Tag: Columbia University
Revolutionary ultra-thin meta-lens enables full-color imaging
Light of various colors goes at various speeds in various materials and structures. This is the reason we see white light split into its...
A milestone for forecasting earthquake hazards
Analysts from Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, University of Southern California, the University of California at Riverside and the U.S. Geological Survey has concocted...
Scientists discovered the source of strange negative gravity
The objects' motion we see in our everyday lives are governed by Newton's Laws of Motion and gravity. But according to scientists at the...
Using Machine learning tools to gain new insights from Earthquake data
Scientists at the Columbia University have discovered a totally new way to study earthquakes. They picked out different types of earthquakes from three years using...
Experimental immunotherapy for eye cancer improves survival in early trials
In a small trial of patients with advanced metastatic uveal melanoma, Columbia scientists performed an experimental immunotherapy IMCgp100 and found that it could increase...
Old brains can make new neurons, study finds
A new research by the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons suggests that human brain makes new neurons throughout life. Scientists were able to...
A novel approach to lowering high triglycerides
Triglycerides are fats that cells use as fuel. They are transported to cells by means of the circulatory system, however, when triglyceride levels are...
Women with HIV Experience More Fatigue, Muscle Aches After Menopause
Advancements in treatment during recent decades, HIV has largely become a chronic condition. This implies a more prominent level of individuals with HIV are living longer;...
Kids from low-income areas fare worse after heart surgery, finds study
A national study upon more than 86,000 kids with congenital heart disease have investigated that children from low-income neighborhoods had a higher mortality rate and...