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A NASA illustration depicting a Mars settlement

Can we search for life on Mars without contaminating it?

December 9, 2025
College of Science, Geology & Geophysics, agu
Mounds of bagasse lie behind a sugar cane mill. Louisiana's sugar mills produce 3 million tons of the waste product each year.

How much Methane Comes from Sugar Cane Waste?

December 3, 2025
Center for Energy Studies, Energy Institute, NSF, agu
3d printed construction discussion

LSU 3D Prints a Housing Revolution

December 1, 2025
3d printing, College of Engineering, Construction Management, agu
LSU's rover was successfully tested at NASA facilities under soil conditions similar to the moon and Mars.

LSU Rover to Hunt Hidden Ice on Mars and the Moon

December 1, 2025
College of Science, Geology & Geophysics, agu
Wildfire risk map

LSU's AI engine prevents wildfires before they start

December 1, 2025
AI, College of Coast and Environment, Environmental Sciences, agu
LSU's hybrid numerical-AI compound flooding prediction model, right, can produce a flood simulation in 4 seconds. A supercomputer takes 15 mnutes.

LSU's near-instant flood predictions could save lives

December 1, 2025
CCT, College of Coast and Environment, Flooding, Hurricanes, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Storm Surge, agu
LSU researchers combined data from the state's 390 Coastwide Reference Monitoring System with satellite images to compare drought damage and that caused by storm surges.

Drought poses greater long-term threat to wetlands than hurricanes

December 1, 2025
College of Coast and Environment, Louisiana Drought, Storm Surge, agu