Press Releases

Advanced science. Applied technology.

01/17/2017	Southwest Research Institute receives 2017 Work-Life Seal of Distinction This fourth consecutive WorldatWork award recognizes SwRI’s commitment to staff
01/17/2017	SwRI COO named chairman of BioMed SA Downing to chair nonprofit promoting local biomedical industry
01/04/2017	SwRI to lead NASA’s Lucy mission to Jupiter’s Trojans Small, primitive worlds orbiting near Jupiter to provide clues about origins of the solar system
12/15/2016	New Multiphase Machinery Test Facility available at Southwest Research Institute Facility will support research for the oil and gas industry
12/14/2016	Team of researchers, aerospace manufacturers to adapt industrial robots for U.S. Air Force Air Force Research Laboratory to improve automation for aerospace manufacturing
12/08/2016	SwRI-built hurricane satellites ready for Dec. 12 flight NASA mission to measure hurricane intensification and forecasting
11/01/2016	SwRI flips switch on LAMP in lunar orbit Opening door sheds more light on instrument sensor, improving data
10/25/2016	SwRI awarded $39 million military contract Institute staff will support Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
10/18/2016	Alan Stern, New Horizons receive Cosmos Award for Outstanding Public Presentation of Science The Planetary Society Board of Directors unanimously select Stern, pioneering NASA mission
10/17/2016	SwRI teaming with GTI to demonstrate supercritical CO2 power plant Facility will be located at SwRI’s headquarters in San Antonio