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SwRI will be in Houston for the 2026 STS-AIChE Southwest Process Technology Conference! We can help your team close the gap between research and commercialization with design and scale up services for chemical processes and pilot plants.
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SwRI in the news: Stunning video captures a whole year of our sun’s chaotic corona
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SwRI staff contribute to new ideas about origins of Uranus, Neptune
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SwRI-led Lucy mission marks five years of discoveries
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ALT Diagram showing Jupiter's orbit with L4 Greek camp and L5 Trojan camp regions marked, Earth and Sun at center, and spacecraft trajectory looping between them.
SwRI’s Dr. Steven Dellenback wins ITS World Congress Lifetime Achievement Award
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At SwRI, we’re excited to dish about a different kind of PaSTA. The patented Parallelogram Synchronized Truss Assembly (PaSTA) technology provides a structural backbone for solar panels to deploy in space to support operations such as refueling.
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Register today | Join Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) for a live introduction to the Technology Initiative for Emissions Reduction (TIER-5) Consortium.
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SwRI in the news: New Drone Detector Borrows a Trick from Human Vision
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The next breakthrough could start at the molecular level. 🔬
Researchers from @UTSASciences and @SwRI are using computational modeling and lab testing to explore peptide catalysts and advance pharmaceutical research.
Learn more about the project: bit.ly/4zAVkou
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SwRI in the news: Eye-inspired cameras help new system detect fast-moving drones in complex skies
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SwRI’s Darrel Johnston will chair the session “Future Proofing Chemical Security” at the 28th Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference in London next week. Johnston oversees the development of countermeasures for pesticide and nerve agent poisoning.
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Developed to counter unmanned aerial system (UAS) drones, Southwest Research Institute’s new Hierax system uses a combination of software and dynamic-sensing, event-based cameras, often called neuromorphic, to detect even slight changes in brightness.
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SwRI’s Edward Garza will present microencapsulation concepts at the ACS-San Antonio local section meeting this evening (Oct. 15). Interested? Register for SwRI’s fall Introduction to Microencapsulation workshop scheduled for Nov. 11.
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Free webinar | Join SwRI’s Chris Kulhanek for an Introduction to Lateral Rotordynamics
📆 Oct. 21
🕛 12:00 p.m. CT
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SwRI in the news: SwRI-led team develops improved model for mapping the Sun
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We’re loving the energy at The Battery Show in Detroit! Stop by booth no. 2635 to meet SwRI’s expert problem solvers to learn about our custom R&D solutions for safety-critical battery systems. The event runs Oct. 13-15.
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The SwRI-led ultraviolet spectrograph (UVS) and the MAss spectrometer for Planetary EXploration (MASPEX), are part of the Clipper payload that will investigate the conditions on Jupiter’s moon Europa to determine if they’re suitable for life.
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SwRI develops drone-detection system with event-based, neuromorphic cameras
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Peak shaving facilities stabilize energy supplies and pricing during periods of high demand by storing LNG in massive cryogenic tanks during periods of low usage. SwRI is evaluating how the potential introduction of hydrogen into these systems could affect safety. #TechTuesday
Stop by SwRI’s booth (no. 757) at the American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) conference in Columbus, Ohio, this week to see some of our recent developments.
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