Research

Eight clear lab vials in a row show bacterial cellulose forming as pale white films on top of liquids of different colors and cloudiness, grown from waste sugars such as spent grains, spent mash, and fruit/vegetable pulp.

Research

Fashion Forward: Columbia and FIT Awarded Bezos Earth Fund Grant for Sustainable Fashion

April 24, 2026

A close-up shot of a woman holding up container of alkaline residue

Faculty & Staff

Turning Waste Into Critical Materials

April 22, 2026

by Francesco Fiondella

Light blue gradient with thin horizontal lines, a central dark blue coil shape, and multiple glowing white circles clustered around it.

Research

Exploring the Future of Fusion

April 22, 2026

by Grant Currin

Close-up of a tilted solar panel mounted on a pole, with a blurred high-rise building of glass windows in the background.

Research

Is that Solar Panel Pointing in the Right Direction?

April 21, 2026

Illustration of how electric vehicles can help balance a city’s power grid as solar generation fluctuates

Research

How Electric Cars Could Help Tropical Cities Run on Solar

April 07, 2026

by Grant Currin

Clark T. Hung and Nadeen O. Chahine

Research

Columbia Research Team Moves Closer to a "Living Knee" Implant

April 06, 2026

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Research

Can AI Understand Literature? Columbia Researchers Put It to the Test

March 24, 2026

by Bernadette O. Young

Immunofluorescence image of transverse heart sections from a healthy neonatal mouse (Left) or a neonatal mouse in which myocardial infarction was induced at postnatal day 1, examined 3 days after injury (Right)

Research

A New RNA Therapy Could Help the Heart Repair Itself

March 13, 2026

by Grant Currin

Acus is a CMOS implantable fluorescence imager to monitor neural circuits in deep regions of the brain

Research

Columbia Engineers Develop Implantable Imaging Tool to Reveal Deep-Brain Neural Circuits

February 20, 2026

by Xintian Tina Wang

Cryo-TEM image of the gel electrolyte featuring a parasitic salt-phobic network, highlighting the aggregation of fluoroacrylate molecules and their incorporation into the gel matrix after gelation.

Research

A New Electrolyte Points to Stronger, Safer Batteries

February 19, 2026

Christine Hendon, associate professor of electrical engineering, who develops innovative imaging technologies to study human tissue and disease.

Research

Transforming the Future of Women’s Health

February 18, 2026

An artist’s rendering of micro phase shifting.

Research

Columbia’s 3D Vision Technology Powers Factory Automation

February 17, 2026