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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.


 

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Katie Figueroa Beltran is researching marine life, and building her vinyl collection.

Founded in 1949, Lamont has consistently served as an international leader in scientific scholarship.

A new study suggests the need to re-evaluate how shaking from any future sizable quake may be distributed across the region.

Scholars at Columbia peer into the plugged-in adolescent mind and assess the impacts of a digital upbringing.

The Columbia-Dream Sports AI Innovation Center, which recent held its first symposium, is charting the future of AI and sports.

A talk by professor Pierre Gentine kicks off a new initiative from Columbia Engineering, the Lecture Series in AI.

Columbia researchers have engineered bacteria to destroy cancer cells, opening the door for a new class of cancer vaccines.

Gerard Torrats-Espinosa had an unlikely path to his current role researching crime and policing in U.S. cities.

The interactions play a critical role in how our bodies respond to disease treatment.

A new study offers a comparatively affordable and accessible way of assessing dementia risk.

The approach empowered the Gaublomme lab to study the DNA damage response for hundreds of variants in breast cancer.

Savannah Thais has ideas for how to make AI systems more transparent and dependable.