May 18, 2020
astronomy
fundamental science
David Kipping, an assistant professor in Columbia’s Department of Astronomy, uses Bayesian statistics to shed light on how extraterrestrial life might evolve in alien worlds.
May 8, 2020
fundamental science
sustainability
water
Widely considered a screen against contamination, clay layers may actually enhance arsenic leakage into some aquifers, a new Columbia-led study finds.
May 2, 2020
fundamental science
physics
Dmitri Basov, Angela M. Christiano, Andrew Millis, Molly Przeworski, and Lorraine S. Symington were elected by their peers in recognition of their outstanding achievements in research.
April 27, 2020
fundamental science
physics
The Columbia professors join some of the world’s most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts in one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies.
March 16, 2020
food security
fundamental science
Even a limited nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan would cause unprecedented planet-wide food shortages lasting more than a decade.