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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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A Columbia professor, postdoc, and alum are co-authors on a paper that uses new methods to analyze the waves that black holes emit when they collide.

Meet Columbia Climate School's Lisa Dale, a political scientist who studies how policies, both domestic and international, might help us live more sustainable lives.

The life and accomplishments of Dr. Alexander Thomas Augusta are now celebrated thanks to Professor Heather Butts' scholarship.

The academy also elected Christopher H. Scholz, Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, and alumna Regina Barzilay.

Columbia gastroenterologist Shilpa Ravella on the foods everyone should be eating — and the ones to avoid.

Fifty-seven past fellows have won a Nobel Prize in their field.

If you want to know, Alexandra Horowitz, who runs Barnard’s Dog Cognition Lab, may be able to tell you.

With the help of the new atlas, researchers found features of motor neurons that make them vulnerable to degenerative disease. 

A Columbia lab uses state of the art technology to study one mosquito species' approach to preserving eggs in hostile environments.

Reducing calorie intake appears to slow biological aging processes and extend healthy lifespans, according to new research.

If your quality of life is disrupted by menopause symptoms, hormone replacement therapy may be appropriate.

Certain healthy gut bacteria are reduced in people with chronic fatigue, new research shows.