A new study shows that the brightness of light matters more than its color. Reviewed by Gary Drevitch KEY POINTSResearchers exposed healthy subjects to blue, yellow, and white light for an hour before bed.The color of light made no difference to participants’ level of drowsiness or sleep quality.Light-sensitive ganglion cells in the eye, not color-producing...
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How herpesviruses awaken
by University of Würzburg Fragmentation of mitochondria (green): The Drp-1 proteins responsible for the decay are labeled with antibodies and stained in magenta. Credit: Chair of Virology / University of Wuerzburg Eight different herpesviruses are known to date in humans. They all settle permanently in the body after acute infection. Under certain circumstances, they wake...