Research Newsletters
September 2026 LSU Research Highlights
Welcome to the jungle, as LSU discovers a new species of snake named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash. Also, learn about two highly competitive Genesis Mission awards, and how LSU creates the first room temperature quantum material, discovers hidden links among crop diseases, and advances wetland science across two coasts.
July 2026 LSU Research Highlights
Learn about our master research agreement with Hyundai Steel, how we’ve added capabilities that could drive a paradigm shift in semiconductor manufacturing, and how our DNA drives who we’re attracted to.
April 2026 LSU Research Highlights
Explore how honey bee brains might be hacked—by viruses—to choose virus-laden food, how LSU Math is giving LSU Softball a competitive edge, and how LSU welcomed Argonne National Lab to campus for a collaborative workshop. Also, meet LSU’s three new AAAS fellows!
March 2026 LSU Research Highlights
In this issue, learn how LSU continues to partner with national labs to support the energy and chemical industry in Louisiana; how castor oil can be used to remove microplastics from water; and why a small fish needs a hole in the head.
October 2025 LSU Research Highlights
From working with Louisiana communities to build greener futures in Lake Charles and Iberia Parish, to revealing the state's most advanced microscope, to making space more of a makerspace, catch up on LSU research works and wins.
September 2025 LSU Research Highlights
Learn how LSU ensures student success through growing research programs in cyber, chemical engineering, and coastal and environmental studies and how the amino acid cysteine can turn white fat cells into “a calorie-burning furnace.”
May 2025 LSU Research Highlights
LSU celebrates eclipsing the half-billion milestone in research activity, three new AAAS fellows, astrophysicists striking gold, a new way to fight cancer with fruit, and more.