We've been told to aim for seven or eight hours of sleep, but what about the people who feel much better on less?

If you’ve ever suffered a night of poor sleep—like, you got about three hours less than you wanted—you may have found yourself in a doom spiral, thinking that you’ll never sleep well again (been there ...

The research on time wasting at work is sparse, but Dutch colleagues from the University of Amsterdam, Wendelien van Eerde and Merlijn Venus, recently made a new contribution. They hypothesized that ...

You’ll need to adjust for your shortcomings (and take a well-timed nap). By Dana G. Smith Most of us know that good sleep is a pillar of good health, on par with exercise and nutrition. And yet most ...

A Department of Defense-led research project wants to modulate REM sleep to help ease stress. The study also aims to enhance REM sleep in order to consolidate traumatic memories. Controlling REM sleep ...

A research group has discovered that in mammals, a protein kinase A (PKA) promotes wakefulness, while protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) and calcineurin promote sleep. This study revealed that the balance ...

People spend about a third of their lives asleep. Yet, surprisingly little is known about how our brains control falling asleep and waking up. Now, researchers led by Prof. Henrik Bringmann at the ...