NeuroEM device could help millions with Alzheimer's; Banner Health looking for trial participants

PHOENIX - Banner Health doctors behind a new clinical trial are excited about the possibility of helping millions of Alzheimer's patients.
The medical group is starting its first phase of a clinical trial with the device -- called NeuroEM -- that resembles a swim cap. During the two-month trial, Alzheimer's patients will wear the device for an hour at a time, two times a day.  http://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/neuroem-device-could-help-millions-with-alzheimers-banner-health-looking-for-trial-participants
Article ABC 15 Arizona by Justin Pazera

Hydrogen Squeezed Into a Metal, Possibly Solid, Harvard Physicists Say

Squeezed between two pieces of diamond, hydrogen has been transformed into a metallic form believed to exist inside giant planets like Jupiter, scientists reported on Thursday. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/science/solid-metallic-hydrogen-harvard-physicists.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&action=click&contentCollection=science&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront
Article courtesy of The New York Times by Kenneth Chang

As Climate Change Accelerates, Floating Cities Look Like Less of a Pipe Dream

You might call it a Noah’s Ark for an era of melting polar ice sheets.

An audacious plan to respond to climate change by building a city of floating islands in the South Pacific is moving forward, with the government of French Polynesia agreeing to consider hosting the islands in a tropical lagoon.   https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/world/australia/climate-change-floating-islands.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftechnology&action=click&contentCollection=technology&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=8&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0

Article courtesy of the New York Times by Mike Ives