Research & Discovery

Columbia climate scientists led a project to provide officials, organizations, and families with tools to plan for the worst.

Mehtaab Sawhney, who joined Columbia last year, enjoys the thorny work of proving a seemingly straightforward statement of fact.

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

New observations upended scientists' standing hypothesis about how a star would engulf a planet, causing its demise.

The event explored how data ascience is being used in health care, infrastructure, energy, media, and beyond.

The unique construction that makes plastic so useful also makes it prone to forming hazardous micro- and nanoscopic shards.

The center aims to accelerate the development of fusion energy technology to provide a sustainable, scalable new energy source.

Little had been known about how the tiny energy processors influence brain health.  

AI systems are limited by energy inefficiency and data transfer bottlenecks. Columbia engineers have found a new solution.

New research is challenging longstanding beliefs about why we don't retain the memories we form in early life.

Columbia researchers are using AI to unravel genetic mysteries behind cancer, Alzheimer’s, and more. 

The American Association for the Advancement of Science honored them for scientific excellence and service to their communities.