Dr Sam Nallaperuma-Herzberg is a Senior Research Associate at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s Department of Computer Science and Technology, and a Fellow in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Science and Society at the Accelerate Programme for Scientific Discovery.
Researchers have developed comfortable, washable ‘smart pyjamas’ that can monitor sleep disorders such as sleep apnoea at home, without the need for sticky patches, cumbersome equipment or a visit to a specialist sleep clinic.
Sleep paralysis – a condition thought to explain a number of mysterious experiences including alleged cases of alien abduction and demonic night-time visits – could be treated using a technique of meditation-relaxation, suggests a pilot study published today.
People who sleep for more than eight hours a day have an increased risk of stroke, according to a study by the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge – and this risk doubles for older people who persistently sleep longer than average. However, the researchers say it is unclear why this association exists and call for further research to explore the link.
Just as afternoon tea is traditional in England but not in France, different groups of meerkats have different ways of doing things, Cambridge zoologists have found.
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