12
October
The Global Famine was one of the worst humanitarian disasters in history, killing as many people as World War II. A new analysis suggests it could happen again, only worse because of climate change.
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10
October
By determining the molecular signatures of Alzheimer’s, CTE, and other conditions, the research team will pave the way for treatments that target hallmarks of neurodegenerative disease.
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03
October
A pair of Columbia astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and Kepler Space Telescope have assembled evidence for the existence of a moon orbiting a gas-giant planet 8,000 light-years away.
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03
October
Ashkin, 96, is the oldest person ever named a Nobel laureate in any category. His achievement allowed scientists to use pressure from light to manipulate tiny organisms without damaging them, “an old dream of science fiction.”
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24
September
The award will support the development of new methods that will allow for the manipulation of material systems in real time and the mapping of behavior of these materials with a degree of precision that has not been possible.
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24
September
Scientists have discovered that a North Korean nuclear bomb test last fall set off aftershocks over a period of eight months on a previously unmapped earthquake fault nearby.
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17
September
Discovering unexpected resilience in the brain could inform future treatment approaches for patients recuperating from stroke or other brain trauma.
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