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This page contains selected articles from Winter 2014 to Fall 2017. To find more archival content, visit Technology Today Archives or read the latest issue at Technology Today.

	Technology Today Fall 2017 Cassini's Grand Finale SwRI plays featured role in the spacecraft’s swan song at Saturn Dual-Fuel Engines Double-teaming Stricter Emissions Standards Cloud-based Software Virtual Power Tools Occultation Expeditions Going to the Ends of the Earth to Search for Signs of New Horizons’ Next Target
	Technology Today Fall 2016 Finding the Needle in the Haystack Above the Storm CYGNSS satellite fleet ready to take wing Powering the Science of Violent Storm Research SwRI engineers retrofit an A-10 Thunderbolt II into a storm-penetrating aircraft SwRI and Texas BioMed Double-Team, Double-Down on Ebola
	Technology Today Summer 2016 Juno's Journey Ends, Jupiter Science Begins SwRI’s Bolton leads NASA mission to gas giant A Hybrid Solution to Stabilize Solar Power Production SwRI cranks up heat to improve efficiency, cost effectiveness Leave the Driving to Us SwRI’s automated vehicle program celebrates 10-year anniversary Higher Temps Accelerating Rock Glacier Movements National Science Foundation-funded research combines high-resolution optical and radar satellite data analyses with field studies New Horizons Surveys Solar Wind Producing the Perfect Particle Three New Mills Multiply Capabilities, Capacity SwRI Engineers Play Intergral Role in Shell Eco-marathon
	Technology Today Spring 2016 Hidden Structures Revealed Looking at materials from the inside out SwRI Wins Two 2015 R&D 100 Awards Consortia News SwRI Helped Shape the Biggest Science Story of 2015 Cracking the Processing Curve
	Technology Today Fall 2015 Unmanned, Uninjured Autonomous impact attenuator vehicles can make a hazardous work zone safer Seeing Thunder SwRI scientists have captured the first images of thunder created by rocket-triggered lightning Eyes on Europa A pair of SwRI-developed instruments may reveal whether Jupiter's icy moon could host life Adam Hamilton Reflects on First Year Q&A with SwRI’s 4th President
	Technology Today Spring 2015 Delaying the Sunset SwRI-developed encapsulated phase-change chemicals retain heat to extend output of solar concentrating power plants. A Sliding Scale Satellite image analysis measures up as a landslide risk assessment tool Solving Magnetic Reconnection A new space mission will study a powerful, puzzling force of nature Delivering Power Where Wires Can't Go SwRI-developed mobile technology charges inaccessible electronic devices
	Technology Today Fall 2014 Keeping U.S. Military Aircraft Flightworthy SwRI support of U.S. Air Force Aircraft Structural Integrity Program spans more than three decades This Hybrid Can Really Fly SwRI engineers have developed a small gas turbine generator to power hybrid unmanned aircraft systems The Quiet Sun SwRI scientists have discovered the weakest solar wind of the Space Age SwRI’s Dedicated EGR® Technology Wins R&D 100 Award An SwRI-modified sedan incorporates new technologies to improve performance while reducing emissions
	Technology Today Spring 2014 Portable Power from the Sun An SwRI-developed solar module for warfighters could reduce weight and expense High Performance, Low Profile Novel antenna arrays, with miniaturized processing equipment, bring direction finding capability to the tactical level Balloon in a Box An SwRI-developed concept allows easy transport and autonomous launch of lighter-than-air vehicles Rosetta: Long Journey to a Small Place After 10-year voyage, the spacecraft will rendezvous with a comet in 2014
	Technology Today Winter 2014 SwRI & Alvin: A 50-Year Relationship SwRI plays a major role in the history of a deep-water research submersible Logistical Support Supplying, maintaining, updating, testing and developing the equipment that supports warfighters and military machines Protecting the Warfighter in Combat SwRI researchers develop human head surrogate for behind-helmet blunt trauma research A Driving Force SwRI engineers expand electric vehicles’ role in managing the power grid