Neuroscience

Recent news about neuroscience and the brain from across Columbia.

Columbia News spotlights 2025 Columbia University research breakthroughs you should know about.

A theorist team at Columbia has served as a model for interdisciplinary research for 20 years.

New open-source software developed by Columbia Zuckerman Institute researchers could shed light on how brain diseases work.

Scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute have linked a brain area in mice to the drive to consume sweets, fats, and salt.

To prevent an erosion of mental privacy, it is urgent to protect and legislate the protection of neural data in consumer tech.

New findings demonstrate that neuron rejuvenation therapy has real potential for treating the neurodegenerative disease.

11 Columbia-led research breakthroughs you should know in 2025.

New Columbia research found that people’s brain activity varies more when viewing abstract art than representational art.

Columbia Zuckerman Institute researchers observed for the first time how dopamine guides trial and error learning in finches.

They were recognized for contributions to chemistry, computer science, economics, neuroscience, and physics.

A study sheds light on how networks in the brain detect new information, offering insight into disorders like schizophrenia.

Smiling robots, nanoplastics, electric fish, and an archaeological dig in Peru were some of the biggest news stories of the year.