Research Newsletters
December 2024 LSU Research Highlights
Did you know a good egg can remain a good egg for twice as long if coated with water-soluble chitosan, a natural substance derived from the shells of Louisiana shrimp, crab, and crawfish? Also, learn how LSU researchers are transforming dementia care in rural Louisiana and studying shipwrecks to learn about underwater landslides.
October 2024 LSU Research Highlights
Our researchers are on the hunt for the evolutionary reason humans can’t regrow limbs, a new method for producing clean hydrogen, and the larger-than-life Smokey Bear.
August 2024 LSU Research Highlights
LSU rises in national rankings and renown through innovation, team work and discovery in agriculture, health, coastal research, cybersecurity and defense and energy—and by bringing rural America a little bit closer.
May 2024 LSU Research Highlights
We share stories about impactful LSU innovations and individual and team achievements, while placing a grapefruit on the teacher’s desk. It’s mosquito season, after all.
February 2024 LSU Research Highlights
Learn how LSU secured the largest NSF award in history to transform the future of energy in Louisiana, received two Under Secretary visits to campus in just one week, and created real buzz in a Louisiana prison (by teaching inmates beekeeping).
November 2023 LSU Research Highlights
Delve into remarkable advances in coastal and energy research, historic achievements in research activity and patenting, and just a little bit of mystery.
August 2023 LSU Research Highlights
Wound healing technology made from trees and new patents: One for gummy ball baits to put the wild pig pandemic on snooze, and one for water-powered lights to make it easier to grow algae, which can be used to make biofuels and biodegradable plastics.