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Climate change may be loading the dice for a difficult summer, according to researchers at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

Columbia scientists have found a way to encode digital information straight into the genomes of living E. coli bacteria cells, which, they say, preserves the data in a surprisingly stable, robust manner. 

Like light streaming through moving water, a quantum particle can change speeds when immersed in an electrical current flowing through graphene, says a new study led by Dmitri Basov's lab at Columbia.

Columbia Engineering researchers develop a computer vision algorithm for predicting human interactions and body language in video, a capability that could have applications for assistive technology, autonomous vehicles, and collaborative robots.

Also known as an environmentalist, she discusses “Ghost Forest” and “What Is Missing,” which both address climate change.

Read her book to find out what to do if your mother is accused of being a sorceress.

Kate Zambreno’s new book, To Write As If Already Dead, examines the age of AIDS and its aftermath.

Whether it's AIDS or COVID or rampant injustice, political necessity brings LGBTQ people “together in an expression of community.”

The Knight First Amendment Institute found that indexes of opinions from 1945 to 1958 highlight key role of office in issuing controlling interpretations of law inside executive branch.

In 1971, the US government sued to stop the New York Times from publishing classified documents, sparking a momentous Supreme Court battle. Fifty years later, alumni and faculty tell us why this case matters more than ever.  

In the sixth and final episode of Columbia Law School’s limited-series podcast, Professor Olatunde Johnson and environmental and community lawyer Ruth Santiago ’83 J.D., ’10 LL.M. discuss the nexus of civil rights and climate change.

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