How's Your Nitrogen Footprint?

Sustainability leadership efforts have contributed to a groundbreaking initiative to measure and reduce the nitrogen footprint on campus.

Climate Clues in Mushrooms

Mushrooms are helping tell UNH researchers about rising carbon dioxide concentrations.

Cloudy with a Chance of Ions

Photo: NASA/SDO

Building a Better Battery

Batteries, those ubiquitous add-ons to virtually every electronic birthday or holiday gift, have been getting a bad rap of late. Recent headlines have detailed their propensity to explode, wreaking...

When the Planet Warmed, Mammals Shrank

More than 50 million years ago, when the Earth experienced a series of extreme global warming events, early mammals responded by shrinking in size.

Is Spring Getting Longer?

With the first day of spring around the corner, temperatures are beginning to rise, ice is melting and the world around us is starting to blossom. Scientists sometimes refer to this transition from...

Feeding Frenzy

A giant black hole ripped apart a nearby star and then continued to feed off its remains for close to a decade, according to research led by UNH. This black hole meal is more than 10 times longer...

Get Smart

UNH researchers have shown for the first time that rotating cells in chiral cellular solids, a foam-like substance, could lead to the creation of a new smart material.

Better Batteries

UNH researchers have developed an alternative energy storage system that could lead to less dangerous and more cost-effective battery technology.

How's the Weather in Space?

Rocket with instruments designed by UNH researchers blasted into space Nov. 19 (Photo: NASA)

Van Allen Discovery

UNH researchers have captured unique measurements of the Van Allen radiation belts that circle the Earth during an extremely rare solar wind event. The findings, which have never been reported before...

Eavesdropping on the Ocean

A new federal contract will help researchers like Jennifer Miksis-Olds eavesdrop on the ocean environment. The contract, worth up to $6.5 million, will support ongoing monitoring and research with...

Magnetic Mysteries, Decoded

A NASA rocket carrying instruments developed by scientists, engineers and students from UNH’s Space Science Center (SSC) has obtained the first-ever data of an elusive phenomenon, providing never-...

From Port to Pint

Seaweed has made its way into your favorite pint. Watch how.

UNH Researchers Find Many Unaware of Legal Responsibility to Report Child Abuse

A landmark study by researchers at the University of New Hampshire finds gaps regarding awareness of mandatory reporting laws among the general public in New Hampshire, a state where all adults are...

Historical Horticulture

The seeds for Celia Thaxter's storied garden on Appledore Island are sown right here at UNH.

UNH Researchers Find Sextortion Leaves Painful Aftermath and Limited Help Options

“Sextortion”, a form of blackmail often using sexual images to threaten victims into sexual favors, can spark life-altering crises in the lives of young people, according to new research by the...

UNH Research Finds Child Kidnappings are Not Declining, But Fewer End in Murder

Over the past decade, the number of children kidnapped by strangers and acquaintances has remained comparatively the same, however there was a significant decline in children killed by their...

Magnetic Reconnection

On October 16, 2015, dozens of UNH scientists, space physics researchers, engineers and students made history.

UNH Research Reveals Water Temperature Influences Horseshoe Crab Spawning

New research from the University of New Hampshire finds that Atlantic horseshoe crabs in New Hampshire’s Great Bay Estuary time their annual spawning based on water temperature, not lunar cycle.

Trash to Technology

In Therese Willkomm’s classroom, occupational therapy students are turning campaign signs into assistive technology, with great results.

Northern Lakes and Greenhouse Gas

Naturally occurring emissions of a greenhouse gas from far northern bodies of water may be larger than previously thought. New research shows that freshwater lakes and ponds at high northern...

UNH Research: Helmetless-Tackling Drills Significantly Reduce Head Impact

The national debate around football-related head impacts, and their relationship to concussions and spinal injuries, continues to raise concern in the United States. Sparked by efforts to help make...