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What Your Deep Sleep Cycles Reveal About Brain Health, Memory, and Cognitive Aging

The Brain's Cleaning Shift Only Runs at NightDuring deep sleep, specifically the slow-wave stage that dominates the first half of the night, your brain activates a waste-clearance system called the glymphatic network. Cerebrospinal fluid pulses through channels around your neurons, flushing out metabolic byproducts that build up during waking hours.…

Times Life · Sep 2

The Psychology of an Indian Woman Wearing Red When There Is No Wedding to Justify It

The colour was never yours to begin withRed in India belongs to the bride. It belongs to the sindoor pressed into a parting, to the Benarasi draped for a phera, to the chooda stacked on a wrist. By the time a girl grows up watching weddings, she has absorbed the…

Times Life · Aug 28

The Animals With the Longest Lifespan on Earth and the Biology Behind Their Longevity

The Clam That Outlived EmpiresIn 2006, researchers at Bangor University pulled an ocean quahog clam, Arctica islandica, from the seabed off Iceland and counted its growth rings the way a forester reads a tree. The rings said 507 years. The clam, nicknamed Ming, had been alive when the Mughal Empire…

Times Life · Jul 31

Penny-sized laser could help driverless cars see the world so much clearer

Researchers have created an ultrasensitive laser the size of a penny that could improve lidar technology, boosting autonomous vehicles in the process.

LiveScience · Jul 15, 2025

NASA Mars satellite uncovers markings 'like paint dripping down a wall' on Martian surface

Wave-like soil patterns on the Martian surface match those found in Earth's cold, mountain regions, which could help scientists better understand the Red Planet's climate history and search for signs of life.

LiveScience · May 7, 2025

University Of Rochester Condemns Antisemitic Posters

University of Rochester addresses antisemitic posters targeting Jewish faculty members, denouncing them as divisive and committing to ensuring campus safety.

Top News · Nov 14, 2024

Anonymous Protesters Cover University Campus in 'Wanted' Posters Labeling Jewish Professors as War Criminals

Anonymous "wanted" posters targeting Jewish professors at the University of Rochester have sparked controversy.

Latin Times · Nov 13, 2024

Scientists have been researching superconductors for over a century, but they have yet to find one that works at room temperature − 3 essential reads

If you hadn’t heard about superconductors before 2023, odds are you know what they are now. Researchers raised eyebrows early in the year with claims of operational room-temperature superconductors, though none has been substantiated, and one paper from researchers at the University of Rochester was retracted by the journal Nature…

The Conversation · Dec 5, 2023

Has any particular gene responsible for longer lifespan identified?

Naked mole rats' longevity and resistance to age-related diseases is due to a gene that produces high molecular weight hyaluronic acid (HMW-HA). Researchers at the University of Rochester transferred this gene to mice, leading to a 4.4% increase in median lifespan and improved health. The study was published in Nature.

The Hindu · Aug 26, 2023

Room-Temperature Superconducting Material Could Deliver 15% Electricity Savings

The University of Rochester has creating a superconducting material that works at higher temperatures and at a lower pressure.

Barchart · Apr 5, 2023