Sleep scientists Eti Ben Simon, PhD, and Matt Walker, PhD, pose for a photo at a warmly lit reception, celebrating the launch of the Sleep Innovation Laboratories at Center for BrainHealth, part of UT ...

Landmark human trial data published in 2026 has provided definitive evidence regarding the brain’s overnight self-maintenance network, known as the glymphatic system. The research underscores how deep ...

Scientists are learning more about why our memories fade with age—and the latest clue comes from what happens while we're ...

A machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep may help identify people at high risk of developing dementia, according to a study led by UC San Francisco and Beth Israel Deaconess ...

Dual simultaneous polysomnography research shows that couples who share a bed get about 10% more REM sleep, 64% longer ...

The phenomenon of sleep is strange when you think about it.We spend about one-third of our lives in a state of unconsciousness, completely defenseless. In ancient times, this would have been a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Ron Lach/Pexels) We know sleep and Alzheimer's disease are intricately linked. In a new study published in the journal Neurology, ...

Miss a night of sleep, and your attention thins like fog at daybreak. New work from MIT shows that during those brief lapses, a literal wave of cerebrospinal fluid flushes out of the brain, a process ...

A new small study reveals that getting less than four hours of sleep reduces physical endurance by altering how different networks in the brain communicate. Rather than muscles tiring out faster, ...

Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night, or feel like you're still tired even after morning comes? Have you ever felt, ...

Have you ever wondered what happens to your brain while you sleep? Could it be that your brain turns off just as the rest of your body shuts down for the night? For quite some time, scientists and ...