Deep beneath the Tyrrhenian Sea, scientists found pale granite intrusions cutting through mantle rocks from Earth’s interior — a strange mix that helped reveal how a young ocean basin formed.
New LSU-led research in #ScienceAdvances. lsu.edu/science/news/2026/05…
From small white blooms to bold “hot lips,” wild coffee plants keep reinventing their flowers. Across 650 species, showy blooms have evolved at least 10 times. Dr. Lagomarsino is heading to Colombia as a Fulbright Scholar to find out why. 🔗 lsu.edu/science/news/2026/05…@LSUResearch
Only about half of the students who begin college as STEM majors continue in the field. LSU experts saw a path to addressing this issue, with a first-year seminar course for college students interested in STEM, designed to build confidence and skills!
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ALT After a first-year seminar course on becoming a scientist was implemented at scale, student outcomes improved,
The graduating student survey is now open! 🎓 Spring graduates have until May 31 to log in to Handshake and complete the survey. This survey helps us measure success in preparing students for life after graduation. Complete the survey at bit.ly/lsu-sci-26.
This April, official proclamations from Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards recognize Math Awareness Month, highlighting the importance of strengthening math education statewide📚.
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ALT Dr. Thomas Weldeghiorghis with the Bruker AVANCE Neo 700 MHz NMR Spectrometer. The system is equipped with a cryoprobe for solution-state NMR and both 3.2 mm and 0.7 mm Magic Angle Spinning (MAS) probes for solid-state NMR experiments.
– Photo Credit: Anna Slaton
ALT Quote: Cancer is a really complex disease. It’s like a diabolical symphony. Just one instrument doesn’t make the symphony… You have to put all the instruments together to make the sound of cancer.
ALT Quote: I don't think researchers at the LSU Museum of Natural Sciences pioneering tissue preservation in the 1970s could even imagine that 40 to 50 years later, we would be sequencing whole genomes from those samples left and right.
ALT Quote: It’s incredible to me, the level of personalized cancer care we can now do because we have the sequence of our entire DNA. We are in the golden age of genomics.
ALT Quote: RNA is the message transcribed from your DNA. With single-cell RNA sequencing, we can now map out and know what types of cells are expressing what, which is pretty cool.
Front cover art! 🔬🔥 LSU chemists developed a new way to build complex inorganic materials at much lower temperatures—featured in Inorganic Chemistry, a leading ACS journal.
Read more: lsu.edu/science/news/2026/04…@LSUResearch@LSU_Chemistry
This Earth Day 🌍, we’re giving a shout-out to @LSU_BioSci researcher Dr. Mike Hellberg, whose work is uncovering how corals adapt to increasing environmental stress—and what that means for the future of reefs.
Read more: lsu.edu/science/news/2025/10…@LSUResearch
Proud to celebrate LSU alum Frank W. “Billy” Harrison III, named 2026 Alumnus of the Year by the LSU Alumni Association 🐯📷@LSUGeology grad, energy leader, and generous supporter—his legacy continues to shape LSU’s future. Congrats on this well-deserved honor!
🐯 Frank W. “Billy” Harrison, III has built a legacy defined not only by professional excellence—but by an unwavering commitment to strengthening LSU for generations to come.
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The LSUMNS Big Day is a fundraiser to support the research of our Ornithology graduate students. They put a lot of work into making this even happen every year, so please consider donating at give.lsufoundation.org/campa…
Today is the Big Day! Four LSUMNS Ornithology students are traveling across the state of Louisiana today to see how many species they can see in a single day. They're taking over our social media, so expect updates throughout the day! give.lsufoundation.org/campa…
ALT Two researchers conduct field measurements in a coastal marsh in Louisiana, alongside a screenshot of a Nature Communications article on wetland elevation change.