“It’s a totally new way of studying earthquakes,” said study coauthor Benjamin Holtzman. “These machine learning methods pick out very subtle differences in the raw data that we’re just learning to interpret.”

A volcanology team from Columbia is on-site to witness Hawaii’s volcanic eruption and be of service to the local authorities in their constant chase to monitor the volcano and protect the public.

The generous gift of a VersaLab from Quantum Design will enable the university to significantly advance teaching and learning opportunities in materials science.

A forthcoming study of northern India suggests that people living in rural areas are as likely to die prematurely from the effects of poor air quality as those living in cities.

A Columbia University-led international team of researchers has developed a technique to manipulate the electrical conductivity of graphene with compression, bringing the material one step closer to being a viable semiconductor for use in today’s electronic devices.