It’s practically endemic in the modern world. The college student finishing a term paper as the sun comes up, the new parents feeding the baby at 3 a.m., the foreman on the graveyard shift — they’re all among the more than a third of adults in the U.S. who don’t get enough sleep. Long-term, sleep deprivation can have severe ramifications, beyond what can be remedied by a double espresso or a power nap. In fact, recent research indicates that regularly getting less than seven hours of sleep per night can raise your risk of developing dementia later in life by nearly a third.
This is of particular concern in the military, because only 30% of active-duty warfighters manage to sleep even six hours on average per night. To better understand the problem, the U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $3.4 million grant to GE Research and the Uniformed Services…
