Scientists May Have Found Missing Link Between Alzheimer’s and Vascular Disease
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…
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Unique Quantum Material Could Enable Incredibly Powerful, Ultra-Compact Computers
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,…
Sizing Up the “Shadows” of Two Supermassive Black Holes in the Process of Colliding
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’…
Plug-and-Play Human Organ-on-a-Chip Can Be Customized to the Patient
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…
Scientists Discover a Massive Groundwater System in Sediments Below Antarctic Ice
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…
New Atlases Will Map All 180+ Billion Cells in the Human Brain
Columbia-led team wins $9.1 million research grant to create fundamentally new maps that will chart cell diversity throughout the brains of humans. Researchers at Columbia…
New High-Speed 3D Microscope Could Make Biopsies a Thing of the Past
MediSCAPE, a high-speed 3D microscope designed by Columbia Engineers, can see real-time cellular detail in living tissues to guide surgery, speed up tissue analyses, and…
Sea Ice That Slowed the Flow of Antarctic Glaciers Abruptly Shatters in Just 3 Days
In just three days in late January, a mass of ice the size of Philadelphia fragmented from the Larsen-B embayment on the Antarctic Peninsula and…
New Algorithm Helps Quantum Computer Crunch Chemistry Equations
Quantum computers are getting bigger, but there are still few practical ways to take advantage of their extra computing power. To get over this hurdle,…
Shrinking Superconducting Qubits for Quantum Computing With Atom-Thin Materials
Using 2D materials, researchers have built superconducting qubits that are a fraction of the size of previous qubits, paving the way for smaller quantum computers….
Clearing the Air: Decarbonization Technologies Take a Giant Leap Forward
Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels today are higher than at any point in the past 800,000 years or more. During a year when terms like carbon…
Astronomers Discover Evidence of Super-Sized Moon Orbiting a Jupiter-Sized Planet Beyond Our Solar System
An exomoon signal found in archival data hints at the possibility of more discoveries to come. Astronomers have reported a second, super-sized moon orbiting a…
Tuning the Bonds of Paired Quantum Particles To Create Flow Without Losing Energy
A tunable platform made from atomically thin materials may help researchers figure out how to create a robust quantum condensate that can flow without losing…
A Dozen Things That Helped and Hurt Climate Progress in 2021
2021 may turn out to be the most critical year in our efforts to combat climate change. After four years of inaction and backpedaling by…
Fully Vaccinated Individuals at Risk for COVID Infection With Omicron Variant – Columbia Study
New Study Adds More Evidence for Omicron Immune Evasion Results suggest that previously infected individuals and fully vaccinated individuals are at risk for COVID-19 infection…
Quantum Mechanics and Machine Learning Used To Accurately Predict Chemical Reactions at High Temperatures
Method combines quantum mechanics with machine learning to accurately predict oxide reactions at high temperatures when no experimental data is available; could be used to…
Robotic Lasers Cook Food With Unparalleled Precision
Columbia Engineers invent software-controlled robotic lasers that cook food with unparalleled precision, retaining more moisture, and creating an entirely new, customized way to cook a…
Where COVID-19’s Death Grip Slipped (Briefly) – Surprising Findings by Columbia University Researchers
In 2020, mortality climbed worldwide, but dropped in rural Bangladesh. Geochemist Lex van Geen works at the intersection of public health and environmental risks. His research on natural…
