University of New Hampshire microbiologist Louis Tisa has received two grants totaling $498,115 to advance understanding of the actinorhizal plants, widespread woody plants with potential to enrich nutrient-poor and contaminated soils.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded Tisa, a professor of molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences, $399,000 to explore the symbiotic relationship between the [...]

Two University of New Hampshire assistant professors — microbiologist Vaughn Cooper and mechanical engineer Christopher White — have received prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grants. The grants aim to jump-start the careers of promising junior faculty, and the dollars, one million to Cooper and $400,000 to White, have certainly given their research efforts a [...]

Our preferences for specific popular movies, music, and classic art may predict personality traits and the lives we will lead, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire. According to UNH researchers Michael Faber and John Mayer, movies, books, music and other types of mass media use archetypal characters — the hero, the villain, the lover, etc. When people identity or “resonate” with a certain archetype, it may provide insight into their personalities and how they will live their lives.

Two University of New Hampshire energy efficiency programs – the New Hampshire Carbon Challenge and Carbon Solutions New England – have been awarded more than $953,000 from the New Hampshire Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Fund (GHGERF) to further their efforts.

The New Hampshire Carbon Challenge (NHCC), a joint initiative of UNH and Clean Air-Cool Planet (CA-CP), received a two-year, $813,402 grant and will partner with the New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association (NHSEA) to develop energy-efficiency, web-based tools that homeowners can use to reduce their energy usage.

It would have been hard to spot without binoculars and no one would have heard the stealthy aircraft, but a National Aeronautics and Space Administration ER-2 scientific plane recently photographed the Durham/UNH campus area from the edge of outer space with a camera that “sees” in 242 spectral bands of light.
The [...]

University of New Hampshire physics professor Roy Torbert has been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a new member of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). Torbert, interim director of the UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS), will join the 35-member council that provides [...]

In, apparently, a refreshing bit of win-win news, the University of New Hampshire announced this week that a study conducted by UNH’s Carbon Solutions New England (CSNE) shows that the New England region would get a $10-billion boost by 2025 under the new fuel economy standards announced by President Barack Obama in May. The money [...]

What do crop fires in Asia have to do with the melting Arctic? Quite a lot, it turns out. For two years, scientists – including UNH’s Jack Dibb of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space (EOS) – looked at how pollutants from “down south” affected the Arctic. Known as POLARCAT, the [...]

As if the flooded streets and boarded-up windows weren’t enough, new research indicates that hurricanes could be contributing to global warming. UNH ecologist George Hurtt just published a study, along with Tulane University researchers, that looks at how hurricane damage can diminish a forest’s carbon dioxide-absorbing capacity. Carbon dioxide is, of course, a major contributor [...]

Increased social stress in childhood and young adulthood has a direct link to increased dating violence, according to new research conducted by Murray Straus, co-director of the UNH Family Research Laboratory and professor of sociology.

Doesn’t it seem that certain people stir the pot more at work, creating drama and conflict? You’re not imaging anything.