Going without sleep for too long kills animals but scientists haven’t known why. Newly published work suggests that the answer lies in an unexpected part of the body.

Sleep deprivation is associated with lethality through accumulation of reactive oxygen
species in the gut.

96岁的上海交通大学内科血液学专家王振义和88岁的哈尔滨医科大学终身教授张亭栋共同获得“生命科学奖”；“物质科学奖”得主为中国科学院金属研究所研究员卢柯；山东大学教授彭实戈获得“数学与计算机科学奖”