sleep

Sleeping over eight hours a day associated with greater risk of stroke

Posted in Medicine on 26th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

This risk doubles for older people who persistently sleep longer than average.

Your Smartphone Could Soon Track Your Sleep and Listen Out for Sleep Disorders

Posted in Software on 26th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

Researchers say theyve come up with an accurate, simple way to monitor breathing while you sleep, no wearables required.

The brain can perform complex tasks and classify words during sleep

Posted in Medicine on 12th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

Researchers introduced participants to a word test while awake and found they continued to respond correctly while asleep.

Sense, the sleep-watching orb, is waking up investors

Posted in Business on 25th Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller

Sense has caught fire on Kickstarter, as almost 20,000 backers have made donations or pre-ordered the globe, adding another $2.4 million to the cash raised.

Older People Sleep Less. Now We Know Why.

Posted in Science on 21st Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller

A new study from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and University of Toronto researchers offers, for the first time, a neurological reason for the phenomenon.