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• Program helps students pursuing research work

  September 25, 2012 8:11 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - LSU and Baton Rouge Community College are teaming up with the help of a federal grant to make sure more students earn degrees in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. LSU says the five-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will fund the... more »

• Experts Say Study Finding High Levels of Arsenic in Rice is Nothing New Play Video

  September 19, 2012 8:55 PM

  A new study released Wednesday by "Consumer Reports" found high levels of arsenic in rice and rice products. "Consumer Reports" suggests that the FDA should regulate how much rice a person should consume. But is this cause for alarm? Experts at the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station said no. ... more »

• ULL, Drexel University Developing Research Center

  February 11, 2012 1:39 PM

  A partnership of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and Drexel University in Philadelphia is in the planning stages for a research facility that will be known as the Center on Visual and Decision Informatics. The Advocate reports ( http://bit.ly/yGvdYL ) the center will provide research for business and state agencies. The... more »

• Rice Farmers Pay Up for Research Play Video

  January 24, 2012 6:52 PM

  Louisiana rice farmers voted overwhelmingly to keep a referendum that funds research and promotion, totaling in the millions of dollars. For every 100 lbs of rice sold, farmers pay five cents for research and three cents for promoting the state's rice industry. The vote comes every five years, and this... more »

• New report changes UL monkey research

  December 15, 2011 3:31 PM

  Chimpanzees should hardly ever be used for medical research, a prestigious scientific group told the government Thursday - advice that means days in the laboratory may be numbered for humans' closest relatives. The University of Louisiana - Lafayette held a press conference with comments from Dr. Thomas J. Rowell,... more »

• Restaurant to Donate to St Jude

  September 25, 2011 2:17 PM

  Every year nearly 5,700 patients visit Saint Jude Children's Research Center for treatment. Even if families can't pay, no child is ever denied treatment, treatment that can often get very expensive which is where the public comes in. KATC'S Chris Welty found out that this month there is a way... more »

• La. Tech research may benefit NASA

  September 6, 2011 7:56 AM

  RUSTON, La. (AP) - Researchers from Louisiana Tech University will be floating high above the Gulf of Mexico this month to conduct zero-gravity testing of an experimental DNA analysis instrument developed at Tech that could benefit future NASA astronauts. Niel Crews, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and Collin Tranter, a... more »

• Scientists Fret Over BP Funds for Gulf Research

  April 24, 2011 1:51 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Scientists say it is taking far too long to dole out millions of dollars in BP funds for badly needed Gulf oil spill research, and it could be too late to assess the crude's impact on pelicans, shrimp and other species by the time studies begin.... more »

• Sheriff Guidroz: Dr. Rick Blackburn to Retire

  November 2, 2010 11:17 AM

  Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz announced today that Dr. Rick Blackburn, departmental Director of Grants, Research and Special Projects is retiring at the end of the month. Blackburn has been with the department for four and one half years. Sheriff Guidroz stated, "When I first took office in 2006, Blackburn was... more »

• Rant-Appeals Court Ruled Government Funding of Stem Cell Research Can Continue

  September 29, 2010 12:22 PM

  What's your opinion on the appeals court decision to allow the government to continue the funding of embryonic stem cell research? Click the RANT icon on our homepage and leave a comment. We could air it tonight at 10:00. WASHINGTON (AP) - An appeals court ruled Tuesday that government... more »

• Federal Funding of Stem Cell Research

  September 27, 2010 12:17 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration has told an appeals court that a judge's order halting federal funding of stem cell research would result in destruction of valuable biological materials and set back taxpayer-funded work. A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals in Washington is considering whether to throw... more »

• Legalizing Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

  September 13, 2010 3:58 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Arlen Specter is seeking to legalize federal funding of embryonic stem cell research and supersede conflicting court decisions that he says are slowing critical work to find cures for crippling diseases. The Pennsylvania Democrat says his legislation would codify an executive order issued by President Barack... more »

• Federal Funding of Stem Cell Research to Proceed

  September 9, 2010 1:35 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court is permitting federal funding of stem cell research to proceed temporarily until the court rules on the merits of the Obama administration's position in the case. The government is asking the appeals court in Washington to strike down a preliminary order by U.S.... more »

• Tulane University Gets Funding For Malaria Research

  July 9, 2010 11:10 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Tulane University will receive approximately $11.2 million to establish an International Center of Excellence in Malaria Research for West and Central Africa. The funding comes from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a division of the National Institutes of Health. The university said in... more »

• 2 UL Professors Going to Gulf

  July 5, 2010 2:02 PM

  Two UL professors are being sent by the National Science Foundation to the Gulf of Mexico to study the oil spill's impact. Biology professors Suzanne Fredericq and Darryl Felder got an almost 200,000 dollar grant to study these life forms in the Gulf. Fredericq focuses on plants, and... more »

• Deep Sea Coral Research Trip: Oil Spill Data

  May 7, 2010 10:13 AM

  COCODRIE, La. (AP) - A federally sponsored mission to search for deep sea corals turns to collecting data from the sea floor and water near the wild well in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says that for years, scientists have been studying the sea floor... more »

• UL One Of Top 100 Public Research Universities In Nation

  March 24, 2010 5:01 PM

  The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is one of the top 100 public research universities in the nation, a new report by The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government shows. The institute conducts analyses of how state and local governments implement major policy directions. It is the public policy... more »

• Animal activists file complaint

  October 21, 2009 11:44 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - More complaints of animal neglect have been made against the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's New Iberia Research Center. For the second time this year, an animal rights group, Stop Animal Exploitation Now, has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant... more »

• Big dino prints found in Jurassic park in France

  October 7, 2009 9:49 AM

  PARIS (AP) - Now that's one big foot. Paleontologists in eastern France have reported the discovery of some of the largest dinosaur footprints ever documented, measuring about 1.4 meters to 1.5 meters (4.6 feet to 4.9 feet) in diameter. The site of the find, high in the Jura mountains, was... more »