Researchers uncover neuronal circuitry tuned to rewarding forms of social touch, opening leads for harnessing touch as a treatment of social and emotional disorders. A…
However, speeding the transition might nearly cancel the effect. First, the bad news: Nothing is free. Moving the world energy system away from fossil fuels…
Trauma can have a profound impact on an individual’s life. Recent research has shed light on how traumatic events can alter the physical structure of…
The results of the study highlight the importance of thinking about nutrition holistically. According to recent research from the Butler Columbia Aging Center at Columbia University…
Positively Charged Nanomaterials Treat Obesity Anywhere You Want Columbia University researchers discover that the cationic-charged P-G3 reduces fat at targeted locations by inhibiting the unhealthy…
Data from Columbia Mass Murder Database reveal psychosis and other serious psychiatric illness absent in the majority of perpetrators. Researchers examining 82 mass murders that…
New research finds evidence of waveguiding in a unique quantum material. These findings counter expectations about how metals conduct light and may push imaging beyond…
Adolescents and young adults have a particularly high prevalence of the condition. According to a study from the City University of New York and the…
Study finds adults with mild cognitive decline assigned puzzles showed less brain shrinkage, better daily functioning. A new study shows that doing crossword puzzles has…
A new study links stronger religious beliefs to high levels of sexual satisfaction. According to recent research, higher levels of sexual satisfaction are associated with…
New research reveals that spinning quasiparticles, or magnons, light up when paired with a light-emitting quasiparticle, or exciton, with potential quantum information applications. All magnets…
Columbia researchers identify 60 new autism genes. A recent study conducted by Columbia University researchers has identified 60 genes associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD),…
Evolution might be less random than we thought. Evolution has long been thought of as a relatively random process, with species’ features being formed by…
A robot created by Columbia Engineers learns to understand itself rather than the environment around it. Our perception of our bodies is not always correct or…
A study explains why many cancer cells need the import of fat. The unexpected causes of cancer cells’ frequent reliance on fat imports are being…
A new Columbia University AI program observed physical phenomena and uncovered relevant variables—a necessary precursor to any physics theory. But the variables it discovered were…
Thriving in a Series of Sudden Global Chills That Killed Competitors Many of us are familiar with the popular theory of how the dinosaurs died…
Largest increases found among high-school seniors, tripling in 2 years from 5 to 14 percent. Cannabis vaping is increasing as the most popular method of…
