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Getting Dirty

Two major federal grants are supporting UNH research on soils and climate change.

Plastic Bags -- Ban, Tax or Recycle?

Each year, Americans use more than 100 billion plastic bags, most of which are thrown away and end up in landfills or on the side of the road. As a result, local, state, and national governments are...

COLSA Students Excel in Telling the Story of Science

One of the most challenging aspects for any scientist is successfully explaining to lay audiences with little or no scientific background the details and importance of complex research. Recently, two...

Stories of Science

One of the most challenging aspects ofÌýany scientist's work is successfully explaining to lay audiences the details and importance of complex research, but several College of Life Sciences and...

High Tech Holsteins

It’s the middle of the night, and doctoral student Kayla Aragona has just received a text message on her cell phone from a cow in labor at the UNHÌýFairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center.

Popular Pollinators

The buzz about New Hampshire’s bee population isn’t all bad. This spring, assistant professor of biological sciencesÌýSandra RehanÌýand USDA research fellow Erika Tucker released the results of a first...

UNH Scientists Unravel Genetic Ancestry of Cultivated Strawberry

Scientists from the Â鶹app have unlocked a major genetic mystery of one of the ancestors of cultivated strawberry. A genetic analysis conducted by New Hampshire Agricultural...

UNH Research: Cold Weather Makes for Tastier Spinach

Old Man Winter’s coldest months are a boon to New Hampshire growers interested in adding spinach to their winter crop. Researchers at the NH Agricultural Experiment Station have found that spinach...

SARE Grant Expands UNH Tomato Research

Â鶹app researchers have received a three-year grant for nearly $250,000 that will substantially expand research that aims to improve nutrient and pest management in high tunnel...

UNH Launches Silvopasture Project at Organic Dairy Research Farm

Seeing cows graze in a forest may be an uncommon site in New England but at the Organic Dairy Research Farm at the Â鶹app, heifers soon will be dining among the trees....

Call of the Cows

It’s the middle of the night, and doctoral student Kayla Aragona has just received a text alert at home on her cell phone from a cow in labor at the UNH Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center.Ìý

At the UNH Fairchild Dairy, Cows in Labor Send Text Alerts

It’s the middle of the night, and Â鶹app doctoral student Kayla Aragona has just received a text alert at home on her cell phone from a cow in labor at the Fairchild Dairy...

UNH Researchers: Lake Neurotoxins May Be Causing NH Loon Losses

A harmful neurotoxin produced by cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae blooms, in New Hampshire’s fresh water lakes, which has been linked to ALS in humans, may be contributing to the decline of the...

UNH Graduates Accepted to Veterinary Medical School at High Rates

Prospective veterinarians hoping to get into one of the nation’s handful of schools of veterinary medicine would be wise to do their pre-vet coursework at the Â鶹app: UNH...

Veterinarians in the Making

Prospective veterinarians hoping to get into one of the nation’s handful of schools of veterinary medicine who attend UNH for their pre-vet coursework are seeing success.

Salt of the Earth

Salt left behind from ocean spray is so concentrated on land in parts of Africa that one can see salt crystals in the soil sparkling in the sun. For farmers in these areas, the increased salinization...

UNH Scientist, Senegalese Researcher Tackle Land Salinization

Salt left behind from ocean spray is so concentrated on land in parts of Africa that one can see salt crystals in the soil sparkling in the sun. For farmers in these areas, the increased salinization...

UNH Fairchild Dairy Receives 2015 Quality Milk Award from Dairy One

The Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center, a facility of theÌýNH Agricultural Experiment Station, has been awarded a 2015 Quality Milk Award from the nationally recognized nonprofit dairy...

UNH Research: Great Recession Changed U.S. Migration Patterns

The economic shocks of the housing-market crisis and Great Recession were associated with striking changes in net migration patterns in both rural and urban America, with rural farming communities...

UNH Research Finds Great Recession Changed U.S. Migration Patterns

The economic shocks of the housing market crisis and Great Recession were associated with striking changes in net migration patterns in both rural and urban America, with rural farming communities...

UNH Mourns Loss of Professor Emeritus Owen Rogers

The Â鶹app mourns the loss of Owen Maurice Rogers, 85, professor emeritus of plant biology in the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, who passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2016...

Remembering Professor Rogers

Owen Maurice Rogers, professor emeritus of plant biology in the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, passed away on May 24 at the age of 85.

UNH Researcher Honored by EPA for Environmental Achievements

NH Agricultural Experiment Station researcher Jim Haney, professor of biological sciences in the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, was recently recognized by the U.S. Environmental...

UNH Scientist Helps Uncover How Disease is Transmitted Between Livestock

Using new molecular techniques, a team of scientists, including a Â鶹app researcher, has shown how a largely eradicated livestock disease has been transmitted among cattle, bison...

UNH Researchers Complete First Assessment of State’s Bee Population

Researchers with theÌýNH Agricultural Experiment StationÌýhave completed the first assessment of the state’s native bee population, providing wildlife experts with the first comprehensive list of the...

Garden Time

Shockwave, a new cantaloupe, is one of nineÌýnew UNH-developedÌýcucurbitÌývarieties now commercially available. (Courtesy photo)

2015 Grad Commissioned in U.S. Army Veterinary Corps

Galina Kinsella, '15

Profitable Peppers

UNH researchersÌýhave foundÌýthat many varieties of bell peppers grown in high tunnels produced excellent, high-quality fruit.

UNH Research Finds Growing Peppers in High Tunnels Could Be Profitable for NH Farmers

New Hampshire farmers looking to grow colored bell peppers in high tunnels will be pleased to learn that researchers from theÌýNH Agricultural Experiment StationÌýfound many varieties produced...

USDA Grant Expands UNH Research on Managing Parasitic Roundworms

NH Agricultural Experiment StationÌýresearcher Rick Cote at the Â鶹app has received a USDA grant to expand his research on parasitic nematodes, or roundworms, which cause...

Meet the Researcher: Lou Tisa

Why did you decide to become a university researcher? I have always had an interest in biological questions and mechanisms, but initially thought that I would go into industry. When I was a...

Stopping Spring Showers

Researchers with the NH Agricultural Experiment Station at the Â鶹app have launched a multi-yearÌýproject to investigate how droughts may impact Northern forests, which play a...

Halting Spring Showers: UNH Scientists Investigate How Droughts Impact Northern Forests

Researchers with theÌýNH Agricultural Experiment StationÌýat the Â鶹app have launched a multi-year research project to investigate how droughts may impact Northern forests, which...

UNH Researcher Honored with Prestigious Vegetable Breeding Award

J. Brent Loy, professor emeritus of plant biology and genetics, and a researcher with theÌýNH Agricultural Experiment StationÌý(NHAES), has been awarded the 2015 Vegetable Breeding Working Group Award...

UNH Research on Growing Spinach in Winter Going Strong

New Hampshire growers interested in adding spinach to their winter crop production soon will have additional information to help them select which varieties to grow and when to plant, thanks to a...

On Trial: Spinach

New Hampshire growers interested in adding spinach to their winter crop production soon will have additional information to help them select which varieties to grow and when to plant, thanks to a...

UNH Researchers Conduct First Comprehensive Study of NH Oyster Farming

Â鶹app scientists have conducted the first study of oyster farming-nitrogen dynamics in New Hampshire, providing the first solid research on the state’s oyster farming industry...

Seeing the Forest and the Trees

For hundreds of years, foresters have taken to the woods with tape measures in hand to assess tree inventories. Now this labor-intensive process is getting some high-tech help from University of New...

Doctoral Student’s Study Abroad Leads to Research, Career Breakthroughs

When doctoral student Krist Hausken went to Israel recently to work with a collaborator of his mentorÌýDr. Stacia Sower, he not only came back with a research breakthrough but a clear picture of what...

UNH Research: Lactation, Weather Found to Predict Colostrum Quality in Dairy Cows

The quality of colostrum – the nutrient-rich milk newborn dairy calves first drink from their mothers – can be predicted by the mother’s previous lactation performance and weather, according to new...

Meet the Researcher: Jeffrey Foster

Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular andÌýBiomedical Sciences Researcher with the NH Agricultural Experiment Station Why did you decide to become a university researcher?

Lasers in the Woods Help UNH Researchers See the Forest and the Trees

For hundreds of years, foresters have taken to the woods with tape measures in hand to assess tree inventories. Now this labor-intensive process is getting some high-tech help from University of New...

UNH Researchers Invent Low-Cost Method to Monitor Lakes for Airborne Toxins

Researchers with theÌýNH Agricultural Experiment StationÌýat the Â鶹app have invented a low-cost method to monitor lakes for dangerous airborne toxins that have been linked to...

UNH Researchers Aim to Get Upper Hand in Glossy Buckthorn Battle

If Tom Lee was a superhero, glossy buckthorn would be his personal arch nemesis. For decades, the researcher with the NH Agricultural Experiment Station at the Â鶹app has been...

Strong Link Found Between Flame Retardants and Obesity

Chemicals used as synthetic flame retardants that are found in common household items such as couches, carpet padding, and electronics have been found to cause metabolic and liver problems that can...

No Chestnuts To Roast on an Open Fire

New Englanders searching the woods for chestnuts to roast on an open fire this holiday season will be hard pressed to find a mature American chestnut tree bearing nuts. American chestnut has been...

The Menu Makers

As New Englanders sit down to give thanks this week, their Thanksgiving tables may be filled with an abundant supply of delicious, locally grown foods thanks, in part, to extensive agricultural...

UNH Conducts First Study on Growing Brussels Sprouts in Northern New England

In the first study on growing Brussels sprouts in northern New England, a researcher with theÌýNH Agricultural Experiment StationÌýat the Â鶹app has found that different varieties...

Science Career Options

Christine Carberry ’82 Ìýwants science majors to know a science degree can take them to places beyond a lab or a classroom.

UNH to Conduct Market Feasibility Study for Kiwiberries

The Â鶹app will conduct a market feasibility study to assess the viability of cold-hardy kiwifruit, or kiwiberries, as a novel, high-value horticultural crop that could spur...