PHILADELPHIA -- Marketed as a ticket to deeper sleep, the soft hum of pink noise has become part of millions’ nightly routines. However, its use may come at the cost of sleep quality, a University of ...

The soothing sounds of pink noise, designed to obscure outside clamor and lull listeners into sleep, may not be so innocuous, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, with ...

Color us surprised. Plenty of people use apps and ambient sound machines to reduce clamor and improve their sleep — but not all noise is created equal. In fact, new research suggests that a particular ...

According to new experiments, sleep machines that use pink noise could adversely affect deep sleep and REM sleep instead of ...

Pink noise is different. Instead of equal energy at each frequency, the energy halves with every doubling of frequency (so ...

A new study finds pink noise may reduce Rem sleep and disrupt overnight brain recovery, raising concerns over sleep apps and ...

Pink noise-often used to promote sleep-may reduce restorative REM sleep and interfere with sleep recovery. In contrast, earplugs were found to be significantly more effective in protecting sleep ...

If you’ve ever been lulled to sleep by soft rain pattering on the roof or put on a “waterfall sounds” playlist to help you fall asleep, you might unknowingly be a fan of pink noise. Like white noise, ...

Pink noise is often promoted as a way to help people fall asleep faster – and block out other bothersome sounds that can disturb our sleep. The ambient and steady, static-like tone is similar to tapes ...

According to Spotify Wrapped, I listened to a lot of music last year. As in, a lot – hundreds of hours’ worth. I’ve always been a music fan, but I couldn’t understand how I’d managed to intentionally ...

Many people use sound machines or apps that play pink noise to help them sleep better. But new research from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that pink noise may actually reduce important sleep ...

Like white noise, pink noise is background sound that helps block out bothersome external sounds. The difference between white noise and pink noise is the frequencies. While white noise is made up of ...