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March 2018
- Friday, 03/09/2018
- LIGO Researcher Gabriela González to be Honored as Distinguished Scientist
- Friday, 03/09/2018
- LSU Physicist Applies New Technology to Analyze Ancient Artifacts
February 2018
- Thursday, 02/22/2018
- LSU Students Receive Distinguished SPS Chapter Award
- Thursday, 02/15/2018
- Alumni Spotlight: Leslie Austin
January 2018
- Monday, 01/22/2018
- Student Spotlight: Margarite LaBorde, a double major in Physics and Math
- Tuesday, 01/09/2018
- A Rare Quantum State Realized in a New Material
- Monday, 01/08/2018
- The First Post-Kepler Brightness Dips of KIC 846285
- Monday, 01/08/2018
- Non-grey dimming events of KIC 8462852 from GTC spectrophotometry
December 2017
- Wednesday, 12/20/2017
- LSU Boyd Professor O'Connell Retires After 53-Year Career
- Wednesday, 12/20/2017
- Colleen Fava Honored with Outstanding Service Award
- Friday, 12/15/2017
- Fall 2017 Graduates
- Tuesday, 12/12/2017
- LSU Research Contributes to Two Physics World 2017 Breakthroughs of the Year
- Tuesday, 12/05/2017
- Katie Nugent: My Star-Studded LSU Astronomy Experience
November 2017
- Thursday, 11/02/2017
- CALET Makes First Direct Measurements of High Energy Electrons in Space
October 2017
- Friday, 10/27/2017
- Gabriela González on TED: "How LIGO discovered gravitational waves"
- Monday, 10/16/2017
- LIGO-Virgo Scientists Detect First Gravitational Waves from Neutron Stars
- Friday, 10/13/2017
- MONDAY: New Gravitational-wave Discovery to be Announced
- Thursday, 10/12/2017
- LSU Physicist Patents Wearable Device to Protect Doctors Who Use X-rays
September 2017
- Friday, 09/08/2017
- Solving the Mystery of KIC 8462852—the Most Bizarre Star in the Universe
- Thursday, 09/07/2017
- Dr. Gabriela Gonzalez: Scientist of the Future
August 2017
- Monday, 08/28/2017
- LSU Health Physics graduate student replicates 1976 ‘Atomic Man’ incident
- Thursday, 08/24/2017
- Solar Eclipse 2017 on the LSU Parade Ground