April 3, 2017
Independent Evolutionary Origins of Complex Sociality in Marine Life
A group of Columbia University researchers has just published a new study that sheds light on how the complex social system evolved in the sea.
March 29, 2017
Tommy Vaughan Pushes Boundaries of High-Resolution Imaging
Vaughan, Director of Magnetic Resonance Research at Columbia, designs and builds the MRI systems that produce high-resolution images of anatomical, metabolic and physiological systems and functions.
March 29, 2017
Zhu Receives Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
Columbia University chemist Xiaoyang Zhu has been named a Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow by the U.S. Department of Defense in support of his research, which aims to develop new design principles for future semiconductors that are defect-tolerant.
March 13, 2017
New Study Finds Radiation from Nearby Galaxies Helped Fuel First Monster Black Holes
A team of researchers from Dublin City University, Columbia University, Georgia Tech, and the University of Helsinki add evidence to one theory of how ancient black holes may have formed and quickly put on weight.
March 13, 2017
Researchers Discover Star in Closest Known Orbit around Black Hole
Astronomers have observed evidence of a star that whips around a black hole at a rate of nearly twice an hour. The finding may demonstrate the tightest orbital dance between a black hole and a companion star ever seen.