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A century ago, European physicists developed quantum mechanics—a momentous occasion marked in 2025 as the International Year of Quantum.
Physicist I.I. Rabi brought quantum mechanics to Columbia. Today, teams of scientists continue a quantum legacy spanning decades: https://bit.ly/4p6U33T
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The Instron was first developed during World War II to test the tensile strength of parachutes.

Now, Mechanical Engineering Professor Kristin Meyers and her PhD students are using it for a different kind of life-saving technology—preventing preterm births.
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM