Press Releases | Southwest Research Institute

10/20/2015	NASA’s IBEX spacecraft sets “gold standard” for understanding the galactic material surrounding our solar system Mission opens window on the local interstellar environment, its composition, its properties, and other processes at work
10/19/2015	SwRI to launch 7th clean diesel engine consortium Kick-off meeting for industry’s longest-running diesel research consortium set for Nov. 5
10/15/2015	Just three months after flyby, New Horizons team publishes first research paper presenting numerous Pluto system findings Diversity of Pluto’s landforms, atmosphere, and moons highlight the first three months of New Horizons data returns
10/14/2015	Three SwRI automotive engineers win Innovation Award Award presented at 28th World LPG Forum in Singapore
10/13/2015	SwRI-led study finds that a comet’s tail may shed light on solar wind heating The turbulence of the solar wind helps explain its variable nature and high temperatures
10/02/2015	SwRI awarded $3 million NASA contract to develop mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids Lucy one of five candidates up for selection under NASA Discovery Program
09/30/2015	SwRI expands microencapsulation capabilities with customized fluid bed coater New device will increase capacity six-fold
09/18/2015	SwRI, CU partner to boost graduate education, real-world collaboration Collaboration enables CU graduate students to contribute to SwRI planetary and space science programs
09/17/2015	SwRI receives $3.2 million contract from Energy Department for solar power research Work will center on improving power generation in concentrating solar power plants
09/02/2015	Southwest Research Institute new pollution abatement system significantly reduces hazardous waste Custom-designed pollution abatement system reduces emissions, improves efficiency
08/21/2015	SwRI’s Durda awarded Sagan Medal Medal to be awarded at November DPS meeting
08/19/2015	SwRI scientists think “planetary pebbles” were the building blocks for the largest planets Discovery improves solar system formation models
08/12/2015	Lunar crater named for former SwRI Space Scientist David C. Slater Planetary scientist who developed an instrument for studying sunless areas of lunar craters honored by IAU
08/11/2015	SwRI scientists study nitrogen provision for Pluto’s atmosphere What resupplies the nitrogen content as its atmosphere is depleted?
08/07/2015	SwRI scientist selected for NASA Antarctic hunt for meteorites 2015-2016 ANSMET campaign kicks off in November