NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University School of Medicine said its researchers have identified a gene that causes an aggressive form of breast cancer to rapidly grow. More importantly, said Tulane, they have also discovered a way to “turn it off”…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook employees are using Twitter and Facebook's internal communications tools to register their frustration over CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to leave up posts by President Donald Trump that suggested protesters in Minneapolis could be shot. Twitter flagged and…
NEW ORLEANS — Chosen Diagnostics announced it has received a $224,758 grant from the National Science Foundation for development and commercialization of its biomarker for noninvasive detection of necrotizing…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans officials are studying plans to ban cars in the city’s French Quarter and transform the area into a pedestrian-only zone, the city’s mayor said. Mayor LaToya Cantrell made the announcement Wednesday during a town…
NEW ORLEANS – Waitr, provider of on-demand food ordering and delivery, has announced the addition of more choices for its grocery delivery service in the New Orleans area. A new partnership with Lakeview Grocery is underway for same-day grocery delivery…
NEW ORLEANS - 18-year-old Loyola student David Price has won a competition and earned significant attention on social media for his invention designed to make traffic stops safer for drivers and law enforcement. Price's "Safety Pouch" is a document holder…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Stormy weather is threatening to delay SpaceX’s first astronaut launch. A SpaceX rocket is scheduled to blast off Wednesday afternoon from Kennedy Space Center, carrying a Dragon capsule with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the…
NEW ORLEANS - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a massive spike in the use of telemedicine services nationwide - and New Orleans is no exception. Neurologist David J. Houghton, the medical director of Ochsner Health’s digital medicine program, said Ochsner…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For more than a century, New Orleans has depended on canals and pumps to get rid of stormwater in a city where about half the land is below sea level. Now the bustling Mississippi River port that expanded…
NEW ORLEANS - As part of the city’s COVID-19 reopening plan, restaurants, hair salons, gyms and other businesses will be required to record the names and phone numbers of all of their customers. City leaders say gathering this data is…
BAY ST. LOUIS, Ms. - From NASA: NASA resumed Green Run testing activities this week on the first flight stage of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the return of limited crews to perform work at the agency’s Stennis…
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University said that three of its researchers are the recipients of new "Fast Grants" awards funded through the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Modeled after the work of the National Defense Research Committee in World…
NEW ORLEANS - There's a new food delivery app in town. And this one started here in New Orleans with a worthy goal. ZappEats said it is an online platform for restaurants tired of other delivery apps taking up to…
BATON ROUGE, La. — From NexusLA: The Silicon Bayou Collaborative (NexusLA, Opportunity Machine, The Idea Village) are returning this Friday with the second edition of the Resiliency Series — a panel-based series hosted online featuring entrepreneurs who have weathered significant…
NEW ORLEANS – Waitr, a provider of on-demand food ordering and delivery, has announced that the company has expanded into same day grocery delivery in New Orleans, with more cities to come in the near future. In New Orleans, Waitr…
NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists on Wednesday announced the first effective treatment against the coronavirus — an experimental drug that can speed the recovery of COVID-19 patients — in a major medical advance that came as the economic gloom caused…
NEW ORLEANS – Entergy New Orleans said construction has begun on a 20-megawatt solar plant on approximately 90 acres of flood-protected property at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans East. The New Orleans Solar Station is being engineered and…
NEW ORLEANS - From the Idea Village: Starting this Friday, May 1st join us for a weekly series of free online events every Friday, designed for entrepreneurs to connect with each other, hear from peers about developing resiliency during this…
NEW ORLEANS - Gov. John Bel Edwards and New Orleans officials say that the social distancing efforts of the last few weeks have been successful in reducing the number of new patients needing medical care due to COVID-19 but it…
NEW ORLEANS — Tulane Health System said it has recently obtained new technology that allows its hospitals to test for COVID-19 in-house and receive results in as little as five minutes. The health system is now testing all inpatient admissions…
NEW ORLEANS – We asked more than 500 local business leaders how they are dealing with the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some of their insights and observations: How are you coping during the coronavirus crisis? Rebecca…
NEW ORLEANS — In a March 25 media briefing, Ochsner Health CEO Warner Thomas and Chief Medical Officer Robert Hart provided the latest information on how Louisiana’s largest health system is handling COVID-19. Thomas said that between patients who have…
NEW ORLEANS - We asked more than 500 local business leaders how they are dealing with the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some of their responses. We’ll share more soon. How are you coping with the crisis?…
NEW ORLEANS - Several New Orleans tech companies are offering their software for free during the COVID-19 crisis. Email platform provider rasa.io explained the details in a press release. In two days, more than 50 companies across the country signed…
NEW ORLEANS - The co-founders of D’livery Nola, a local restaurant delivery app, are suddenly busier than they’ve ever been. They just wish it was under different circumstances. Drew Herrington and Stephan Bandi launched their new service nine months ago.…
NEW TRIPOLI, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania distillery owner who grew increasingly angry as he saw the skyrocketing price of hand sanitizer has decided to do something about it: He’s temporarily converting his operation into a production line for the…
NEW ORLEANS - Walk into the backyard of the Zeta Psi fraternity house near Maple and Broadway and you’ll see empty beer and wine bottles scattered all over the bright green artificial turf. But this contraband isn’t here for the…
AVONDALE - The Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission has announced the launch of the 2020 JEDCO Challenge powered by Greater Lakeside Corporation. The economic development organization is currently accepting applications for the eighth annual startup pitch event for early-stage ventures…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU announced Thursday that a gift to its College of Business will be used to support entrepreneurship by funding its annual student competition for capital backing new business ideas. The gift to the E.J. Ourso…
NEW ORLEANS - Nonprofit business booster StayLocal will host informational roundtables featuring owners of green businesses at an event titled Know and Grow: Green New Orleans Businesses on Wednesday, March 25th at Pearl Wine Co., 3700 Orleans Ave. The event…
