Tulane’s Dr. Sina Pourtaheri is combining protein nanocapsules that restored movement in mice with biodegradable antibiotic spheres aimed at preventing post‑surgical infections. Federal and university backing is pushing the work toward translation.

UT Austin researchers found Gulf Coast coal and ash contain large rare‑earth inventories on paper, but low per‑ton value and tricky extraction keep the economics tight. Pilot projects and co‑products may be the only realistic path to profit.

A Northwestern professor and four other diabetes researchers were escorted from the ADA Scientific Sessions in New Orleans after distributing reprints of a Diabetes Care editorial critical of proposed NIH policy changes.

A loose cluster of Gulf Coast startups is turning bottles, 3‑D printed reef modules and drone mapping into tools to slow Louisiana’s land loss. Early pilots aim to buy communities time while big projects move slowly.

LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center is expanding clinical trials and precision oncology in New Orleans, adding early‑phase cellular studies and new specialists.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told Michoud workers a Moon base and nuclear‑powered spacecraft could be built in New Orleans as production and hiring ramp up.

A Michoud‑built section of NASA’s SLS rolled out Monday in New Orleans and will head by barge to Kennedy Space Center as crews prep final assembly for Artemis III.

Amazon is reportedly in talks to buy Covington’s Globalstar for about $9 billion, a move that would accelerate its low‑Earth‑orbit plans and is complicated by Apple’s 20% stake.

Beken Bio opened a lab at the New Orleans BioInnovation Center to develop a CLIA‑ready ovarian cancer blood test and accelerate clinical validation. Local investors are backing the move.

LDH is testing AI chatbots and automated call handling to streamline Medicaid and SNAP services and could save roughly $10 million a year while promising consent and privacy protections.

LSU’s FUEL is funding proof‑of‑concept grants, a brewery‑turned startup hub and new university programs to turn Baton Rouge labs into energy‑sector jobs. Early investments and a repurposed maker space are meant to keep innovation and jobs in Louisiana.

LSU and Georgia Tech launched SCEFA, a DOE-backed academy to train community leaders across the Southeast on carbon capture, starting with a January workshop and a planned citizen’s handbook.

Ochsner MD Anderson installed a PET‑guided biology‑guided radiotherapy system at Ochsner Baptist — the first in the U.S. South — to treat select lung and bone tumors.