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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

Chemical engineering professor is recognized for research on early embryonic development. 

Taurine supplements can slow aging in worms, mice, and monkeys, extending the healthy lifespans of middle-aged mice by up to 12%.

Researchers found that a candidate drug significantly reduced the effects of cannabis in daily smokers.

Read what experts at the University have to say about the impact of recent wildfires in Canada on New York City and North America more broadly.

A new paper argues that materials like wood, bacteria, and fungi belong to a newly identified class of matter, "hydration solids."

Daly, GSAS’ 47, is the first Black woman known to have earned a PhD in chemistry in the United States.

Very few large-scale, randomized trials of the effects of vitamins or dietary supplements have been done until now.

Galia Solomonoff and her Housing Lab team researched everything from Governor Hochul’s housing compact to reimagining the shelter system.

David Hellerstein covers everything from psychoanalysis to the DSM diagnostic manual and neuroscience.

A new study shows that the 1987 treaty to protect the ozone has delayed an anticipated climate change milestone by up to 15 years.

Adolescent vapers are much more likely to use cannabis and binge drink.

The event focused on opportunities and threats to the supply chain posed by microelectronics and artificial intelligence.