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The instrument was developed by a team at the Mount Washington Observatory, and spent a year on Mount Everest before being installed on Mount Aconcagua.

School groups from Lebanon High School in New Hampshire and Fajardo Academy in Puerto Rico visited the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest on an exchange trip focused on science.

The instrument, known as IMAP-Lo, is part of a spacecraft launching on the fifth mission in NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Probes program.

Dartmouth researchers say zooplankton could help bury carbon in the ocean. The key to that process? Sprinkling clay dust on the surface of the water.

Jacob Chalif is helping gather old ice from the Allan Hills in Antarctica. Scientists can use air bubbles and other information to understand more about what Earth’s past climates were like, and what the future may hold.

The SEE Science Center partnered with community organizations to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by offering free food, live demonstrations, and interactive exhibits.

The program, run by researchers from Dartmouth and the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, allows students to test their water for arsenic. It has already increased testing in several towns.

One of the companies, HydroPhos, was started by University of New Hampshire students.

New research from Dartmouth shows potentially harmful levels of mercury in black guillemot chicks, contributing to scientists’ understanding of mercury exposure for seabirds.

How new findings in plant behavior science are raising questions about plant life, awareness, and even “intelligence.”