Ten miles off the coast of Alabama lies an underwater forest with trees dating back to the ice ages.After Hurricane Ivan in 2004, fisherman discovered something odd on their sonar, and enlisted...
University scientists have received the final round of grants to study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Louisiana’s marshes. Researchers were awarded $4.8 million over the next...
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded Tuesday, Oct. 3 to leaders of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory for the first detection of gravitational waves, according to a University...
After more than a year of working to provide patients with therapeutic marijuana, LSU AgCenter has finalized its contract with GB Sciences to produce medical marijuana for qualifying patients in Louisiana.
GB...
About eight million metric tons of plastic waste enter the oceans from land each year. While plastic production is increasing every year, so is the amount found in fish bellies.LSU Department of Oceanography...
Penguins are shaking their tail feathers to new research that allows for less invasive methods to track their migration.
Researchers are now able to analyze a penguin’s tail feathers to track migration,...
U.S. News and World Report's 2018 edition of their Best Colleges list ranked the University 63rd among public universities out of 190. This puts the University in the top tier for the 10th-straight year.
The...
A $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant will fund a four-year project to scan 20,000 vertebrate specimens to comprise a free digital encyclopedia available to the public.
Associate Professor in...
Assistant Professor of Mass Communication Kathleen Searles and Associate Professor of Communication at Texas A&M Johanna Dunaway recently conducted an investigation on the effects of consuming news...
The LSU AgCenter has partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study the declining honeybee population.Kristen Healy, an assistant professor in the Department of Entomology, emphasized...
A new species has been discovered halfway across the world with the help of a University professor.Biological sciences assistant professor Jake Esselstyn and his research team discovered a new species...
The University’s agriculture department has been approved to work on a new research initiative of the medicinal use of the marijuana plant.
The measure was approved at the LSU Board of Supervisors...
