National survey shows different bacteria on cell phones and shoes
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE largest study of its kind in the U.S. shows thousands of different types of bacteria living on cell phones and shoes, including groups that have barely been studied by scientists. “This highlights how much we have to learn about the microbial world around us,” said David Coil, a researcher at the University of California, […]
Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hardened arteries
Reading Time: 3 minutesDISRUPTED nightly sleep and clogged arteries tend to sneak up on us as we age. And while both disorders may seem unrelated, a new study from the University of California, Berkeley, helps explain why they are, in fact, pathologically intertwined. UC Berkeley sleep scientists have begun to reveal what it is about fragmented nightly sleep […]