Latest news from Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/climate-week-at-columbia-engineering/?sc=rsin /articles/climate-week-at-columbia-engineering/?sc=rsin Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:05:40 EST As part of Climate Week NYC, Columbia Engineering will celebrate a week of events bringing together researchers and experts at the forefront of developing solutions to help the planet and society. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/tiny-killers-how-autoantibodies-attack-the-heart-in-lupus-patients/?sc=rsin /articles/tiny-killers-how-autoantibodies-attack-the-heart-in-lupus-patients/?sc=rsin Tue, 20 Aug 2024 15:05:37 EST n a new study, a team of researchers from Columbia Engineering, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Harvard University report that autoantibodies alone directly affect heart function in lupus patients. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/new-device-inspired-by-python-teeth-doubles-strength-of-rotator-cuff-repairs/?sc=rsin /articles/new-device-inspired-by-python-teeth-doubles-strength-of-rotator-cuff-repairs/?sc=rsin Fri, 28 Jun 2024 14:00:00 EST Columbia University researchers have developed a python-tooth-inspired device as a supplement to current rotator cuff suture repair, and found that it nearly doubled repair strength. Their biomimetic approach following the design of python teeth helps to reattach tendons to bone more securely. The device not only augments the strength of the repair but can also be customized to the patient. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/turns-out-i-m-not-real-detecting-ai-generated-videos/?sc=rsin /articles/turns-out-i-m-not-real-detecting-ai-generated-videos/?sc=rsin Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:05:14 EST New tool detects AI-generated videos from Sora by OpenAI, Runway Gen-2, and Pika with 93.7% accuracy. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/a-pulse-of-innovation-ai-at-the-service-of-heart-research/?sc=rsin /articles/a-pulse-of-innovation-ai-at-the-service-of-heart-research/?sc=rsin Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:05:54 EST Columbia Engineers unveiled BeatProfiler, a groundbreaking new tool-- a comprehensive software that automates the analysis of heart cell function from video data. It's the first system to integrate the analysis of different heart function indicators into one tool, speeding up the process significantly and reducing the chance for errors. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/high-quality-microwave-signals-generated-from-tiny-photonic-chip/?sc=rsin /articles/high-quality-microwave-signals-generated-from-tiny-photonic-chip/?sc=rsin Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:05:39 EST Researchers create a compact, all-optical device with the lowest microwave noise ever achieved for an integrated chip. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/who-wrote-this-columbia-engineers-discover-novel-method-to-identify-ai-generated-text/?sc=rsin /articles/who-wrote-this-columbia-engineers-discover-novel-method-to-identify-ai-generated-text/?sc=rsin Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:05:42 EST Columbia Engineering researchers develop a novel approach that can detect AI-generated content without needing access to the AI's architecture, algorithms, or training data-a first in the field. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/brain-waves-travel-in-one-direction-when-made-and-the-opposite-when-recalled/?sc=rsin /articles/brain-waves-travel-in-one-direction-when-made-and-the-opposite-when-recalled/?sc=rsin Fri, 08 Mar 2024 05:00:00 EST These wide-ranging waves quickly link the specific constellations of brain regions that work in harmony to perform a task. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/using-light-to-precisely-control-single-molecule-devices/?sc=rsin /articles/using-light-to-precisely-control-single-molecule-devices/?sc=rsin Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:05:21 EST Researchers flip the switch at the nanoscale by applying light to induce bonding for single-molecule device switching. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/study-finds-new-inhalable-therapy-is-a-big-step-forward-in-lung-cancer-research/?sc=rsin /articles/study-finds-new-inhalable-therapy-is-a-big-step-forward-in-lung-cancer-research/?sc=rsin Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:05:30 EST Columbia Biomedical Engineer Ke Cheng has developed a technique that uses inhalation of exosomes, or nanobubbles, to directly deliver IL-12 mRNA to the lungs of mice. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/when-engineering-meets-women-s-health/?sc=rsin /articles/when-engineering-meets-women-s-health/?sc=rsin Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:05:18 EST There has been a lack of basic research centered on women's health. But times are changing, says Kristin Myers. And it's about time. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/ai-discovers-that-not-every-fingerprint-is-unique/?sc=rsin /articles/ai-discovers-that-not-every-fingerprint-is-unique/?sc=rsin Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:05:55 EST Columbia engineers have built a new AI that shatters a long-held belief in forensics-that fingerprints from different fingers of the same person are unique. It turns out they are similar, only we've been comparing fingerprints the wrong way! Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/helen-lu-elected-to-the-national-academy-of-inventors/?sc=rsin /articles/helen-lu-elected-to-the-national-academy-of-inventors/?sc=rsin Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:05:40 EST Biomedical engineer honored for inventions in tissue engineering Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/elham-azizi-vs-cancer-fighting-the-disease-with-data-ai-and-math/?sc=rsin /articles/elham-azizi-vs-cancer-fighting-the-disease-with-data-ai-and-math/?sc=rsin Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:05:42 EST Elham Azizi is on a mission to better understand the complexities of cancer through the design of sophisticated data-driven computational methods. Her motivation, like many of her peers in the field, is to be able to identify and predict what drives cancer growth in the hopes of improving therapies that work best for each individual patient. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/team-led-by-elias-bareinboim-wins-5m-nsf-grant-to-transform-ai-decision-making/?sc=rsin /articles/team-led-by-elias-bareinboim-wins-5m-nsf-grant-to-transform-ai-decision-making/?sc=rsin Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:05:15 EST A multi-institutional team led by Columbia Engineering has won a $5 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to address AI systems learning biases we don't want them to have and showing discrimination based on gender, race, religion, or other sensitive attributes. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/theoretical-computer-scientists-awarded-the-john-von-neumann-theory-prize/?sc=rsin /articles/theoretical-computer-scientists-awarded-the-john-von-neumann-theory-prize/?sc=rsin Thu, 16 Nov 2023 10:05:54 EST Computer Science Professors Christos Papadimitriou and Mihalis Yannakakis received the John von Neumann Theory Prize for their research in computational complexity theory that explores the boundaries of efficiently solving decision and optimization problems crucial to operations research and management sciences. The recipients were presented with the prize at the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting in October in Phoenix, AZ. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/marco-giometto-wins-office-of-naval-research-young-investigator-award/?sc=rsin /articles/marco-giometto-wins-office-of-naval-research-young-investigator-award/?sc=rsin Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:05:02 EST Marco Giometto, whose research centers on the fundamental study of turbulence in the environment using highly scalable computational frameworks, has been awarded a Young Investigator Award by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/new-tool-automates-the-formal-verification-of-systems-software/?sc=rsin /articles/new-tool-automates-the-formal-verification-of-systems-software/?sc=rsin Fri, 27 Oct 2023 14:05:21 EST Recent work directed by professors Ronghui Gu and Jason Nieh introduced a new tool, Spoq, that significantly reduces the complex efforts people must use to verify real-world software and makes it possible to verify existing C systems code without modifications. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/engineered-bacteria-paint-targets-on-tumors-for-cancer-killing-t-cells-to-see/?sc=rsin /articles/engineered-bacteria-paint-targets-on-tumors-for-cancer-killing-t-cells-to-see/?sc=rsin Thu, 12 Oct 2023 14:00:00 EST Synthetic biologists at Columbia Engineering report today a new approach to attacking tumors. They have engineered tumor-colonizing bacteria (probiotics) to produce synthetic targets in tumors that direct CAR-T cells to destroy the newly highlighted cancer cells. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science /articles/using-focused-ultrasound-to-treat-alzheimer-s-and-parkinson-s/?sc=rsin /articles/using-focused-ultrasound-to-treat-alzheimer-s-and-parkinson-s/?sc=rsin Tue, 12 Sep 2023 13:05:39 EST Using gene therapy to treat many neurologic diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, has long been a long-sought goal of researchers, but the blood-brain barrier has proven very difficult to cross. Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science