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Northwestern Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology celebrates 25 years of meaningful research on sleep and circadian rhythms with its first virtual symposium, bringing awareness and research to its largest-ever audience.

As Election Day votes are cast and mail-in ballots are processed, a survey of more than 20,000 American voters on the most important problems facing the U.S. finds their top answers, including the coronavirus at No. 1 overall, align more with issues that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has focused on during his campaign.

The results of the presidential election will pack an emotional punch for those whose candidate didn’t win. Northwestern University mental health experts offer tips for coping.
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Patients of more technically skilled surgeons, as assessed by review of operative video, have better long-term survival after surgery for the treatment of colon cancer, reports a new study.

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new way to create a spectrum of natural-looking hair dye colors, ranging from blond to black, by using enzymes to catalyze synthetic melanin.

Northwestern University professors from politics, history, science and law are available to discuss election night outcomes, as well as related issues around mail-in ballots and turnout from Black and Latino voters.
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The study, titled “Political sectarianism in America,” will be published Oct. 30 by the journal Science. The authors provide a broad survey of current scientific literature to interpret the current state of politics.

Stress from COVID-19 is seriously threatening the mental health of our country, causing the most stress for our youngest generation, according to research conducted in part by professor Emma Adam.

Researchers have developed a new face mask with an anti-viral layer that sanitizes exhaled respiratory droplets to reduce the wearer's infectiousness.

The model treats decided voters as “infected” and undecided voters as “susceptible” to infection. Democratic and Republican diseases then propagate through the population.