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How Does the Brain Turn Waves of Light Into Experiences of Color?

A new fruit fly study reveals the brain-cell circuitry that converts raw sensory signals into perceptions of color.

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Columbia researchers have engineered bacteria to record their environment and then used deep learning to decode the patterns.

Cannabis use also puts teens at risk for poor grades, truancy, and trouble with the law, a new study found.

A new study addresses the question of whether people with both HIV and mpox would have worse treatment outcomes.

New research outlines a revolutionary approach for vulnerable populations to more easily receive welfare benefits. 

The school is using a multi-pronged approach to build a stronger mental health safety net.

The AI Institute for ARtificial and Natural Intelligence (ARNI) will ignite advances in AI and neuroscience.

A study of U.S. adults found that those who attended higher-quality high schools had better cognitive function decades later.

Counterintuitively, seas were rising around Greenland as it went through a cold period centuries ago.

Columbia engineers have designed a robot hand that uses sensing technology and machine-learning techniques to manipulate objects.

A new Columbia study examines a less-studied hypothesis about the links between biological aging and poor mental health.

Zamora, a researcher at the Zuckerman Institute, is studying the neural basis of attention and decision-making.

Meghan Meyer, who joined Columbia this year, is studying the brain mechanisms that allow us to understand our social world.