ORUS Research Team
Editorial Team
Research-led writing from the ORUS curation team. We review the evidence, test the products, and write what we find.
Articles by ORUS Research Team
Sleep ScienceBlue light glasses: marketing hype or real science
Daytime blue blockers do almost nothing for sleep. Evening orange or red lenses have a real effect on melatonin. The science is clearer than the product category looks.
ORUS Research Team7 min read
RoutinesRecovery is not a rest day. It is every evening.
Recovery is not Sunday. It is the 90 minutes between your last set and lights out. Get those right and you adapt faster than the people training harder.
ORUS Research Team7 min read
Sleep ScienceAcupressure mats: why lying on spikes helps you sleep
The first three minutes feel like punishment. Stay through them and the nervous system responds in a way that genuinely helps sleep onset.
ORUS Research Team6 min read
Sleep ScienceThe invisible problem in every closed bedroom
A narrative on the most overlooked sleep variable. CO2 is colourless and odourless. The only way it stops being invisible is to measure it.
ORUS Research Team7 min read
GuidesWhat shift workers get wrong about sleep
Shift workers cannot run the consistent-bedtime playbook. They can run a different one: aggressive light blocking, environment-first, bedroom protected during the day.
ORUS Research Team8 min read
Sleep ScienceWhy your bedroom air is ruining your sleep
Above 1000ppm of CO2, sleep depth measurably falls. Most closed bedrooms hit that within the first two hours of the night. The fix is simple, and free.
ORUS Research Team5 min read
RoutinesTongue scraping: 30 seconds that change your morning
Five thousand years old, thirty seconds long, and unreasonably effective. The science is sharper than the wellness packaging suggests.
ORUS Research Team5 min read
GuidesSleepmaxxing is everywhere. Here is what actually works.
Sleepmaxxing is the loudest sleep trend in years. Most of it is theatre. The interventions with real evidence are smaller, quieter, and they fit on a single page.
ORUS Research Team6 min read
RoutinesThe 2-hour rule: how to wind down properly before bed
The slow-evening movement has a real point underneath the aesthetic. Sleep starts two hours before lights out, in phases. Each phase removes one input until you are left with the simplest version of the room.
ORUS Research Team7 min read
GuidesSummer sleep: how to sleep when it never gets dark
Northern-hemisphere summers wreck sleep timing. The fix is not just darker curtains. It is what you do with the evening light that reaches you.
ORUS Research Team6 min readSleep Science
Blue light and your sleep: what the research actually says
Short-wavelength light suppresses melatonin — but the dose, timing, and intensity matter more than most articles will tell you. Here is what the research actually shows.
ORUS Research Team8 min readIngredients
Magnesium for sleep: glycinate, threonate, or oxide?
Three forms of magnesium dominate the supplement aisle, and only two of them are worth your money for sleep. A short guide to picking the right one — and the dose that actually does anything.
ORUS Research Team6 min readRoutines
How to build an evening wind-down routine that actually sticks
Most evening routines fail because they are designed by morning people for morning people. Here is a five-step framework built around the way your circadian rhythm actually behaves at night.
ORUS Research Team5 min read