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星期五,2024年4月12日
秋天盐沼的无人机图像

A New England salt marsh monitored by UNH researchers using a drone.

二次DNA转移可能导致错误定罪

“触摸DNA”沉积在我们接触的日常物品上. But what happens when a second person touches that same object and then transfers your DNA to something you never directly touched — like a murder weapon? In a study, a UNH forensics researcher found secondary transfer of another person’s DNA, 这可能导致错误的定罪, 发生在50%的试验中.

用无人机监控沼泽变换

UNH researchers are relying on unoccupied aerial vehicles — more commonly called drones —to monitor shifts in New England’s salt marshes, indicating changes in the health and longevity of these critical ecosystems. They share their findings in a new study in the journal Remote Sensing.

替代糖浆

The iconic maple is getting some competition: UNH researchers are tapping non-maple trees like birch and beech to explore how these alternative syrups might give producers more economic resilience and provide important ecosystem benefits.

UNH to Support New Hampshire’s Division of Parks and Recreation Management Plan

A remarkable 90% of Granite Staters engage in outdoor recreation each year, one of the key findings of a report UNH researchers prepared for New Hampshire’s Division of Parks and Recreation to help quantify the state’s $2.70亿美元的户外娱乐产业.

Paul College Researchers Use AI to Evaluate Health News Quality

Could machine learning models help the public better judge the quality of the health news they consume? 两位UNH教授最近的研究表明,他们可以.  

积雪深度是影响狐类种群数量的关键因素

红狐与土狼出奇地和谐共存, 也许是因为它们以残羹剩饭为食, 联合国大学的新研究发现. 但深雪与狐狸数量减少有关, 也许是因为它抑制了它们四处走动的能力.

融资消息: 机器学习预测太阳天气

机器学习能, 人工智能的应用, help us understand and predict potentially destructive solar weather? New grants from NASA and the National Science Foundation will help UNH researchers find out.

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