Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Old Man of the Mountain still lives inside computers, even if not on Cannon Mountain
For a century, up until it crumbled 20 years ago, the Old Man of the Mountain could be viewed because it was held together by chains, spikes and geologists scrambling over the face of Cannon Mountain. Now it can be viewed again, but this time because of drones, old...
Another reason to keep your cat indoors: Avian flu
The arrival of spring means that your animals want to go outside, not just dogs and cats but the increasing number of backyard chickens that are tired of being literally cooped up. Yet there’s a reason to think twice: Highly pathogenic avian flu, which is not only...
Wildlife tracking via nanotags, two years later
American kestrel #42329 spent its winter around Masonboro Island on the southern coast of North Carolina, before starting its annual flight north on April 14. On its way toward New Hampshire, it was tracked in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts,...
Saving native plants required native-plant seeds, which isn’t as easy as it sounds
If you’re anything like my wife and me, you recently purchased at least one packet of seeds to plant in your flower box, garden or other controlled-vegetation spot. And if you’re anything like us, you didn’t think about where the seeds came from. Seeds just seem to...
That hydrogen plant coming to the North Country is still vague
I have written a couple times about Q Hydrogen, the Utah firm that bought a closed mill in Groveton and says they're converting it to make hydrogen with a new technology. They've never been clear about what the technology involves, although patents show some hints,...
Surveillance of Vermont wildlife finds no SARS-CoV2, surprisingly
Spotted via Reddit, a paper about seeking COVID-19 virus in Vermont wildlife. (Paper is here ion the preprint server bioRxiv) 739 nasal or throat samples were collected from wildlife throughout the state during the 2021 and 2022 harvest season. Data was collected...
N.H. patents through April 30
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through April 30. *** Handgun and Magazine Therefor SIG SAUER INC., Newingtion, New Hampshire has been...
Transactive energy rate – another step to ‘electrify everything’
The “electrify everything” movement that wants to switch homes, cars, industry and everything else from fossil fuels to electricity is a necessary step to avoid total climate disaster but it raises a real concern: How in the world are we going to generate all that...
N.H. patents through April 23
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through April 23. *** Pool Filter Cover LARSON DESIGN, LLC, Pembroke, New Hampshire has been assigned...
Can 14,252 ticks be wrong?
If you’ve been outside in any snow-free location lately, it doesn’t take an analysis of 14,252 ticks collected from all over New Hampshire to tell you that everybody’s least favorite arachnid is back – in fact, it never left. But if you want confirmation, BeBop Labs,...
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