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Louisiana: Award Highlights

See what exciting research and education has been funded by NSF in each state or U.S. territory. Award Highlights provide a snapshot about select NSF awards and their impacts.

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	Replacing organic solvents with water Nanoscale molecular containers just need water to form... Research Areas: Chemistry & Materials, Nanoscience
	Toward a more realistic view inside black holes Loop quantum gravity theory helps explain inner workings of these celestial powerhouses... Research Areas: Physics
	Clues to the Origins of Supernovae Lack of companion star suggests alternative theory of supernovae formation... Research Areas: Astronomy & Space
	Marine Robots Track Pollutants More precise control of robots improves oil spill studies... Research Areas: Engineering
	Big Computer Power Many computers working together ease processing needs ... Research Areas: Computing
	Business Recovery After a Natural Disaster Mom and pop shops first to reopen after Hurricane Katrina... Research Areas: People & Society
	Keeping Big Firms on the Innovation Track NSF researchers devise method to help companies harness wide-ranging, in-house expertise... Research Areas: People & Society
	Why Is Arsenic in the Bengal Basin? More clues discovered regarding unsafe levels of arsenic in groundwater... Research Areas: Earth & Environment
	Rethinking Quantum Mechanics Is a classical observer necessary to make sense of quantum mechanics?... Research Areas: Physics, Mathematics
	Preparing for the Aftermath of Crises Research shows that beliefs about a crisis guide citizen response.... Research Areas: People & Society
	Designing Mini-mixers for Microdevices Software ensures optimal mixing of chemicals in microscopic laboratories.... Research Areas: Engineering, Chemistry & Materials, Biology
	Unique Amino Acids May Play Role in New Anti-Fungal Drugs Researchers synthesize amino acids for possible use in medicine.... Research Areas: Biology, Chemistry & Materials
	Simulating the Unseen An award-winning, interactive computer simulation of black hole collisions ... Research Areas: Astronomy & Space, Computing
	Students Engage in Innovative Ventures for Emerging Technologies New course spurs innovation and commercialization in rural northern Louisiana.... Research Areas: Education
	Reducing Threats to Coastal Environment Novel methods for more accurate prediction of the path and intensity of hurricanes and understanding the limits of protective levies are being investigated by a multidisciplinary team of computer science, hurricane, and oceanic modeling researchers from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, together with civil engineering researchers from the University of Notre Dame.... Research Areas: Computing, Earth & Environment
	Interdisciplinary Study toward Management of a Crucial Resource From watershed hydrology to saltwater intrusion monitoring and modeling to numerical modeling of the hydrodynamics in the lower Mississippi River - the issues of water intensive ecosystem and environmental management, monitoring and understanding are critical for our country.... Research Areas: Education, Biology, Earth & Environment
	Scientists Attempt to Answer Mars Water Question Bin Chen and his colleagues at Louisiana State University are attempting to discover water molecules on Mars.... Research Areas: Astronomy & Space
	Exploring the Evolutionary History of Birds The"Early Bird" project is creating a phylogenetic tree based on the DNA sequences of various bird species.... Research Areas: Biology
	High-Speed Computer Network Connects Researchers LONI is a high-speed fiber optic network and high-performance grid computing environment that connects Louisiana's major research universities and health science centers. The system enables cutting-edge research and stimulates economic development.... Research Areas: Computing
	People Prefer the Simplest Possible Function for Transmitting Complex Information Thomas Griffiths of the University of California, Berkeley, and Michael Kalish of the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, have explored how knowledge changes when passed from person to person and what these changes tell us about how people learn.... Research Areas: People & Society
	Uneven Patterns Characterize Return of Businesses in Post-Catastrophe New Orleans A large number of New Orleans businesses were damaged by flooding and related disruptions caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Researchers have found that the post-catastrophe return of businesses has been slow and uneven.... Research Areas: Earth & Environment, People & Society