On Thursday LSU unveiled the most advanced microscope in the state-of-the-art Advanced Microscopy and Analytical Core facility. Interim President Matt Lee, Vice President of Research and Economic Development...

LSU and two other Louisiana universities are using funds from NASA to research the implementation of vitrimers —a new class of reprocessable polymers — in ultrasonic welding with the intention of revolutionizing...

LSU scientists have discovered a subduction zone decaying near Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada that sheds light on how tectonic plates on the Earth’s surface evolve. A Science Advances...

The Draconid meteor shower is expected to peak this evening for just a few hours. Its peak is hitting right after sunset in the northern hemisphere. The Draconoid shower is actually a recurring meteor...

Two LSU engineering students received the Donald W. Clayton Graduate Assistantship Award, substantial scholarships allowing them to pursue their advanced degrees with fewer financial stresses. Doctoral...

Archaeologist Chip McGimsey told a packed LSU Science Cafe audience last week that new, independent dating now underway could resolve a long-running debate over how old LSU’s two earthen mounds really...

Co-mingling creative tools in an industrial setting, LSU digital art students are building digital twins — interactive maps with augmented reality overlays of spaces created using over a dozen consumer-grade...

In Louisiana, where natural disasters are a way of life, plans made by the Stephenson Disaster Management Institute stand as the state’s first line of defense. SDMI is LSU’s disaster management...

In March 2025, the Trump administration proposed a list of changes to the Department of Education; this has since raised concerns about the future of federal involvement in American schools. When president...

LSU researchers at LIGO recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of proving Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity after over half a century of observations. LSU has been studying gravitational...

Baton Rouge, Louisiana is situated on the Mississippi River, about 230 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. A team of professors and postdoctoral scholars at LSU has closed that distance by discovering a way...

One hundred ten miles from Baton Rouge, a Tulane student from Los Angeles went around Plaquemines Parish in hope of getting answers. Lila Duarte spent 10 weeks in towns such as Port Sulfur and Belle...