New research from scientists at the Zuckerman Institute of Columbia University has turned our classical understanding of the way the human brain perceives and recalls on its head.

Researchers at Columbia University estimate that energy derived from evaporation off lakes and reservoirs could, in some states, exceed energy demand.

“Your brain is actually very active during sleep doing important things — it’s not just resting,” says Carl W. Bazil, MD, PhD, a professor of neurology at Columbia University Medical Center. “And if you don’t get sleep you don’t function on a number of levels the way you

Research by Park Williams, a Columbia University bioclimatologist, found that when it comes to wildfires, the combination of climate change and land development has explosive consequences.

A study by Columbia University has found potentially harmful levels of lead in the soil of some Brooklyn neighborhoods, causing a higher risk of children having elevated lead levels in their blood.

Using the world’s most important collection of sediment cores from the deep sea, scientists from the University of Arizona and Columbia University were able to determine the temperature and climate from 60,000 years ago.

Joachim Frank of Columbia University is one of the recipients of the 2017 Nobel Prize for developing a new way to assemble precise three-dimensional images of biological molecules like proteins, DNA and RNA.