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Study authors Suman Itani, a PH.D. student in physics (left) and postdoctoral researcher Yibo Zhang. Photo by Jiadong Zang. Magnets are at the core of the technology that powers our world: smartphones, medical devices, power generators, electric vehicles, and more. But these magnets rely on expensive, imported, and increasingly difficult to obtain rare-earth elements, and no new permanent magnet has been discovered from the many magnetic compounds we know exist. Now, UNH researchers have harnessed artificial intelligence to accelerate the discovery of new functional magnetic materials. The research, published recently in the journal Nature Communications, details the creation of the Northeast Materials Database of 67,573 magnetic materials entries, including 25 previously unrecognized...

UNH earned the No. 25 position in the Princeton Review’s Top 50 Green Colleges list, earning 96 out of a possible 99 points in the sustainability rating. The announcement comes during Campus Sustainability Month, an international celebration of sustainability in higher education by Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). UNH has long been a national leader among universities in the sustainability space, and is home to the oldest endowed sustainability program in the U.S. The university has earned a platinum rating – the highest possible – under the AASHE STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) criteria three consecutive times, spanning from a first recognition in 2017 to the most recent retention of the honor in 2025. UNH is...

The newest research facility on campus is a big empty room that’s full of possibilities. Last week (Friday, Oct. 24), UNH unveiled a high-tech cleanroom at the John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center donated by Airtho, which is co-located at the Olson Center. The new ISO7 will help strengthen UNH’s role as a leader for emerging research and innovation, contributing to the growth of advanced manufacturing in New Hampshire and the surrounding region.

Larry Mayer, professor and director of UNH’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, received the National Champion of the Ocean Award from the Urban Coast Institute (UCI) of Monmouth University in New Jersey. The award was established in 2005 to honor individuals who have undertaken actions and demonstrated sustained leadership that ensures coasts and oceans are clean, safe, sustainably managed, and preserved for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations. Mayer was also a speaker at the UCI’s 2025 Future of the Ocean Symposium. Watch his lecture here.