Researchers at Columbia University have created an artificial active tissue that, when 3D printed to imitate a muscle, can withstand great strain and lift 1,000 times its own weight.

Research from by Chia-Ying Lee, an atmospheric scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, is shedding light on the rapid intensification of hurricanes.

Columbia University's Clean Room is a newly renovated $20 million facility for nanoscience projects so sensitive that one spare particle can ruin them.

Peter de Menocal, Columbia Dean of Science and director of the Center for Climate and Life, writes that inaction on climate change comes at high cost to taxpayers and the future of a nation.

Colin Kelley, a climate scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, discusses the idea that climate change can cause or aggravate human conflicts.

The recent string of extreme events has brought new focus to a familiar question: Is climate change to blame? Atmospheric scientist Adam Sobel comments on how warmer temperatures impact rainfall rates and hurricanes.

Columbia seismologists Göran Ekström and Won-Young Kim discuss what may have caused an extra release of seismic energy after a North Korea nuclear test on September 3, 2017.