In this video, Brian Greene, Caleb Scharf, and Elena Aprile explain their research and how the Columbia University Origins Institute will lead to a greater understanding of the universe around us.

Columbia astrobiology research spans a full spectrum—from searching for the exoplanets, to replicating cosmic conditions that formed those planets, to simulating various biological and climatic environments that may be on them.

Two new Columbia papers find that the line that divides the moist East and arid West is edging eastward due to climate change—and the implications for farming and other pursuits could be huge.

Today, Columbia University and data-analytics firm Jupiter are announcing plans to collaborate on improved hurricane track simulations, so that the public and private sectors can plan for weather and climate risks.

Rutgers, Columbia, and NYU will lead research aimed at pushing the limits of wireless-networking. The platform in New York, called COSMOS, will be a proving ground for a new generation of wireless technologies and applications.

Researchers have developed a computational tool that shines a light on the genome’s most hard-to-translate segments. It may help scientists understand how DNA guides everything from growth and development to aging and disease.

A Columbia University-led team of astrophysicists has discovered a dozen black holes gathered around Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.