Post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome: Columbia Physicians Review What’s Known About “Long-Haulers”
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic has taken the lives of millions of people around the world but has also left hundreds with lingering…
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Columbia Engineers Use DNA Nanotechnology to Build Tough 3D Nanomaterials
Columbia Engineers use DNA nanotechnology to create highly resilient synthetic nanoparticle-based materials that can be processed through conventional nanofabrication methods. Columbia Engineering researchers, working with Brookhaven…
Twistoptics: A New, Efficient Way to Control Optical Nonlinearity
Columbia researchers engineer first technique to exploit the tunable symmetry of 2D materials for nonlinear optical applications, including laser, optical spectroscopy, imaging, and metrology systems,…
People Who Take Statins to Lower Cholesterol 50% Less Likely to Die From Severe COVID-19
People who took statins to lower cholesterol were approximately 50% less likely to die if hospitalized for COVID-19, a study by physicians at Columbia University…
First Test for All Known Human Coronaviruses, Including New COVID-19 Mutations
The test is highly sensitive and prevents false positives that happen due to the genetic similarity of SARS-CoV-2 and other human coronaviruses. Scientists at the…
An Antiviral Nasal Spray to Prevent COVID / Coronavirus Transmission
A nasal antiviral created by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons blocked transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in ferrets, suggesting the nasal spray…
Climate Shift May Have Helped Dinosaurs Make 6,500-Mile Trek From South America to Greenland
CO2 Dip May Have Aided Herbivores on a 6,500-Mile Trek A new paper refines estimates of when herbivorous dinosaurs must have traversed North America on…
Mapping the Most Mysterious Planet of All: Earth
Humanity knows more about the surface of the Moon than we know about our own planet’s seafloor. Ocean explorer Vicki Ferrini is on a mission…
Switching Nanolight On and Off: A New Way to Program Light on an Ultra-Small Scale
A team of researchers led by Columbia University has developed a unique platform to program a layered crystal, producing imaging capabilities beyond common limits on…
The Brain, in Living Color: Scientists Paint Multicolor Atlas of the Brain
A novel technique developed by Columbia researchers known as NeuroPAL helps tease out the dynamics of neural networks in the nervous system of microscopic worms….
First Nanomaterial Developed That Demonstrates “Photon Avalanching” – Extreme Nonlinear Optical Behavior and Efficiency
Researchers develop the first nanomaterial that demonstrates “photon avalanching;” finding could lead to new applications in sensing, imaging, and light detection. Researchers at Columbia Engineering…
Can We Harness Energy From Black Holes? Columbia Research Shows How Energy Could Be Extracted
A new Columbia study indicates energy can be extracted from black holes through reconnection of magnetic field lines. A remarkable prediction of Einstein’s theory of…
Will Global Warming Bring a Change in the Winds? Dust From Ancient, Deep Sea Sediments Provides a Clue
Westerlies moved poleward in the past, as they are doing now. The westerlies — or westerly winds — play an important role in weather and…
Surprising News: Drylands Are Not Getting Drier As Predicted by Climate Scientists
New Columbia Engineering study — first to investigate the long-term effect of soil moisture-atmosphere feedbacks in drylands — finds that soil moisture exerts a negative…
U.S. Needs Clear COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Strategy to Defeat Coronavirus
An opinion piece published in The BMJ — a peer-reviewed medical journal by the British Medical Association — written by Nina Schwalbe in the Heilbrunn…
Columbia Researchers Warn: Several U.S. Populations and Regions Exposed to High Arsenic Concentrations in Drinking Water
Odds of exceeding maximum contaminant levels were significantly greater for water systems in the Southwest and serving Hispanic communities. A new national study of public…
Harnessing Quantum Properties to Create Single-Molecule Devices – Circuit Just 6 Nanometers Long
Columbia team discovers 6-nanometer-long single-molecule circuit with enormous on/off ratio due to quantum interference; finding could enable faster, smaller, and more energy-efficient devices. Researchers, led…
Secrets of the Past: Huge Ancient Lake Bed Discovered Deep Beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
Inaccessible for now, unique site may hold secrets of past. Scientists have detected what they say are the sediments of a huge ancient lake bed…
