For the First Time – A Robot Has Learned To Imagine Itself
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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….
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…
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…
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…