of higher education. "The new online MEng: CE is aimed at...
N.H. patents through Sept. 21
(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 Sept. 17. *** Malicious Homoglyphic Domain Name Detection and Associated...
Science Cafe on Flight Safety
Science Cafe NH is back in Nashua next week: Topic is "Safety in Flight: How Safe Are We?" Thursday, September 21, 2023 from 6:30 - 8:00pm at The Millyard Brewery, 25 E Otterson St, Nashua, NH It starts slightly later than it used to. Ss always, Science Cafe New...
Cheaper rents help bring biotech to Keene
An interesting Dutch biotech firm is looking to set up in Keene for clinical trials of a bacterial-detection system for diseases, reports the Keene Sentinel. What brought them to southwest N.H., not exactly a biotech hotbed? Space and expertise at Keene State...
Daytime fishers, nighttime bobcats – wildlife changes when humans spread into the woods
From UNH: As Granite Staters move out of New Hampshire cities into more suburban communities, it’s led to increased development in previously rural areas, transforming them into exurbs — area outside the city that are less densly populated than suburbs, but more dense...
Rooftop solar stars: All of New England except guess who
If you measure installed "small-scale solar" per capita, says the federal Energy Information Agency, you'll find five of the six New England states in the top 10. No prizes for guessing who is left out. CleanTechnica article is here. EIA says national capacity of...
“Mullet gardening” or “No-mow May”?
I have a confession to make: I really like the look of a mowed lawn. But I’m trying to kick the habit. I know the classic suburban lawn has the ecological value of a parking lot, that the model of a weekly-mowed monoculture contributes to the alarming decline of...
N.H. patents through Sept. 10
(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 Sept. 10. *** Apparatus for Monitoring, Regulating, or Controlling Fluid...
Feral boar in Vermont probably escaped from NH hunting park (what a surprise)
I'm long thought it's crazy that New Hampshire allows a big, private hunting preserve to have loose wild boars, which are an incredibly destructive menace. It's like allowing somebody to have a zebra mussel farm in Lake Winnipesaukee with assurances that they won't...
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