UNH Scientists Help Provide First-Ever Views of Elusive Energy Explosion

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have captured a difficult-to-view singular event involving “magnetic reconnection”—the process by which sparse particles and energy around Earth collide producing a quick but mighty explosion—in...
15-Nov-2018 12:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

UNH Receives Federal Funding to Create the Self-Driving Office of the Future

As cars become more automated, could commutes become productive—and safe—office hours? That’s the question University of New Hampshire researcher Andrew Kun and colleagues from four other institutions will explore with a $2 million grant from...
6-Nov-2018 10:30 AM EST Add to Favorites

UNH Researchers Say Winter Ticks Killing Moose at Alarming Rate

As winter in New England seems to get warmer, fall lingers longer and spring comes into bloom earlier, areas like northern New Hampshire and western Maine are seeing an unusual continued increase in winter ticks which are endangering the moose...
17-Oct-2018 8:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

UNH Researchers Find Video Games Effective for Bystander Intervention in Sexual Assaults

As recent news headlines have shown, bystanders can play a pivotal role when it comes to sexual assault and relationship violence. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire found that video games show promise as a tool to share information and...
11-Oct-2018 10:20 AM EDT Add to Favorites

UNH to Study Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Sexual Minority College Students

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire will undertake the largest study ever conducted on intimate partner violence among lesbian, gay, bisexual and other sexual minority college students thanks to a grant from the National Science...
13-Sep-2018 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New UNH Research Aims to Help Humans Survive Dehydration

A grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will help a University of New Hampshire researcher better understand dehydration and ultimately help humans better survive it by studying a tiny desert rodent that’s adapted to survive both...
5-Sep-2018 10:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Solar Eruptions May Not Have Slinky-like Shapes After All

Revisiting some older data, University of New Hampshire researchers discovered new information about the shape of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) – large-scale eruptions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun – that could one day help protect...
30-Aug-2018 9:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

UNH Researchers Find Chaos at Home Can Adversely Affect Adolescents

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found that youth living in chaotic households, characterized by confusion, disorganization and lack of routines, were more likely to be depressed, have poorer physical health and engage in...
28-Aug-2018 10:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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