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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 environment plays a key role in health outcomes, particularly in industrialized societies.
 

New AI-based screening tools could help people who are falling through the cracks.

New research suggests that resilience to climate change is driven by ecological fit, flexibility, and local knowledge.

Maria Antonietta Tosches is investigating newts, whose adaptability can teach us about our own brains.

A new study indicates that interventions that focus on addictive screen use may hold promise as a prevention approach.

Until now, the role of metal exposure in heart failure risk has remained understudied.

Columbia researchers, some sporting martian headbands, gathered to celebrate the launch of the new Vera Rubin Observatory.

The authors of a new study aim to shift focus from late-stage disease treatment to health optimization.

The index provides a novel and more realistic picture of risk, including access to financing to address climate vulnerabilities

Theoretical chemist David Reichman, recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences, is making sense of experimental findings.

Graduate student Aaron Holman talks about trapping single atoms and putting them to work in emerging quantum technologies

The effectiveness of policies aimed at restricting youth social media use remains far from fully understood.