287 articles from MONDAY 17.5.2021

Routine testing before surgery remains common despite low value

Before undergoing surgery, patients often go through a number of tests: blood work, sometimes a chest X-ray, perhaps tests to measure heart and lung function.In fact, about half of patients who had one of three common surgical procedures done in Michigan between 2015 and the midway point of 2019 received at least one routine test beforehand.Yet plenty of evidence suggests that preoperative testing...

Save our oceans to protect our health - scientists call for global action plan

An interdisciplinary European collaboration called the Seas Oceans and Public Health In Europe (SOPHIE) Project, led by the University of Exeter and funded by Horizons 2020, has outlined the initial steps that a wide range of organisations could take to work together to protect the largest connected ecoInsystem on Earth. They call for the current UN Ocean Decade to act as a meaningful catalyst for...

Scientists explain why climate models can't reproduce the early-2000s global warming slowdown

The unexpected global warming slowdown during 1998-2013 challenges the simulation ability of climate models since most models participating in phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) cannot simulate it. The CMIP6 with the most advanced climate models is now underway. Researchers evaluated the ability of the new-generation CMIP6 climate models on simulating the warming...

Scientists shed light on the mechanism of photoactivation of the orange carotenoid protein

It is a photoreceptor of cyanobacteria which protects them from excessive exposure to light. The design and production of a mutant variant of OCP and exploitation of state-of-the-art spectroscopic approaches made it possible to describe a photochemcial reaction that is new for carotenoids. These results will open up prospects for the development of new light-controlled systems and biomaterials.

Shortcut for dendritic cells

During an inflammatory response, things need to happen quickly: ETH Zurich researchers have recently discovered that certain immune cells that function as security guards can use a shortcut to get from the tissue to lymph nodes.

Shortcut for dendritic cells

During an inflammatory response, things need to happen quickly: ETH Zurich researchers have recently discovered that certain immune cells that function as security guards can use a shortcut to get from the tissue to lymph nodes.

Skoltech researchers developed an enriched method for increasing the capacity of next-generation metal-ion battery cathode materials

Scientists at Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology have developed an enriched and scalable approach for increasing the capacity of a broad range of metal-ion battery cathode materials. An important advantage of the approach is its scalability. The process requires no sophisticated conditions and is relatively safe. Additionally, the reducing agents can be recycled after they react...

Sotagliflozin shows benefit for difficult-to-treat form of heart failure

Patients with both diabetes and heart failure who were treated with sotagliflozin, a novel investigational drug for diabetes, for a median of nine to 16 months experienced reductions of 22% to 43% in the risk of death or worsening heart failure compared with similar patients who were treated with a placebo, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 70th Annual...