Month: October 2019

  • Can ultrasound be used to fight Alzheimer's? | Miles O'Brien Productions

    Can ultrasound be used to fight Alzheimer’s?

    At age 61, Judi Polak is five years into a bleak diagnosis: Alzheimer’s disease. But last year she made medical history in a clinical trial, when a team of scientists, engineers and practitioners deployed a novel device to take aim at a big barrier in the fight against her illness. PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles…

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  • After Dorian, Bahamas' path to recovery is obscured by uncertainty | Miles O'Brien Productions

    After Dorian, Bahamas’ path to recovery is obscured by uncertainty

    More than five weeks since Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas, the complexities of the storm and the recovery are in some ways just beginning to reveal themselves. But scientists also say the long game for the Bahamas is very uncertain, just as the certainty grows linking climate change and a greater frequency of strong hurricanes.…

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