June 28, 2017

Researchers Develop Yeast-Based Tool for Worldwide Pathogen Detection

Columbia University researchers have developed a tool that is likely to revolutionize the way we detect and treat pathogens in everything from human health to agriculture to water.
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June 28, 2017

New Research Shows a Decline in Plant Diversity Could Affect Entire Ecosystems

New findings by Columbia researchers are among the first to show that a decline in biodiversity may also play a role in plants flowering earlier every year, magnifying the impact of climate change not just when plants flower, but on entire ecosystems.
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June 27, 2017

As Climate Stirs Arctic Sea Ice Faster, Pollution Tags Along

A warming climate is not just melting the Arctic's sea ice; it is increasing the odds that ice-rafted pollution will foul a neighboring country's waters, says a new study by Stephanie Pfirman and Robert Newton, researchers at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
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June 27, 2017

Seizures Follow Same Path Regardless of Speed, Says Study

In a new study, Columbia researchers come a step closer to making sense of how seizures start and spread by showing that the neurons of mice undergoing seizures fire off in a sequential pattern no matter how quickly the seizure propagates — a finding that confirms seizures are not the result of neurons randomly going haywire.
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June 27, 2017

Frances Champagne Studies How a Mother’s Care Affects the Brain

“It’s the interaction between genes and the environment that makes us who we are,” said Frances Champagne, an associate professor of psychology at Columbia and a leader in the growing field of behavioral epigenetics.
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June 23, 2017

Announcing the 2017 Center for Climate and Life Senior Fellows

Columbia's Center for Climate and Life has awarded nearly $1 million to four scientists from the International Research Institute for Climate and Society and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Their research projects will improve understanding of how climate change impacts the essentials of human sustainability.
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June 12, 2017

Event Kicks Off New Era of Science in Space

A wide range of people gathered at Columbia University recently for the first conference on a burgeoning approach to science in space: conducting that research in collaboration with the private space industry.
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