Are search engines supplanting our memory?

07/15/11 Ubiquitous availability of the Internet may be causing a shift in how much information we retain in our memories, researchers claim. Because search engines such as Google and Bing are so readily at hand, through desktop computers and mobile phones, we feel less need to remember details that can be easily looked up, note researchers from Columbia University, the University of Wisconsin, and ...

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Columbia University receives NIH grant to expand clinical, translational research

07/19/11 A Columbia University institute, whose goal is to accelerate the pace of translating science into real-life treatments for patients, received $38.9 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand its work over the next five years.

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Columbia University Student Pleads Guilty in On-Campus Drug Sale Operation

07/19/11 A Columbia University student accused of running an on-campus drug dealing operation pleaded guilty to selling cocaine to an undercover officer.

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