Muse by Interaxon today announced Smart Wakeup, the newest addition to its Sleep, by Design platform. Smart Wakeup monitors brain activity in real time and times a gentle audio wake-up to lighter ...

Sleep helps the brain to cleanse itself—and now this process can be measured in humans entirely noninvasively. Researchers at ...

For many people, rest no longer marks the end of the day—it interrupts it. Work slows, notifications quiet, and the body ...

How does the brain clean itself during sleep? A new ultrafast MRI method tracks cerebrospinal fluid flow without contrast ...

All of this motion has subtle but dramatic effects on the sleeping brain that the researchers are only beginning to ...

A new study links tau pathology to disrupted sleep in Alzheimer's disease. Sleep expert Dr. Wendy Troxel discusses how ...

It’s easy to think that a few minutes less sleep won’t make much difference. But research shows that, during adolescence, even a short change in bedtime can shape brain development and thinking skills ...

Here's why your dreams might be the key to feeling more rested.

Another study found that yoga nidra reduced wake-after-sleep-onset by 20 minutes and improved overall sleep efficiency.

When sleep is skipped, the brain tries to sneak in those fluid pulses during wakefulness, especially when attention slips. "One way to think about those events is that your brain is so in need of ...

A noninvasive brain stimulation therapy could offer fast relief for flu-related sleep issues by calming brain activity and ...