It's Mardi Gras season in New Orleans, when paradegoers look forward to catching things like beads. Now, often these beads are made of plastic. But plastic beads can be toxic and bad for the ...

Abstract: To support the increasing demand for smart manufacturing in wire arc additive manufacturing, such as digital twins, high-frequency real-time bead measurement is a long-standing challenge due ...

Louisiana State University Associate Professor Naohiro Kato is at it again. He and his students have produced 1,500 cool-looking, 3D-printed, biodegradable Carnival bead necklaces, some of which will ...

LAFAYETTE PARISH (LAFAYETTE) — Despite frigid temperatures across south Louisiana, Mardi Gras season is in full swing at Beads for Less in Lafayette, where shoppers from across the region are stocking ...

TAMPA, Fla. — It's the morning after Gasparilla and you find yourself still weighed down with all those beads. So what do you do with all of them? As it turns out, they can be reused, recycled and ...