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This page highlights the astonishing amount of scientific discovery happening at Columbia, one of the world’s leading research universities. 

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Clockwise from top left: An iceberg stranded on a submerged rock in northwest Greenland (Karl Zinglersen); homo erectus crania from the Turkana Rift (John Rowan); a mosquito feeding (Alex Wild); a shell of thick gas and dust (red) expelled from the outer layers of a star as its core collapses into a black hole. The inner regions show a heated ball of gas (white) continuing to fall into the central black hole. (Keith Miller, Caltech/IPAC - SELab)
Columbia University Discoveries in 2025-26 to Know About

Here are some of the top scientific research findings of the past academic year.


 

RECENT STORIES

The findings add to a growing body of evidence on how environmental factors may trigger harmful changes in the brain.

A liver graft from an altruistic living donor set off a chain of transplants that helped save the lives of three patients.

Findings from a new study deepen our understanding of why racially biased mistakes happen in high-stakes contexts like policing. 

In her new book—part memoir, part reportage—Marguerite Holloway tells the story of forests in the climate change era.

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have built a cancer therapy that makes bacteria and viruses work as a team.

Over decades, universities in the United States have come to rely on federal funding to support scientific and medical research.

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

A Columbia researcher is developing a therapy that draws insight from a mutation that makes people impervious to viral diseases.

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

We need better data to improve maternal and fetal health outcomes, says professor Kristin Myers.

Research from the Department of Electrical Engineering is set to transform particle physics and engineering education.

A study found that unlicensed retailers are less likely to follow state regulations and sell more unregulated products.