Cassiopea jellyfish, a genus of true jellyfish found throughout the tropics in shallow ocean waters and mudflats, exhibit reversible behavioral quiescence...
According to new research from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, night shifts may hinder the body’s ability to repair DNA damage caused by...
Researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and elsewhere have identified seven risk genes for insomnia.
Insomnia is one of the most common health problems....
An international team of scientists led by the Rockefeller University has discovered that a variant of the human gene CRY1 (cryptochrome circadian clock...
An international team of scientists from the United States and Japan has seen how a particular gene, called the fatty acid binding protein 7 (FABP7), is...
A new study published in the journal PLoS ONE has revealed that wild African elephants (Loxodonta africana) sleep an average of two hours a day and regularly...
New research published in the journal Current Biology shows that as little as 48 hours of camping can help re-set the body’s circadian rhythm, or internal...
A University of Washington-led team of researchers studying monozygotic (identical) twins has found that chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system....
Higher protein and salt content in our food, as well as the volume consumed, can lead to longer naps, a new study in fruit flies suggests.
According to...
According to a study in rodents led by Prof. Charles Bourque of McGill University, the brain’s biological clock stimulates thirst in the hours before...
A new study led by Dr. Gilles Laurent from the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt, Germany, reveals slow-wave (SW) and rapid eye movement...
A new study published in the journal Cognitive Therapy and Research has found that people who sleep for shorter periods of time and go to bed very late...
