Not everyone needs 8 hours of sleep to function properly. Some people can feel well-rested and show no negative effects of ...

A newly identified mutation helps super-sleepers get by on just four to six hours of shut-eye per night, while the rest of us ...

Scientists have discovered a rare genetic mutation that lets some people thrive with just four hours of daily slumber, an ...

Skin bacteria may protect against UV damage by metabolizing a sun-induced molecule, influencing immune responses.

Blocking proteins that cause cancer cells to mutate and resist treatment could significantly improve outcomes for some ...

Mitochondrial diseases affect approximately 1 in 5,000 people worldwide, causing debilitating symptoms ranging from muscle weakness to stroke-like episodes. Some of these conditions result from ...

A packet of cherry blossom seeds that had traveled in space has begun to be planted in Huaning county in Yuxi city, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, a key step in research on space-based breeding of ...

Researchers have now found that a mutation in people with NSS, within the gene salt-induced kinase 3 (SIK3), also plays a key role in human sleep duration. A mutation called N783Y was found to alt ...

The development of second tumors is influenced by several factors. These include the type and intensity of treatment received ...

They found that mice with the mutation slept around 31 minutes less than those without it, and 54 minutes less following a period of sleep deprivation, which the researchers induced by gently ...

The near-extinct northern white rhino could be revived following a "crucial" genome breakthrough. It is one of the rarest ...