A new study led by Tulane University researchers found a link between exposure to wildfire smoke in the third trimester of pregnancy to an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder.   The...

A study by researchers at Tulane University found that rising nighttime temperatures during pregnancy may be associated with an increased likelihood of autism spectrum disorder diagnoses in children. With...

Tulane University’s Hutchinson Memorial Building downtown has undergone a $35 million renovation to create a new lab spanning two floors and almost 50,000 square feet.  President Michael Fitts joined...

What happens when a leading infectious disease researcher decides to become a businessman? For Chad Roy, a professor at Tulane University School of Medicine and associate dean of research, the result was...

More than half of Louisiana adults have experienced sexual or physical violence at some point in their lives, according to the 2025 Louisiana Study on Violence Experiences Across the Lifespan conducted...

Next time you are ordering oysters at a restaurant, ask the waiter where the shells will go; there’s a chance that they’ll end up on the shores of coastal Louisiana, thanks in part to Dorothy Jelagat...

Tulane University professor of medicine Zhen Huang and his team of researchers have developed a simpler way to test for tuberculosis, commonly known as TB. Unlike traditional TB tests, Huang’s ActCRISPR-TB...

Dr. Jay Kolls, a professor of pediatrics at the Tulane University School of Medicine, was recently awarded a $7.5 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study immunity related...

Tulane University senior Dylan Murray was one of four founders of the biotech startup Exactics, which developed a revolutionary at-home testing kit for Lyme disease. Unlike traditional tick tests, QuickLyme...

Over $3 billion is granted annually to researchers studying Alzheimer's disease, making it one of the most funded disease research areas in the United States. By 2050, this number is predicted to exceed...

A recent study using New Orleans’ brown anole lizards to detect lead in urban areas found extremely high levels of lead contamination.  The study, led by Tulane University evolutionary biology...

If you walk across Tulane University’s campus, you might notice a strange device sitting on the Academic Quad just past Percival Stern Hall. This machine houses CO₂ sensors that will soon contribute...