Studies Tell That Smiling Relieve Stress

In the University of Kansas there was a study that showed all of the benefits of smiling by looking at how different types of smiling, and the awareness of smiling, affects individuals’ ability to recover from episodes of stress. Smiles are generally divided into two categories: standard smiles, which use the muscles surrounding the mouth, which engage the muscles surrounding both the mouth and eyes. Previous research shows that positive emotions can help during times of stress and that smiling can affect emotion;

Hypersonic Inflatable Heat Shield Successfully Tested

The Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment  was launched July 23 from NASA  Flight Facility on Wallops Island. The purpose of the test was to show that a space capsule can use an inflatable outer shell to slow and protect itself as it enters an atmosphere, or as it returns to Earth.

It is a cone of uninflated high-tech rings covered by a thermal blanket of layers of heat resistant materials. The first try of this vehicle was succesful at the launch but when they tried to land it the vehicle fell in the Atlantic Ocean. There was a close boat near there and tried to rescue all the things they could from it. They will be trying to make the same experiment really soon and they hope that they have more success now.

Middle-Aged Women Who Were Child Abuse Victims at Increased Risk for Heart Disease, Diabetes

 Middle-aged women who report having been physically abused as children are about two times more likely than other women their age to have high blood pressure, high blood sugar, a larger waistline and poor cholesterol levels, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association.

These women are diagnosed as having metabolic syndrome which, according to previous research, places them at an increased risk of developing heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. This link between physical abuse and metabolic syndrome persisted beyond traditional risk factors, suggesting physical abuse is a unique factor in women’s cardiovascular health

Helping Cure The Flu Before It Gets You Sick

A new study published July 6 in the Public Library of Science finds that EP67, a powerful synthetic protein, is able to activate the innate immune system within just two hours of being administered. Prior to this study, EP67 had been primarily used as an adjuvant for vaccines, something added to the vaccine to help activate the immune response.

Because EP67 doesn’t work on the virus but on the immune system itself, it functions the same no matter the flu strain, unlike the influenza vaccine which has to exactly match the currently circulating strain.

A Possible Cure For Cancer

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a new anticancer drug designed to travel by normal cells through the bloodstream until activated by specific cancer proteins. The drug, made from a weedlike plant, has been shown to destroy cancers and their direct blood supplies, and sparing healthy blood vessels and tissues. In laboratory studies, researchers said they found that a three-day course of the drug, called G202, reduced the size of human prostate tumors grown in mice by an average of 50 percent within 30 days.

 

 

 

 

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