Press Releases | Southwest Research Institute

08/31/2011	SwRI, robot manufacturer sign collaboration agreement Collaboration will release an interface for open source ROS software
08/30/2011	SwRI selected as payload integrator for three NASA suborbital flight opportunities research providers Commercial vehicles expected to provide new opportunities for research and education
08/24/2011	SwRI researchers receive $9.9 million in additional funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to further CO2 compression research SwRI researchers are designing and testing CO₂ compression technologies
08/18/2011	New images reveal never-before-seen structures of the solar wind as it travels toward and impacts Earth Images show an array of dynamic interactions as solar wind moves across the solar system
07/29/2011	Juno spacecraft to Jupiter prepares to launch New NASA mission to answer fundamental questions about the gas giant
07/25/2011	SwRI suborbital astronaut payload specialists move to flight planning phase, release mission patch SwRI suborbital payload specialists beginning flight planning phase of their first spaceflights
06/22/2011	SwRI's DCO™ Ignition System tapped for R&D 100 Award A novel ignition system for gasoline engines that creates a continuous spark of variable energy and duration has received a 2011 R&D 100 Award.
06/21/2011	Southwest Research Institute space-based wireless communications platform selected for DARPA System F6 Program Fractionated architecture to provide robust and reconfigurable alternatives to traditional spacecraft designs
06/05/2011	New solar system formation models indicate that Jupiter's foray robbed Mars of mass Simulations show Mars was starved of formation materials
06/03/2011	SwRI to participate in World IPv6 Day SwRI will join in World IPv6 Day on June 8 as a field test to ensure a successful transition to the new Internet Protocol as IPv4 addresses run out
06/02/2011	UTSA, Southwest Research Institute to collaborate on biomedical research Project will focus on establishing the efficacy of new scaffolds for tendon/ligament repair and regeneration
05/23/2011	Ward to receive Kuiper Prize in planetary sciences Distinction honors lifetime of advancing researchers' understanding of planetary systems
05/17/2011	NASA selects SwRI mass spectrometer for technology development funding, possible future planetary mission Spectrometer extends the resolution and sensitivity of similar instruments by one to two orders of magnitude
05/10/2011	Southwest Research Institute inks agreements with Beijing BSS Corrosion Protection Co. Ltd BSS will represent SwRI's interest in products and services related to sensor systems, NDE, surface engineering, coatings and corrosion
04/26/2011	SwRI-developed training program for dealing with behavioral problems is available for home computers Software program provides interactive training for dealing with behavior challenges in children