Just 20 to 30 minutes of sleep during the daytime can improve memory, increase productivity, reduce stress and promote a healthier heart.

Texas A&M biologist Alex Keene and colleagues prove the gene Pig-Q is associated with sleep regulation in humans, flies and zebrafish.

New research finds living against our internal body clocks can damage long-term health by altering gut and brain interactions.

A Texas A&M chronobiologist explains how you can change your behaviors to make your internal clock work to your advantage.

It may serve to confuse the brain into starting the process of secreting more neurochemicals that cause sleep to occur.