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The Sonadora Stream in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. (Eric Laverty)
Tropical Trees Show Unexpected Capacity to Adapt to Drought

Most tropical tree species can adjust water-use strategies across rainfall conditions, offering hope in a warmer, drier world.

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

Stratospheric aerosol injection is much harder than it looks on paper. A new study shows its real-world constraints.

Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.

A Columbia scientist’s lab revolutionized digital photography with a new kind of imaging now used in more than a billion smartphones.

The consortium will operate ‘Gotham Foundry,’ a pioneering R&D and startup hub focused on the circular materials economy.

Columbia engineers are paving the way for a new generation of data center hardware and portable sensing technologies.

Professor Jessica Fanzo was a commissioner of the new EAT-Lancet report, which offers a blueprint for transforming food systems.

In the past decade, Michel Sadelain has been at the center of a revolution in the treatment of cancer.

The discovery paves the way for a new type of antidepressant that inhibits the chemical.

Entangled photons will soon move instantaneously across the network, which now extends from Long Island to Morningside Heights.

The honor, often called a “genius” grant, recognizes exceptional creativity and dedication.

A Columbia Public Health study identified eight metabolic features significantly associated with breast cancer risk.