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3D Imaging Just Got Easier
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3D Imaging Just Got Easier

A powerful new microscope could enable more scientists around the world to conduct cutting-edge biomedical research

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What Your Facial Features Say About You
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What Your Facial Features Say About You

Columbia psychologists unmask the perceptual biases that shape our impressions of one another

How ISIS Really Recruits its Members
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How ISIS Really Recruits its Members

A study looks at what makes the group’s online propaganda successful

What Declassified Government Documents Reveal About America’s Dark Secrets
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Christopher Silas Neal

What Declassified Government Documents Reveal About America’s Dark Secrets

At the Columbia History Lab, Matthew Connelly ’90CC uses data science to uncover long-hidden files

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What Your Facial Features Say About You
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What Your Facial Features Say About You

Columbia psychologists unmask the perceptual biases that shape our impressions of one another

How Gro Intelligence is Fighting World Hunger with Tech
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How Gro Intelligence is Fighting World Hunger with Tech

The company, founded by Sara Menker ’12BUS, seeks to optimize agricultural intelligence around the world 

The Hidden Potential of Zombie Office Towers
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The Hidden Potential of Zombie Office Towers

Researchers make the case for converting commercial buildings into apartments

Women Earn Half as Much After Having Children, Finds New Study
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Women Earn Half as Much After Having Children, Finds New Study

Columbia researchers calculate the true price of motherhood

Drones and AI Are New Recruits in Battle Against Land Mines
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Drones and AI Are New Recruits in Battle Against Land Mines

The technology locates explosives faster and more safely than treacherous manual methods

Professor Louis Brus Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Louis Brus
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Professor Louis Brus Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The scientist was recognized for developing quantum dots, infinitesimal man-made crystals with special optical properties

What Triggers Male Rage? Betta Fish May Hold Clues
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What Triggers Male Rage? Betta Fish May Hold Clues

A Columbia neurobiologist fishes for an aggression gene

Could AI Mend a Broken Heart?
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Could AI Mend a Broken Heart?

Inward, cofounded by Ying Laohachewin ’15BUS, brings the healing power of support groups to your phone

A Columbia Climate Scientist Reviews Autumn in New York
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A Columbia Climate Scientist Reviews Autumn in New York

Mukund Palat Rao ’20GSAS discusses this year's foliage outlook and how a warming planet may affect future seasons

Saluting Marie Tharp, the Trailblazing Scientist Whose Maps Shook the World
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Saluting Marie Tharp, the Trailblazing Scientist Whose Maps Shook the World

The Columbia cartographer’s discovery of undersea rift valleys helped seal the theory of continental drift

Is America in Moral Decline?
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Is America in Moral Decline?

Columbia researchers say the actual data on decency will surprise you

Stargaze with Columbia Astronomers
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Stargaze with Columbia Astronomers

Columbia Astronomy Public Outreach wants everyone to experience the wonders of the universe

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