University Professor Ronald C. D. Breslow, a trailblazing chemist who led the creation of the field of biomimetic chemistry and developed the anti-cancer compound Zolinza, passed away on October 25, 2017.
New research finds that storms of intensities seen today, combined with a few meters increase in sea level, were enough to transport coastal boulders weighing hundreds of tons more than 100,000 years ago.
Research led by Columbia’s Alessio Rovere and Maureen Raymo found that with only modest sea-level rise, coastal barriers could be more vulnerable to erosion by waves — even if storms do not grow more intense.
Gerald Navratil, a Columbia University Professor of Physics, explains the magic of nuclear fusion energy, “the ultimate energy source in the universe.”