Research
Urban Coast Institute Honors Mayer
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... Read More-
10/08/25
Increasing the Benefits and Reducing the Risks of Pain Management Using Opioids
UNH researcher Cheryl Whistler investigated the role of gut microbiota in opioid response. SheÌýfound that butyrate, whether produced by microbes or... -
10/06/25
History Professor Explores War’s Impact on Global Societies
The impact of war on societies across the globe from the third to sixteenth centuries is the subject of a new book by David Bachrach, professor of... -
10/03/25
UNH's Vashisth Receives $2.1 Million from NIH Aimed at Advancing Therapeutic Discovery
Harish Vashisth, professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering, has been awarded a five-year, $2.1 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research... -
10/02/25
Could This Year’s Drought Dull Fall Foliage Viewing? You May be Surprised
Fall is in the air and thoughts turn to pumpkins, cider and brightly colored leaves.ÌýAccording to experts at the Âé¶¹app's...
Recent Stories
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09/17/14 - History Major Scares Up Consequences of Red ScareAssociate professor Lucy Salyer and Joseph JuknievichÌý Joseph Juknievich ’16 was assisting a UNH history professor with research for her upcoming book when he came upon... Read More
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09/03/14 - Science Can Be Slow – Like Brewing a Good Cup of TeaLaura Van Beaver makes notes about her research on how to engineer a better cup of decaffeinated tea. Tea drinkers will tell you it can be hard to find a really good... Read More
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09/03/14 - There’s a Mount on the Bottom of the SeaWhere on Earth could a 3,000-foot mountain hide? On the bottom of the sea – an area about which we know less than the surface of the Moon. That’s where UNH scientists on a... Read More
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08/27/14 - The Oyster Is Their WorldSteve Jones, research associate professor of natural resources and the environment and a water quality specialist, samples Great Bay with Ph.D. student Meg Hartwick. Consider the... Read More
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08/14/14 - How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Studying Crustaceans in Great BayLast summer, Erika Moretti ’15 was on a lobster boat on Great Bay helping a UNH researcher pull lobster traps for an annual survey when they found a blue crab in one of the pots.... Read More
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08/05/14 - Glacial RaceCourtesy Photo It only sounds like a joke: When the world’s fastest-moving glacier sped up in the summer of 2012 – suddenly surging from Greenland’s west coast at four times its... Read More
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07/31/14 - Scientific SojournThey found it at the edge of a Maine forest near a cornfield off a path called Potato Road. A distinctive orange hull, intact. Before it fell to the ground, it traveled along the... Read More
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07/24/14 -If you build it, will they come? The Âé¶¹app's Sandra Rehan shows us her "bee hotel" and explains its role in attracting native pollinators. The research is...
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07/22/14 - UNH Professor Is NFL's MVP for Equipment ResearchWhen the NFL wanted to evaluate the impact of non-standard facemasks on player safety, they turned to UNH kinesiology professor Erik Swartz for the data. His findings led to the... Read More
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07/10/14 - Are Toxins Escaping our Lakes?Lake closures in the hot summer months are often caused by cyanobacteria blooms, also know as harmful algae blooms, which release toxins that may be linked to such diseases as ALS... Read More