Eugene Wu, an assistant professor of computer science and a member of the Data Science Institute, where he co-chairs the Center for Data, Media and Society received an Amazon Research Award for his proposal “Interactive Matcher Debugging via Adversarial Generation.” 

A new study in mice suggests that a burst of dopamine levels at the beginning of a movement only, as opposed to all the time, is what gets us going. This may have important implications for treating Parkinson’s disease.

Neuroscientists at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco Columbia have found, in mice, that certain cells fire when the animal is anxious, triggering anxiety-related behaviors.

A team led by Columbia Engineering's Yuan Yang has developed a Li-ion battery shaped like the human spine that allows remarkable flexibility, high energy density, and stable voltage no matter how it is flexed or twisted.

New research led by Thomas M. Jessell, codirector of Columbia’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, has revealed how a small part of the brain singlehandedly steadies the body if it is thrown off balance.

In this video, climate scientists Peter deMenocal, Radley Horton, and Sonya Dyhrman explain their research and Columbia’s commitment to understanding the critical issue of climate change — and how it will impact human and environmental sustainability.

Scientists at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute have uncovered new insights into how stem cells transform into brain cells that control leg movements. The findings could shed light on how the human brain develops — and what happens when problems arise.