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Half of Cot Deaths Linked to Bed Sharing

Thursday, October 15th, 2009 - 16:05:35 - Anuradha Menon

Just over half of cot deaths happen when parents sleep with their child, either in bed or on the sofa, research shows. In many cases, parents had...

Exploring the Mind's Twilight Zone

Friday, October 9th, 2009 - 10:05:48 - Anuradha Menon

Earlier this year, a puzzling report appeared in the journal Sleep Medicine. It described two Italian people who never truly slept. They might lie...

World's Most Violent Alarm Clock
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili
How hard is it for you to get out of bed in the morning? If you're a deep sleeper, you might want to check out the world's...

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Genetic Protection Against Sleep Deprivation

Monday, June 29th, 2009 - 19:36:18 - Ehud Rattner

Numerous studies have shown that lack of sleep hurts; a study recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience helps explain why. Scientists looked...

Sleep Helps Build Long-Term Memories

Friday, June 26th, 2009 - 12:22:53 - Anuradha Menon

Experts have long suspected that part of the process of turning fleeting short-term memories into lasting long-term memories occurs during sleep...

REM Sleep Disorder and Alzheimer's Disease

Saturday, December 27th, 2008 - 17:45:24 - Ehud Rattner

People with REM sleep behavior disorder, a condition caused by the brain's failure to immobilize a person's muscles while they're dreaming, have an...

Phoenix - 30 Picowatts Chip
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 - Anuradha Menon
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a low-power microchip which uses 30,000 times less power in sleep...

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Inadequate Sleep May Exacerbate Aging

Monday, June 30th, 2008 - 14:22:20 - Ehud Rattner

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown that the unfolded protein response, which is a reaction to stress induced...

Your Belly's Very Own Body Clock

Friday, May 23rd, 2008 - 16:48:05 - Ehud Rattner

In a paper published today in Science 1, a team led by Clifford Saper from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts suggests they have found...

Glo Pillow – Waking Up With the Sunrise
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 - Noa Rotkop
Eoin McNally and Ian Walton, two industrial designers based in Ireland, teamed up to create the Glo Pillow. In this project...