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Columbia Professor Brian Metzger helped other astronomers interpret their observations of the unexpected stellar event.

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The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 put billions of dollars toward boosting nationwide research on semiconductors to center the ...

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Researchers have developed a precision magnetometer based on a special material that changes optical properties in response ...