February 6, 2020
Toxic Protein, Linked to Alzheimer’s and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases, Exposed in New Detail
A Columbia-led team harnessed two powerful technologies to identify promising targets for diagnosing and treating neurodegenerative diseases.
February 4, 2020
Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute Announces Three Artists-in-Residence
A trio of pioneers in the fields of visual arts, jazz and literature will spend a year collaborating with scientists at the Institute in an endeavor that immerses artists in the cutting-edge field of neuroscience.
February 2, 2020
Data Science Institute Research Team Wins Facebook Award to Enhance Machine Learning Models
The team's research project has the potential to enhance machine learning models so that they are more scalable and adaptive.
January 29, 2020
Sex Pheromone Named for Jane Austen Character Alters Brain in Mouse Courtship
The new Columbia-led study in mice maps the brain circuitry that enables a single pheromone to drive both innate and learned sexual behaviors.
January 28, 2020
Wine Regions Could Shrink Dramatically With Climate Change Unless Growers Swap Varieties
As temperatures rise and seasons change, the regions of the world that are suitable for growing wine grapes could shrink by half or more, according to a new study.
January 27, 2020
Mary Annaïse Heglar to Join Earth Institute as Writer-in-Residence
Noted climate justice essayist Mary Annaïse Heglar will spend the next six months at Columbia University under a newly launched writer-in-residence program.
January 23, 2020
Bridging the Air Pollution Data Gap in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dan Westervelt, a Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory researcher and Center for Climate and Life Fellow, received funding to address the air pollution crisis in three sub-Saharan African cities.
