Study Bolsters Volcanic Theory of Ancient Extinction
A team of scientists has found new evidence to bolster the idea that the Permian Extinction, which occurred 252 million years ago, was caused by massive volcanic eruptions in what is now Siberia.
Columbia Researchers to Help LIGO Discover Gravitational Waves
A research team from Columbia University received a National Science Foundation grant to assist scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), the instrument that won a Nobel Prize for detecting gravitational waves.
Joachim Frank Awarded 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Joachim Frank shares the Nobel Prize with two other scientists for inventing a new and more powerful method of capturing 3D images of biological molecules in atomic detail.
Gut Microbiome Researcher Wins Pew Innovation Grant
Ivaylo Ivanov, an immunologist at Columbia who studies the role of intestinal bacteria in the body’s immune response has received a two-year, $200,000 Innovation Fund award from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Brightness of Luminous Astronomical Explosions Is Product of Powerful Shockwaves
A new study suggests a theoretical prediction explaining the unusual brightness of some astronomical explosions, first developed by Columbia University astronomers and physicists, is correct.