Two new studies, one conducted in young adults and the other in mice, add to evidence for the broad benefits of a rocking motion during sleep. In fact, the studies in people show that rocking not only ...

If you’ve ever found yourself nodding off as you gently swayed in a hammock, it’s not just the warm rays of sunshine that were lulling you to sleep. A new study published in Current Biology found that ...

Anyone who has ever put a small child to bed or drifted off in a gently swaying hammock will know that a rocking motion makes getting to sleep seem easier. Now, two new studies reported in Current ...

X-ray crystallography is the quintessential method for macromolecular structure determination. The method provides atomic coordinates along with atomic displacement parameters, which are generally ...

Babies love to be rocked to sleep. It turns out that we never quite grow out of it. Grown-ups tucked into a gently swaying bed for the night fell asleep faster and slept deeper, scientists report in ...

Parents intuitively use continuous rhythmic rocking motions to soothe babies and induce sleep. One could assume that humans have rocked their young to sleep since temps immémorial. Throughout recorded ...