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A Columbia Engineering team has published a paper in the journal Joule today that details how nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy techniques can be leveraged to design the anode surface in lithium metal batteries. The researchers also…

Babies born after exposure to famine in-utero show signs of accelerated aging six decades later, according to a study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center. The effects…

A Columbia Engineering team, led by Xia Zhou, associate professor of computer science, decided to see if they could make KMC monitoring easier. An expert in mobile computing and networks, Zhou’s research is focused on wireless systems and…

The chances of getting a tick bite in New York City—especially in the densely populated urban core—are relatively low, but can be significant in some urban forests. In the summertime, when city residents scatter to areas where ticks…

A new proof-of-concept study by researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) shows that changing only a single letter in the DNA code of selected genes in T cells may lead to improved cell therapy. The…

In some severe cases of COVID-19, the lungs undergo extreme damage, resulting in a range of life-threatening conditions like pneumonia, inflammation, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. The root cause of those wide-ranging…

Columbia researchers have discovered a genetic variant that reduces the odds of developing Alzheimer’s disease by up to 70% and may be protecting thousands of people in the United States from the disease. The discovery of the protective…

Columbia researchers have found cells inside clogged arteries share similarities with cancer and aggravate atherosclerosis, raising the possibility that anticancer drugs could be used to treat atherosclerosis and prevent heart attacks.…

Warning letters from Medicare can safely cut prescribing of a powerful but risky antipsychotic, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. They used Medicare data to understand the effects of the…

The brain can direct the immune system to an unexpected degree, capable of detecting, ramping up and tamping down inflammation, shows a new study in mice from researchers at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute. "The brain is the center of our…