Differential Privacy the Correct Choice for the 2020 U.S. Census

New study from Columbia Engineering computer scientists supports the Census Bureau’s switch to differential privacy as a de-identification mechanism for the 2020 Census.
19-May-2022 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Plug-and-Play Organ-on-a-Chip can be Customized to the Patient

Researchers from Columbia Engineering and Columbia University Irving Medical Center have developed a model of human physiology in the form of a multi-organ chip consisting of engineered human heart, bone, liver, and skin that are linked by vascular...
26-Apr-2022 2:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Concerned Your Smartphone Is Spying on You?

Columbia Engineering researchers have developed a new system that generates whisper-quiet sounds that you can play in any room, in any situation, to block smart devices from spying on you. And it’s easy to implement on hardware like computers and...
18-Apr-2022 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Wireless, High-Speed, Low-Power Communications for Implantable Devices

Implantable bioelectronics are now often key in assisting or monitoring the heart, brain, and other vital organs, but they often lack a safe, reliable way of transmitting their data to doctors. Now researchers at Columbia Engineering have invented a...
6-Apr-2022 11:45 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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New Technology Could Make Biopsies a Thing of the Past

A Columbia Engineering team has developed a technology that could replace conventional biopsies and histology with real-time imaging within the living body. Described in a new paper published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, MediSCAPE is a...
28-Mar-2022 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Engineering an “Invisible Cloak” for Bacteria to Deliver Drugs to Tumors

Columbia Engineering researchers report that they have developed a “cloaking” system that temporarily hides therapeutic bacteria from immune systems, enabling them to more effectively deliver drugs to tumors and kill cancer cells in mice. By...
16-Mar-2022 11:55 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Novel Antiviral Drug Combinations Demonstrate COVID-19 Therapeutic Potential

Novel antiviral drug combinations demonstrate Covid-19 therapeutic potential. By combining inhibitors of polymerases and exonucleases--enzymes that allow SARS-CoV-2 to reproduce--researchers report that they were able to reduce SARS-CoV-2...
7-Mar-2022 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Cheaper, Faster, Safer Way to Screen Temperatures

Researchers from Columbia Engineering and the Mailman School of Public Health have invented a system that can automatically take temperature readings of people walking by, going about their own business, up to three meters away--no one has to stand...
22-Feb-2022 4:30 PM EST Add to Favorites