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Why Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire Is so Much Deadlier Than Hawaii’s Kilauea

Why Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire Is so Much Deadlier Than Hawaii’s Kilauea

June 6, 2018

Tomato paste versus ketchup: Einat Lev, a volcanologist at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, explains how magma consistency influences whether a volcano erupts explosively like Guatemala’s Fuego, or slowly like Hawaii’s Kilauea.

Quantum Interference May Be Key To Smaller Insulators

Quantum Interference May Be Key To Smaller Insulators

June 6, 2018
engineering   nanoscience  

Researchers from Columbia University, Shanghai Normal University, and the University of Copenhagen have synthesized the first molecule capable of insulating at the nanometer scale more effectively than a vacuum barrier.

Suzanne Bakken Named Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Suzanne Bakken Named Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

June 6, 2018

Bakken, a Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University and member of the Data Science Institute, was chosen for the post by the AMIA Board of Directors.

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