Press Releases
| 05/24/2016 | SwRI scientists discover fresh lunar craters
New technique allows scientists to ‘age’ craters in the darkest regions of the Moon |
| 05/18/2016 | SwRI’s George receives International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement Laurance S. Reid Award
Researcher honored for contributions to natural gas measurement technology |
| 05/13/2016 | NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission puts magnetic reconnection under the microscope
SwRI-led team closes in on what sparks one of the most explosive processes in the universe |
| 04/26/2016 | SwRI to showcase Ranger automated vehicle technology at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2016
Patented technology enables automated driving independent of GPS at lower cost |
| 04/22/2016 | Alan Stern named to the 2016 TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
Iconic mission to Pluto led to Stern selection |
| 04/08/2016 | SwRI-led team identifies clathrate ices in comet 67P
Studying comets provides clues to the early history of our solar system |
| 04/06/2016 | Multitasking New Horizons observed solar wind changes on journey to Pluto
SWAP data show that the tumultuous flow of solar particles becomes more uniform by the time the solar wind reaches Pluto |
| 04/05/2016 | Southwest Research Institute sponsors ITS America 2016 Student Essay Competition
ITS America essay contest encourages innovative ideas and concepts |
| 04/04/2016 | SwRI’s BORE microgravity payload flies aboard commercial suborbital spaceflight
Experiment will examine the effects of microgravity on asteroid regolith |
| 03/16/2016 | SwRI, CSF announce June 2016 suborbital space research and education conference
World record space diver Alan Eustace to kick off keynote presentation |
| 03/14/2016 | Degrading underground ice could reshape Arctic landscape
Southwest Research Institute’s remote sensing analysis highlights tundra’s thawing trend |
| 03/09/2016 | SwRI’s Fuselier honored with European Geosciences Union award for space plasma research
Award named for Nobel laureate to be presented in April |
| 03/01/2016 | Southwest Research Institute awarded $9.4 million Air Force contract
SwRI team developing novel geolocation method with unparalleled precision |
| 02/22/2016 | Demos, briefings highlight 68th SwRI annual meeting
Lee, Zachry named chairman, vice chairman |
| 02/11/2016 | Southwest Research Institute’s Downing elected vice chair of BioMed SA
Downing will help develop growth strategies for nonprofit’s second decade |