This page highlights the astonishing amount of research happening across Columbia, one of the world’s leading research universities.
A Physician’s Journey Into the Minds of Coma Patients
A Columbia neurologist hopes to better identify which patients with severe brain injuries are likely to regain consciousness.
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Quantum science papers often focus on two-dimensional materials. Columbia News explains why.
Abbott, a Principal Investigator at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute, was recognized for his work in theoretical neuroscience.
In Costa Rica, Climate School scientists are installing geophysical instruments that can monitor the underground in real time.
A new study offers insight on why sleep and daydreaming are good moments to arrange and store long-term memories.
The Columbia engineers who developed the new technique are working with campus oncologists to bring their work to patients.
Columbia researchers have found a molecule that rouses dormant breast cancer cells, and a way to suppress it.
A study is shedding new light on how the brain identifies familiar individuals and recalls past experiences with them.
They were recognized for their contributions in economics, mathematics, and engineering.
The funded projects span fields ranging from astronomy to epidemiology, and climate change to law.
The discovery that a lipid helps induce cell death could improve treatments for certain cancers and neurodegenerative diseases.
Laura Kaufman, the new chair of the chemistry department, first came to Columbia as an undergraduate.
Omid Cohensedgh's childhood experiences inspired him to enter the field of medicine.
