Winter 2006

Micro Engineering a Macro Image
LSU researchers are harnessing the powers of hardware and software to create an imaging system that can create a specialized kind of high-definition image that has tremendous possibilities for future application in imaging, security, and medicine. MORE>>

In Search of a Cure
In LSU's Department of Chemistry, one researcher is working to identify drug compounds for a method of cancer treatment called photodynamic therapy (PDT), which uses light to activate a drug at the location of the tumor and causes less harm to healthy tissue than conventional chemotherapy. MORE>>

Helping to Mend a Broken System
In an attempt to improve schooling in at-risk areas, an LSU education professor is working with East Feliciana Parish schools to develop a program to better prepare principals for educating at-risk school populations. MORE>>

The Catalysts and Costs of Congestion
Leading a team of investigators, an LSU economist is working on ways to reduce traffic congestion without expanding the roads to keep us safer and get us where we want to go more quickly. MORE>>

Cross Cultural Complexities
In LSU's Department of Art & Design, one LSU researcher combines life experience with the study of art and literature in an attempt to better understand cross cultural differences between East and West. MORE>>

Creating a Blueprint for Economic Development
LSU students in the Louisiana Vision program use an interdisciplinary approach to help them create economic and community development plans for restoring hurricane damaged areas and improving other areas of Louisiana. MORE>>