news.columbia.edu Can Gravitational Fields Break and Reconnect? Einstein’s Equations Suggest They Can. Physicists have identified a process called “gravitational reconnection” that could transfer energy from gravity into matter. 
news.columbia.edu The Bucolic Columbia Campus You May Never Have Heard Of Columbia University’s Nevis Laboratories have been a hub of particle physics research since the 1950s. 
news.columbia.edu Microplastics Are Chemically Active, and Could Cause Biological Harm A new study found that when microplastics contact water, their surfaces can become chemically reactive; it could be how they get us sick. 
news.columbia.edu A Former Postdoc Returns as a Professor Mark Ross-Lonergan is an experimental neutrino physicist with a passion for oysters. 
news.columbia.edu How Arctic Ecosystems Shape Our Climate Professor Duncan Menge is the new chair of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology. In his spare time, he plays guitar in the department band. 