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Microplastics Are Chemically Active and Could Cause Biological Harm, Columbia Study Finds
Columbia and UC Berkeley researchers find that as plastic fragments into micro- and nanoparticles, its expanding surface generates reactive oxygen species that may damage living tissue.
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Columbia's Michael Woodford Wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Woodford shares the Sveriges Riksbank Prize with Stanford's Robert E. Hall, becoming Columbia's 16th economics laureate and 89th Nobel laureate.
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Yale Geneticist Arthur Horwich Identifies Molecule That May Protect Against Parkinson's Protein Buildup
A Yale-led study has found a molecule that appears to shield neurons from the toxic alpha-synuclein clumps seen in Parkinson's disease, pointing toward possible future treatments.
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