Press Releases
| 03/18/2025 | SwRI provides rapid response to address critical aging aircraft issue
Institute researchers worked with U.S. Air Force after discovery of unexpected crack |
| 03/17/2025 | SwRI-led modeling assesses age of upcoming asteroid flyby target
NASA’s Lucy mission will encounter asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025 |
| 03/13/2025 | SwRI-led sounder instrument deploys across lunar surface
Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder to characterize Moon’s mantle |
| 03/12/2025 | SwRI-led PUNCH constellation launches
NASA satellites poised to image how the solar corona transitions into the solar wind |
| 03/11/2025 | SwRI receives $3 million NASA astrobiology grant to study microbial life in Alaska’s arctic sand dunes
Research aims to better understand how life may thrive in harsh environments on other worlds |
| 03/10/2025 | SwRI scientists identify unexpected variations in electrons connecting Jupiter with its moon Io
Jupiter’s magnetosphere energizes electrons that then interact with Io’s atmosphere and surface |
| 02/28/2025 | SwRI, U-Michigan engineers create more effective burner to reduce methane emissions
Study shows burner eliminates significant amounts of methane encountered during oil production |
| 02/24/2025 | SwRI-led PUNCH spacecraft poised for launch into polar orbit
NASA’s PUNCH mission to integrate solar corona activity with origins of the solar wind |
| 02/18/2025 | SwRI collaborates with UTSA to track neurons with machine vision algorithms
Computational research shows how brain cells grow, communicate in neuronal networks |
| 02/17/2025 | SwRI 77th Annual Meeting showcases advances in AI, healthcare and hydrogen
Presentations highlight some of SwRI’s critical research projects |
| 02/12/2025 | Tidal energy measurements help SwRI scientists understand Titan’s composition, orbital history
Saturn moon is slowly recovering from a relatively recent event that affected its orbit |
| 02/11/2025 | SwRI develops tool to predict osteoporotic fracture risk
Super-resolution technology can enhance clinical bone imaging for better medical decision-making |
| 01/28/2025 | SwRI creating chemical, biological threat mitigation decision support tool for U.S. military
Risk Evaluation & Medical Decision Efficacy (REMEDY) tool supports agile decisions |
| 01/27/2025 | SwRI-designed experiments corroborate theory about how Titan maintains its atmosphere
Laboratory experiments produced gases similar to those on Saturn’s moon |
| 01/22/2025 | SwRI-led PUNCH spacecraft make final pit stop before launch
NASA’s PUNCH mission will soon start studying the origins of the solar wind |