The Mississippi River is both a blessing and a curse. It drives commerce for Louisiana, but the act of diverting the river resulted in huge loss of the state’s wetlands. With the new LSU Center for...
When astronomers noticed a strange light pattern coming from a distant star, many speculated this was evidence of an advanced alien civilization.
The discovery of not only life, but intelligent life outside...
LSU Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Professor Nancy Rabalais recently co-authored a paper about deoxygenation in the ocean and coast waters that was published in the journal, Science,...
A University professor and his students are in the beginning stages of a research project that could potentially revolutionize the electronics industry.
Organic and Materials Chemistry professor Evgueni...
University physicists were among a group of scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory who observed and detected a collision between two dead neutron stars 130 million light...
Cannibalism may be an understudied factor in the spread of disease among insects, according to new research.Associate Professor of biological sciences Bret Eldred and his lab are researching how changes...
While many academic departments rarely operate across disciplines, in the Coastal Sustainability Studio it's the norm.Each day at work, geography graduate student Yi Ling Chan develops geographical...
Menhaden, a type of fish, are about one-half of the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico fish harvest and have become smaller over the last 65 years in the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coast as ocean...
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...
