Robbin Ray ’82

Robbin Ray ’82's Articles

  • Rocket launching

    Better (Space) Weather Forecasts

    State-of-the-art space weather instruments developed by 91Ƭ researchers are heading into space.
  • Liz Burakowski

    White Gold

    Elizabeth Burakowski has co-authored a study from the organization Protect Our Winters.
  • a burying beetle

    What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Beetle

    New 91Ƭ researchfinds that unlike most insects, burying beetles provide parental care to their offspring.
  • Satellite map image

    The Human Effect

    Michael Palace's research finds human impact on forest still evident after 500 years.
  • A stream in winter

    91Ƭ Researchers Find Effects of Climate Change Could Accelerate by Mid-Century

    Nature lovers beware: Models show effects of climate change could be much stronger.
  • 91Ƭ-grown fish in a cooler being handed to the NH Food Bank

    From Farm to Food Bank

    91Ƭ-grown fish will help feed the hungrythanks to a 1,000 pound donation to the New Hampshire Food Bank.
  • Mount Etna eruption

    Eruption Clues

    91Ƭ researchers create a snapshot of volcano plumbing.
  • Yunyao Jiang, a doctoral candidate in mechanical engineering at 91Ƭ, using a 3D-printed prototype to prove concept of sequential cell-opening mechanism.

    91Ƭ Researchers Create New Concept That Could Lead to Improved Drug Delivery

    Design's potential applications range from drug delivery to color altering camouflage materials.
  • Overhead view of forest in snow, with square patches of bare ground

    Warming Soils, Warming Earth

    In Science paper, 91Ƭ researchers describe a new feedback loop that could accelerate global warming.
  • 91Ƭ student in internship at Lonza Biologics

    Getting a Taste of Real-World Biotech

    91Ƭ students try out their dream careers through internships.
  • Two 91Ƭ researchers at the Shoals Marine Laboratory

    What Taking Care of Terns Tells Us

    91Ƭ seabird research and restoration reveals a lot about fish health in the Gulf of Maine.
  • A view of students at 91Ƭ

    Academic Consequences

    New 91Ƭ research has found that campus sexual violence significantly affects academics.
  • pink and red illustration of an invasive seaweed

    Red Alert

    Walk along a beach in New England, and chances are you’ll encounter piles of fine red seaweed washed up in drifts at the waterline. While it may look harmless enough, the fiber-like weed,...
  • a desert environment

    Lessons from the Cactus Mouse

    91Ƭ researchers say cactus micecould teach humans something about surviving severe dehydration.
  • SEM image of volcanic ash

    Smart Ash

    New 91Ƭ research will help scientists measure, and thus predict the movement of, tiny particles like ash from volcanic eruptions.
  • A Rare Experiment

    A Rare Experiment

    91Ƭ researchers have launched a multiyear project to investigate the effects of drought on Northeast forests.
  • students foraging for seaweed

    Foraging For Seaweed

    Gabby Bradt, a fisheries specialist at 91Ƭ Cooperative Extension and N.H. Sea Grant, is getting the word out about the benefits of seaweed. Her popular hands-on workshops invite the community to the...
  • Flooded road with hazard sign in front

    Road Scholars

    Rising groundwater can flood roads up to two miles from the ocean, new research from 91Ƭ has found.
  • NASA's WIND spacecraft

    Predicting Space Weather

    A 91Ƭ researcher has identified key differences in solar wind models.
  • Underwater shot of reddish seaweed

    Ocean Invasives

    91Ƭ researchers looked at seaweed populations during the last 30 years in the Gulf of Maine.
  • Graduate student Allison Leach in front of a research poster

    How's Your Nitrogen Footprint?

    Sustainability leadership efforts have contributed to a groundbreaking initiative to measure and reduce the nitrogen footprint on campus.
  • Ring of mushrooms in a suburban law

    Climate Clues in Mushrooms

    Mushrooms are helping tell 91Ƭ researchers about rising carbon dioxide concentrations.
  • solar flares on the sun (NASA / SDO)
  • 91Ƭ associate professor of chemical engineering Xiaowei Teng

    Building a Better Battery

    Batteries, those ubiquitous add-ons to virtually every electronic birthday or holiday gift, have been getting a bad rap of late. Recent headlines have detailed their propensity to explode, wreaking...
  • 91Ƭ graduate student Abigail D'Ambrosia holding excavation tools

    When the Planet Warmed, Mammals Shrank

    More than 50 million years ago, when the Earth experienced a series of extreme global warming events, early mammals responded by shrinking in size.
  • tree branch with buds

    Is Spring Getting Longer?

    With the first day of spring around the corner, temperatures are beginning to rise, ice is melting and the world around us is starting to blossom. Scientists sometimes refer to this transition from...
  • a black hole eating a dying star

    Feeding Frenzy

    A giant black hole ripped apart a nearby star and then continued to feed off its remains for close to a decade, according to research led by 91Ƭ. This black hole meal is more than 10 times longer...
  • Yaning Li, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at 91Ƭ

    Get Smart

    91Ƭ researchers have shown for the first time that rotating cells in chiral cellular solids, a foam-like substance, could lead to the creation of a new smart material.
  • Xiaowei Teng, associate professor of chemical engineering

    Better Batteries

    91Ƭ researchers have developed an alternative energy storage system that could lead to less dangerous and more cost-effective battery technology.
  • NASA rocket with 91Ƭ-built instruments on board

    How's the Weather in Space?

    Rocket with instruments designed by 91Ƭ researchers blasted into space Nov. 19 (Photo: NASA)
  • Colorful image of Van Allen radiation belts around Earth

    Van Allen Discovery

    91Ƭ researchers have captured unique measurements of the Van Allen radiation belts that circle the Earth during an extremely rare solar wind event. The findings, which have never been reported before...
  • Researcher Jennifer Miksis-Olds

    Eavesdropping on the Ocean

    A new federal contract will help researchers like Jennifer Miksis-Olds eavesdrop on the ocean environment. The contract, worth up to $6.5 million, will support ongoing monitoring and research with...
  • 91Ƭ instrument used on NASA MMS satellite

    Magnetic Mysteries, Decoded

    ANASA rocket carrying instruments developed by scientists, engineers and students from 91Ƭ’sSpace Science Center (SSC)has obtained the first-ever data of an elusive phenomenon, providing never-...
  • Portsmouth Brewery head brewer Matt Gallagher

    From Port to Pint

    Seaweed has made its way into your favorite pint. Watch how.
  • 91Ƭ welcome sign

    91Ƭ Researchers Find Many Unaware of Legal Responsibility to Report Child Abuse

    A landmark study by researchers at the 91Ƭ finds gaps regarding awareness of mandatory reporting laws among the general public in New Hampshire, a state where all adults are...
  • Amelia Curtis

    Historical Horticulture

    The seeds for Celia Thaxter's storiedgarden on Appledore Island are sown right here at 91Ƭ.
  • 91Ƭ welcome sign

    91Ƭ Researchers Find Sextortion Leaves Painful Aftermath and Limited Help Options

    “Sextortion”, a form of blackmail often using sexual images to threaten victims into sexual favors, can spark life-altering crises in the lives of young people, according to new research by the...
  • 91Ƭ welcome sign

    91Ƭ Research Finds Child Kidnappings are Not Declining, But Fewer End in Murder

    Over the past decade, the number of children kidnapped by strangers and acquaintances has remained comparatively the same, however there was a significant decline in children killed by their...
  • Illustration of satellites circling the Earth

    Magnetic Reconnection

    On October 16, 2015, dozens of 91Ƭ scientists, space physics researchers, engineers and students made history.
  • Horseshoe crabs

    91Ƭ Research Reveals Water Temperature Influences Horseshoe Crab Spawning

    New research from the 91Ƭ finds that Atlantic horseshoe crabs in New Hampshire’s Great Bay Estuary time their annual spawning based on water temperature, not lunar cycle.
  • Occupational therapy students at 91Ƭ

    Trash to Technology

    In Therese Willkomm’s classroom, occupational therapy students are turning campaign signs into assistive technology, with great results.
  • Swedish lakes and ponds

    Northern Lakes and Greenhouse Gas

    Naturally occurring emissions of a greenhouse gas from far northern bodies of water may be larger than previously thought. New research shows that freshwater lakes and ponds at high northern...
  • 91Ƭ Research: Helmetless-Tackling Drills Significantly Reduce Head Impact

    91Ƭ Research: Helmetless-Tackling Drills Significantly Reduce Head Impact

    The national debate around football-related head impacts, and their relationship to concussions and spinal injuries, continues to raise concern in the United States. Sparked by efforts to help make...
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