Neuroscience Healthy Sleep May Rely on Long-Overlooked Brain Cells (Neuroscience) 23 Mar 2021 Cells Called Astrocytes Can Independently Promote Longer or Deeper Sleep in Mice, a New Study Shows For something we spend one-third of our lives doing, we still understand remarkably little…
Biology How Bacteria Sleep through Antibiotic Attacks? (Biology) 13 Feb 2021 Bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment even without antibiotic resistance by slowing down their metabolism and going into a type of deep sleep. A research team reveals the changes bacteria undergo…
Biology Gene Regulator Pumps Iron To Control Sleep, Inflammation and More, Study Finds (Biology) 1 Feb 20211 Feb 2021 A key process in cells that affects immunity and circadian rhythms is illuminated in detail for the first time. Scientists at Scripps Research have clarified the molecular workings of an…
Biology On Nights Before a Full Moon, People Go to Bed Later And Sleep Less, Study Shows (Biology) 28 Jan 2021 For centuries, humans have blamed the moon for our moods, accidents and even natural disasters. But new research indicates that our planet's celestial companion impacts something else entirely -- our…
Neuroscience Memorize While You Sleep (Neuroscience) 24 Jan 202124 Jan 2021 People think that the purpose of sleep is to rest the brain. But there is clear evidence that the brain is still busily at work during sleep, even when the…
Neuroscience MRI Helps Unravel the Mysteries of Sleep (Neuroscience) 22 Jan 2021 Scientists at EPFL and the Universities of Geneva, Cape Town and Bochum have joined forces to investigate brain activity during sleep with the help of MRI scans. It turns out…
Neuroscience Sleep Is Irreplaceable for the Recovery of the Brain (Neuroscience) 9 Jan 2021 Active recovery processes take place in the brain during sleep that cannot be replaced by rest. Sleep is ubiquitous in animals and humans and vital for healthy functioning. Thus, sleep…
