Data from Columbia Mass Murder Database reveal psychosis and other serious psychiatric illness absent in the majority of perpetrators. Researchers examining 82 mass murders that…
New research finds evidence of waveguiding in a unique quantum material. These findings counter expectations about how metals conduct light and may push imaging beyond…
Adolescents and young adults have a particularly high prevalence of the condition. According to a study from the City University of New York and the…
Study finds adults with mild cognitive decline assigned puzzles showed less brain shrinkage, better daily functioning. A new study shows that doing crossword puzzles has…
A new study links stronger religious beliefs to high levels of sexual satisfaction. According to recent research, higher levels of sexual satisfaction are associated with…
New research reveals that spinning quasiparticles, or magnons, light up when paired with a light-emitting quasiparticle, or exciton, with potential quantum information applications. All magnets…
Columbia researchers identify 60 new autism genes. A recent study conducted by Columbia University researchers has identified 60 genes associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD),…
Evolution might be less random than we thought. Evolution has long been thought of as a relatively random process, with species’ features being formed by…
A robot created by Columbia Engineers learns to understand itself rather than the environment around it. Our perception of our bodies is not always correct or…
A study explains why many cancer cells need the import of fat. The unexpected causes of cancer cells’ frequent reliance on fat imports are being…
A new Columbia University AI program observed physical phenomena and uncovered relevant variables—a necessary precursor to any physics theory. But the variables it discovered were…
Thriving in a Series of Sudden Global Chills That Killed Competitors Many of us are familiar with the popular theory of how the dinosaurs died…
Largest increases found among high-school seniors, tripling in 2 years from 5 to 14 percent. Cannabis vaping is increasing as the most popular method of…
Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia in older adults and the 7th most common cause of death in the United States according to…
Columbia University chemists and physicists find a link between tunable electronic and magnetic properties in a 2D semiconductor, with potential applications in spintronics, quantum computing,…
In a Pair of Merging Supermassive Black Holes, a New Method for Measuring the Void Scientists have discovered a way of sizing up the ‘shadows’…
Major advance from Columbia Engineering team demonstrates the first multi-organ chip made of engineered human tissues linked by vascular flow for improved modeling of systemic…
Previously unmapped reservoirs could speed glaciers and release carbon. Many researchers believe that liquid water is a key to understanding the behavior of the frozen…
