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

During sleep, the brain cleans itself, turning up the flow of cerebrospinal fluid through the gray matter parenchyma to wash away waste. What powers this flow? In the February 28 Nature online, ...

If you've been looking for a sign to work on your sleep hygiene, this is it. A new study suggests that a particular wave of sleep, called slow-wave sleep, plays an integral role in staving off ...

A new study on sleep patterns has revealed a potential key that helps researchers understand how the brain ages.

A new study has uncovered the mechanism by which the brain waves produced during deep sleep can predict blood glucose control. The discovery not only highlights the importance of sleep in managing ...

Eating a diet that is high in fat and sugar may reduce sleep quality by messing with the brain’s electrical activity during deep sleep. When we go to sleep, our brain’s electrical activity slows down.

Mariana Lenharo is a news reporter for Nature based in New York City. The findings, published today in Nature, could help to guide care for people after a heart attack, says co-author Cameron McAlpine ...

People have long tried to use music as a tool to improve their abilities. Soldiers chanted songs when marching into battle, sailors sang songs on long voyages, and cloth makers sang when weaving. But ...