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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

Columbia engineers harnessed yogurt-derived extracellular vesicles to create injectable hydrogels for regenerative medicine.

Faculty across Columbia's Engineering School and partners are finding innovative ways to integrate generative AI in the classroom.

Unlike active galaxies that constantly pull in surrounding material, these black holes lie dormant until a star passes by.

The merger resulted in a combined black hole 225 times our sun’s mass, and challenges current astrophysical models of black hole formation.

Max Isi, who researches gravitational waves, joined Columbia as an astronomy professor earlier this summer.

Maria Diuk-Wasser, an expert on ticks, explains her latest research on carriers of Lyme disease and babesiosis. 

A study found that we have overestimated how much nitrogen enters natural ecosystems from the air. It has climate implications.

Andrew Kruczkiewicz, a meteorologist and senior staff researcher at the Columbia Climate School’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, breaks it down.

A new study could provide insight into natural hazards and help guide infrastructure and revitalization projects.

These funds will help our scientists and researchers mitigate the challenges posed by disruptions in federal funding.

A new approach breaks down complicated designs into modular building blocks for easy assembly from the bottom up.

An engineer and a physician are working together on a new approach using focused ultrasound to treat dozens of brain diseases.