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Scientists Edge Closer to Affordable Superconductors
Illustration of the 1 train as a molecule by Andy Kim
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Scientists Edge Closer to Affordable Superconductors

Novel materials could eventually power electric vehicles and more, say Columbia researchers

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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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Fiscal Discipline
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Fiscal Discipline

A study makes the case for a frequently maligned mortgage type

Pay for Peace
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Pay for Peace

A Columbia political scientist concludes that UN peacekeeping missions are overwhelmingly successful

Gone Fission
Columbia physicists with the Pupin cyclotron circa 1940
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Gone Fission

Columbia's cyclotron to be dismantled and sold for scrap

Airfare for the Common Man
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Airfare for the Common Man

Artist and peace activist Namira Salim '96SIPA buys a ticket to space

New Starry Night
A black hole
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New Starry Night

A physics professor has developed optics technology that could enable astronomers to study black holes that have never been seen clearly before

Pedals, Chutes & Leaves
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Pedals, Chutes & Leaves

Columbia researchers help cyclists in Africa build sturdier bikes using locally available resources

A Fall of Moondust
Moon
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A Fall of Moondust

An astronomer offers an explanation for mysterious putts of light on the lunar surface

Water Wars
Death Valley
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Water Wars

A drought as severe as the 1930s Dust Bowl could ignite conflicts over water, scientists say

Study Briefs From Columbia Researchers
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Study Briefs From Columbia Researchers

A new paper on "superstar cities," and more

Is This Thing On?
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Is This Thing On?

Electrical engineering professor Dan Ellis creates a "life log"

A Nose for the Truth
Columbia environmental scientist Wade McGillis, center, helps graduate students install wind-sending equipment atop the Hans Christian Anderson School in Harlem
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A Nose for the Truth

Environmental scientists solve a smelly mystery

Breaking News
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Breaking News

Wall Street puts the squeeze on newspapers trying to move to the Internet

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