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The Sonadora Stream in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. (Eric Laverty)
Tropical Trees Show Unexpected Capacity to Adapt to Drought

Most tropical tree species can adjust water-use strategies across rainfall conditions, offering hope in a warmer, drier world.

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Canada’s record 2023 wildfire smoke is part of a broader, continent-wide trend, a new analysis shows.

The ImPLANT program leverages cross-institutional expertise across multiple bioengineering disciplines to address liver failure.

Twenty-one faculty fellows will examine what AI means for their discipline, and develop an AI education project.

Sergine Delma, a doctoral candidate in nursing, believes nurses belong everywhere, from boardrooms to AI labs to Capitol Hill.

Neutral atom arrays are a rapidly-emerging quantum technology. Columbia researchers know how to make the most powerful ones yet.

Columbia Engineers have built a robot that can learn to lip sync to speech and song.

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The wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles a year ago were among the worst in California’s history.