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Anxiety & Addictive Behaviors Laboratory & Clinic @aabrl.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Undergrad researcher Lan Qiu at @apadivision50.bsky.social & @abctabsig.bsky.social Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Annual Meeting! Dual Nicotine & Cannabis Use among Asian American & Pacific Island Adults. #CPA2026 #CPA26 @lsu.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsupsychology.bsky.social
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Who doesn’t love an #axolotl?! 🧬 But this funny salamander has competition in the regeneration game… youtube.com/shorts/DfeTg...
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Meet the Fish That Could Regrow Fins A Million Years Before The Axolotl Got Here
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Morgan Kelly @invertevoeco.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
lsu.edu/blog/2026/05... I’ve had so much fun collaborating with Ambre Placide and Barbara Tartarotti @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social on this project! Thanks to @fromthelabbench.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social for covering the story. @lsuscience.bsky.social
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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! lsu.edu/blog/2026/04... #STEM #scicomm
LSU researchers designed a first-year seminar course titled "Becoming a Scientist or Mathematician" to help students succeed.After the course was implemented, student outcomes improved, including retention rates which increased up from 81.5% to 88%.
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
In a study of microplastics in ocean-floor sediments off the coast of Puerto Rico, LSU's Kam-biu Liu and others found: 🧃 microplastics in layers dating back to 1950 🧃 heavier microplastics in more recent layers 🧃 Hurricanes leave more deposits link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Microplastic pieces
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
LSU College of Science’s Daniel Powell studies a small fish from central Mexico to explore how species form and stay separate—even when they live side by side in the wild. www.lsu.edu/science/news... #fish #evolution #genetics @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social
LSU researchers hiking 
Mexican swordtail fish exhibit a wide range of colors, shapes, and even chemical cues—signals that help them attract the right partner.
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Where DNA Becomes Art: Visualizing the Code That Connects All Living Things, a Q&A with LSU College of Art and Design's Courtney Barr! 🧬 lsu.edu/blog/2026/04... #sciart #DNA
Art of the DNA code of Pembertons Deer Mouse
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A single moderate-to-vigorous exercise session can temporarily improve blood sugar control in people with diabetes. But what about exercise "snacking," one minute a few days a day? Researchers have found even this can help: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🍽️ 🏃‍♂️‍➡️ 🍽️ 🏃‍♂️‍➡️ 🍽️ 🏃‍♂️‍➡️
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Happy National DNA Day! 🧬 Learn more about the history of DNA sequencing and how it has changed how we do science! www.lsu.edu/blog/2026/04... #genetics #science #nationalDNAday
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.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.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.
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.
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Madison Adams @madison-adams.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Here’s me giving a talk at the @lsuresearch.bsky.social Biograds conference despite being only a post-bacc! I’m learning to just volunteer for as much sci comm as possible and if they actually let me do it, I’m better for it. More info about the conference: biograds.wixsite.com/biograds
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Morgan Kelly @invertevoeco.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Discover Day today! Please join us in the Student Union to see the results of some fantastic undergraduate research. While you’re there, be sure to check out posters from rockstar Kelly lab students Deborah Shobamowo and Suzie Heneghan 🌊@lsuscience.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social l
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Madison Adams @madison-adams.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
@lsuresearch.bsky.social Discover Day 2026: Thanks for giving me the opportunity to share my research with the community!
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Gait analysis for horses 🐎 to identify problematic movements and correct them before injuries occur? It's now a thing, thanks to a newly published digital 4D model by @lsuvetmed.bsky.social researchers! #equineresearch #horse #gaitanalysis Learn more! lsu.edu/blog/2026/04...
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
NASA Artemis Film & Video Librarian by day, LSU graduate student studying library science by night?! Meet John Hughes, working at NASA and going to @lsu.bsky.social! #Moon #artemisII www.lsu.edu/blog/2026/04...
John Hughes is cataloging and archiving Artemis II photos.
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Happy #WorldMicroscopeDay! 🔬 Today, we have 9 stunning materials science images for you, celebrating this day in 1625 when the term " #microscope " was first used! For example, this image of modified #moon 🌑 soil! See more: lsu.edu/blog/2026/04... @lsuengineering.bsky.social
Moon soil
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
From the smartphones in our pockets to the tools we use in hospitals and homes, space exploration has quietly reshaped everyday life on Earth. 8 TECHNOLOGIES WE WOULDN’T HAVE WITHOUT SPACE EXPLORATION! www.lsu.edu/blog/2026/04...
Infrared thermometer
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Melanie @melaniemadrigal.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Excited to share my first first-author publication!! HyPhy is a Python-based tool for studying fungal hyphal networks, opening new doors to connect fungal architecture with genetic and environmental factors.
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Melanie @melaniemadrigal.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Interested in learning more about how Botrytis cinerea overcomes host defenses? Check out our new preprint, where we expose a diverse population to linalool to uncover the genetic basis of resistance: doi.org/10.64898/202... ! 😎
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Melanie Madrigal, a grad student in the @lsu.bsky.social Dept of Biological Sciences in Jordan A. Dowell's lab, has an odd lab “pet”: a #fungus known as gray mold or Botrytis cinerea. She’s working to characterize its growth under different conditions - with images! youtube.com/shorts/wibIW...
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Skeletons of Fungi
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Update: the astronauts are reporting they did indeed see at least four impact flashes from meteors on the moon!!! ☄️🌑
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The #ArtemisII crew plans to observe and document any meteorites hitting the #moon from the far side later today! Learn more about lunar meteorites and geology with @lsu.bsky.social geologist Matthew Loocke: lsu.edu/blog/2026/04...
Matthew Loocke looks at a moon meteorite under a cross-polarizing microscope.A moon meteorite under a cross-polarizing microscope.A moon meteorite under a microscope.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/04/2026
We are so, so small. #Artemis
Looking through one of the four windows of the Orion spacecraft, a tiny crescent Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space and grows smaller as the crew journeys closer to the Moon. Part of the window edge is visible; the rest is darkness. [Alt-text slightly revised from ESA/NASA version]
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The future of #computing might look a lot like... #chemistry. LSU researchers have developed soft membranes that can be controlled with light ⚡ to work as resistors or capacitors with MEMORY 💽. They may be useful for neuromorphic 🧠 computing. Learn more: lsu.edu/blog/2026/04...
Víctor García-López points to light-tunable molecule that can control the permeability of a membrane to ions.
Víctor García-López describes how we can control the shape of a lipid vesicle via light-tunable molecules that control the membrane permeability.
Graduate student in Víctor García-López's lab at LSU holds up light-tunable molecule with applications in tunable membranes for computing.
Víctor García-López's lab at LSU.
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LSU College of Science @lsuscience.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
From the shape of atomic nuclei to the future of quantum computing, LSU physicist Dr. Kristina Launey (@lsuphysastro.bsky.social) is advancing how we understand matter at its most fundamental level. @lsuresearch.bsky.social
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Melanie @melaniemadrigal.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Super excited to have this publication out!!!!!
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Throwing back to this story as the #Artemis II launch approaches! LSU engineers are helping ensure future astronauts can easily build structures on the #moon! Astronauts Could Live in Structures Made from Moon Rocks eos.org/articles/ast...
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Astronauts Could Live in Structures Made from Moon Rocks - Eos
Scientists are testing “mooncrete,” a concrete analogue made from lunar regolith, as a potential material to build structures on the Moon.
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Mark your calendars! @LSUVetMed is hosting the 2026 #Epigenetic Inheritance Symposium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from July 15-17. www.lsu.edu/vetmed/event...
DNA staircase rising to a tree in the air
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
HPX, developed at LSU, enables software developers to efficiently use available computing resources, from single nodes to large-scale distributed systems. At LSU, HPX has been used to create complex models in astrophysics and to make faster storm surge and flood predictions! @lsu.bsky.social
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The shape of branching networks, like the roots of a tree or the filamentous growths of a fungus, can tell us about their function. How do growth conditions or genetics impact the network shape? LSU researchers have created a tool that “skeletonizes” #fungi to reveal the network!
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Congratulations to Peter Doran, Lucio Miele, and Bret Elderd for being honored as 2025 @aaas.org Fellows! Please join us in congratulating these amazing researchers and physicians. Hear from them: www.lsu.edu/blog/2026/03... #AAASFellows @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
TIGER TALK podcast with @klsufm.bsky.social: Where Wildlife and Human Health Intersect, with Dr. Mark Mitchell at @lsuvetmed.bsky.social! Listen to learn more about wildlife epidemiology, bald eagles, zoonotic diseases, flooding, and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l7t...
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TIGER TALK: Where Wildlife and Human Health Intersect with Dr. Mark Mitchell
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
POV: you study #spiders as a grad student at @lsuscience.bsky.social, catching spiders above waterways to test them as bio-indicators of forever chemicals in our waterways. Via Sarah Kerr’s camera roll! #worldwaterday
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
17.5% of Louisiana's surface area is covered by water. Water is one of our most valuable assets — but it can also pose a threat if not monitored and protected. Learn how researchers across the LSU system are using #wastewater to protect public health: lsu.edu/blog/2026/03... #worldwaterday
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
From uncovering chronic disease risk factors, to training doctors and dentists to serve rural areas, to helping farmers supplement their income by growing microalgae 🧪... our researchers are working for Louisiana! Learn more in our latest newsletter: lsu-campaigns.omniupdate.com/t/d-e-ghygn-...
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Rogério Gomes @roggomes.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
From @lsuresearch.bsky.social Instagram to BBC Wildlife.
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"I believe it may have fallen from someone’s grocery bag.” Scientist finds unlikely creature in US parking lot – and only has one thing on his mind... | Discover Wildlife
The microscopy expert put the big-clawed animal through his micro-CT scanner, creating an incredibly detailed image of its body.
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Luck of the Lab 🍀: For #stpatricksday, LSU Research Glows Green, Spanning Brain Cells, Crops, Frogs, and Algae! lsu.edu/blog/2026/03... #green @lsuvetmed.bsky.social @lsuagcenter.bsky.social #lemurfrog #cyanobacteria #plants #biology #scicomm #sciart
Cyanobacterial cells
researcher holding green test tubeCrop cross between wheat and ryehand holds a lemur green frog
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
LSU researchers helped critically endangered lemur frogs grow stronger bones... with high calcium crickets! Study published in @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social mdpi.com/2076-2615/16... @lsuvetmed.bsky.social #lemurfrog #vetmed #green #scicomm @lsu.bsky.social
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LSU College of Science @lsuscience.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A molecular “Trojan horse” against colorectal cancer? LSU chemist Dr. Fatima Rivas is studying an oxidized cholesterol intermediate that cancer cells may take up naturally — disrupting critical processes once inside. 🔬 Story: www.lsu.edu/science/news... @lsuresearch.bsky.social
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"When chance brought a lone crustacean to [an LSU] scientist’s car park in the USA, he had an unusual response: try to get an exceptionally detailed 3D scan of the animal." - BBC Wildlife Magazine discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts... @lsu.bsky.social
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"I believe it may have fallen from someone’s grocery bag.” Scientist finds unlikely creature in US parking lot – and only has one thing on his mind... | Discover Wildlife
The microscopy expert put the big-clawed animal through his micro-CT scanner, creating an incredibly detailed image of its body.
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LSU College of Science @lsuscience.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Professor Brandon Shuck @lsugeology.bsky.social was recently interviewed by CBC about a recent geophysical discovery: a massive tear in the tectonic plate off the coast of Vancouver Island. 📹 youtu.be/fzo2WiWeVV4?... Learn more👉 www.lsu.edu/science/news... #GeauxScience @lsuresearch.bsky.social
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Earth's Crust Is Tearing Apart Off the Pacific Northwest - and That's Not Necessarily Bad News
Scientists have captured the first clear images of a subduction zone actively breaking apart off Vancouver Island, revealing how tectonic plates gradually tear into microplates rather than collapsing all at once. The discovery, published in Science Advances, offers new insight into Earth's surface evolution and may refine models of future earthquake risks in the Pacific Northwest.
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Are you feeling a bit groggy after losing an hour last night? Yeah, us too! But our LSU experts have some #sleep tips based on science to help you get through #daylightsavingstime! Learn more: www.lsu.edu/blog/2026/03... @penningtonbiomed.bsky.social @lsucollegeofag.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social
Sleep is the easiest thing you can do to improve your health. If you focus on improving sleep, then depression and anxiety levels go down.
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
What better reason to eat fruit?! 🥭🥑 Eating more fruit, particularly avocados and mangos, leads to positive changes in vascular health. @pbrcnews.bsky.social editorial featured in the Journal of the American Heart Association: ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/... #nutrition #NationalNutritionMonth
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Fruit‐Rich Dietary Pattern Improves Endothelial Function: Implications for Food Is Medicine | Journal of the American Heart Association
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Where did #Pluto get those clustered pits that look suspiciously like gas pockmarks? @lsu.bsky.social Planetary Science Lab researchers have some possible answers! 💨 www.youtube.com/shorts/m9JAM...
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Pluto Research
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
LSU researchers build exoskeleton to make construction safer | @nolanews.bsky.social Read: theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... #Education #engineering #design #robotics
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This LSU-designed exoskeleton could help prevent construction injuries — particularly for women
A 3D-printed, wearable exoskeleton might be the key to preventing repetitive strain injuries and improving gender equality in the construction industry, LSU researchers say.
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
We are celebrating #nationalengineersweek by sharing some exciting research and inventions by LSU engineers. Today: a metal-free battery! Learn more: lsu.edu/blog/2026/02... @lsuengineering.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social #energy #battery #engineering
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Breaking: Regeneration of fins and limbs relies on a shared cellular playbook! Covered in @sciencenews.bsky.social by the amazing Elizabeth Pennisi Fav quote: "The red blood cell thing blew my mind." @lsu.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social @ischneider.bsky.social
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Gabriela Lima @gabrielalima19.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
It’s National Day of the Mexican Axolotl! @ischneider.bsky.social @josanesousa.bsky.social @perezlouise.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social #axolotl
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Freedom from addiction: LSU researchers are working to find a molecular intervention that would reduce drug-seeking and drug-taking behaviors. Learn more in this behind-the-scenes interview! #addiction #health #neuroscience @lsuvetmeddean.bsky.social @lsuvetmed.bsky.social youtu.be/duTFnCs_BLU
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3Q with Oliver featuring Dr. Ethan Anderson
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
LSU researchers have invented a dental imaging system that replaces X-rays and eliminates their associated health risks. It uses a special mouthwash and a near-infrared light camera! #dentist #innovation @lsuengineering.bsky.social @lsuvetmed.bsky.social Learn more: lsu.edu/blog/2026/02...
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LSU @lsu.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
AMERICAN ENERGY LEADERSHIP! LSU has signed two new research agreements in Washington D.C. with Argonne and Oak Ridge National Laboratories to strengthen U.S. energy competitiveness and bring new soloutions to the Gulf Coast. 🔬 FULL STORY: bit.ly/4bmZgQV
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