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SwRI in the news: Liquid nitrogen may have recently flowed across Pluto’s heart-shaped glacier ow.ly/L09t50ZShiA

Liquid nitrogen may have recently flowed across Pluto’s heart-shaped glacier

New Horizons images of Sputnik Planitia carry dark streaks that a Southwest Research Institute-led team says are best explained by liquid nitrogen welling up fr

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SwRI’s Mike Brown will deliver a keynote address, “From Connected to Cognitive — How AI, Intelligent Infrastructure, Vehicles, and Standards Are Shaping the Next Era of Mobility,” at the APEC Smart Mobility Forum. 📆 October 14 📍 Seoul, Korea
APEC Smart Mobility Forum announcement with keynote speaker Michael Brown and event details in Seoul, Korea on Oct. 14 at 11:00 AM KST.

ALT APEC Smart Mobility Forum announcement with keynote speaker Michael Brown and event details in Seoul, Korea on Oct. 14 at 11:00 AM KST.

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🚚 SwRI is heading to Chicago for the SAE Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress (COMVEC). Watch a sneak peak of SwRI’s multidisciplinary internal combustion engine research and stop by booth no. 210. youtu.be/BZw62l2lqPU
Title screen displaying 'ICE Powertrain Engineering' with the SwRI logo over a blurred aerial background.

ALT Title screen displaying 'ICE Powertrain Engineering' with the SwRI logo over a blurred aerial background.

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SwRI in the news: Soft and stretchy or rock solid? New modeling study sheds light on how the Earth got its moon Image credit: NASA/JPL-CalTech/T. Pyle ow.ly/272N50ZSfUZ
New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling that accounts for material strength found fundamental changes in how the Moon forms after a giant collision between a Mars-sized impactor and Earth. Simulations that neglect strength produce a debris disk that forms the Moon over time while those factoring in strength can produce an intact Moon. These conditions generally correspond with hotter and colder colliding planets, which would generally correspond to earlier versus later collision timing.

ALT New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling that accounts for material strength found fundamental changes in how the Moon forms after a giant collision between a Mars-sized impactor and Earth. Simulations that neglect strength produce a debris disk that forms the Moon over time while those factoring in strength can produce an intact Moon. These conditions generally correspond with hotter and colder colliding planets, which would generally correspond to earlier versus later collision timing.

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Lego® toy bricks and heliophysics are a perfect match! Download the plans to build your own wide field imager. The SwRI-developed instrument is currently part of NASA’s Polarimeter to UNify the Heliosphere and Corona (PUNCH) mission. punch.space.swri.edu/punch_o…
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Blog | The Ultraviolet Spectrograph on ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Mission (JUICE-UVS) ow.ly/zHbs50ZRx16

The Ultraviolet Spectrograph on ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Mission (JUICE-UVS)

[astro-ph.EP] A mix of internal and external radiation shielding plates are used, with those on the instrument electronics plus spectrograph sections shown here in gold color. Ultra-pure filtered dry...

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Friday Flashback | The SwRI-led Juno mission conducted a close flyby of Jupiter’s moon Europa back in September of 2022. The NASA spacecraft flew within 225 miles of the moon’s surface. ow.ly/hiui50ZRwYN Image Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
Close-up of Europa's icy surface showing intricate brownish cracks and ridges against a pale background.

ALT Close-up of Europa's icy surface showing intricate brownish cracks and ridges against a pale background.

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NASA's TRACERS to study magnetic explosions triggered by space weather ow.ly/Weah50ZR0Vs
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SwRI’s Shane Siebenaler and Kurt L. Johnson are at the International Pipeline Conference & Expo in Calgary, Alberta. Watch a replay of a “Technical Guidance for External Leak Detection Systems on Liquid Hydrocarbon Pipelines” presented earlier this year. vimeo.com/1199530549
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Earn a lean manufacturing certificate through the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC), which is hosted by SwRI. Classes start in October. ow.ly/kwu550ZR0bL
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SwRI in the news: Sodium-ion batteries are cheaper, and new index shows when they can replace lithium-ion ow.ly/QZwX50ZR03R

Sodium-ion batteries are cheaper, and new index shows when they can replace lithium-ion

Researchers at Southwest Research Institute have developed a tool that could make it easier to use lower-cost sodium-ion batteries in some of those same roles.

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🌡️ Hot job, cool place to work! Check out SwRI’s latest hot job of the week. ow.ly/KOCA50ZQZFF
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We’re at ROSCon Global in Toronto, Canada! Stop by SwRI’s booth (no. 4) to learn about the ROS-Industrial Consortium and SwRI’s robotics and automation research and development. ow.ly/ajfa50ZQKyo
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With data from the SwRI-led Juno mission, researchers explored how Jupiter wards off the Sun’s energetic particles. now.uiowa.edu/news/2026/09/j…

Jupiter uses surprisingly complex system to fend off particles from sun

University of Iowa researchers have made the most detailed observations yet of Jupiter’s bow shock, a barrier that helps deflect harmful particles from the sun. They found that Jupiter uses a more...

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SwRI in the news: Icy moons can be blown apart without losing their hidden oceans ow.ly/ASGI50ZQzpC

Icy moons can be blown apart without losing their hidden oceans

Even massive collisions that shatter icy moons may not destroy their hidden oceans, revealing how surprisingly resilient these buried waters can be.

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Register Today | Join SwRI’s Dr. Thomas Kerr for a “Rotordynamics Tutorial.” The free webinar kicks off at 12:00 CT on Wednesday, September 30. ow.ly/9XlI50ZQzk9
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On the latest episode of the Technology Today Podcast, hear from SwRI Principal Scientist James Wood about the newly patented EZ Flow™ technology that reduces the viscosity of heavy crude oil to make transport more efficient. ow.ly/Hxac50ZQeoy
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Stop by SwRI's booth (no. 2627) at the Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia in Houston, Sept. 22-24. ow.ly/qPlZ50ZQhUC
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SwRI worked with other San Antonio nonprofits to develop a computer model to predict outcomes for pregnant mothers. These data visualizations can guide real-time interventions. #TechTuesday
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SwRI in the news: Space hardware built in San Antonio at SwRI will soon take measurements on Mercury ow.ly/LMrs50ZQ95K

Space hardware built in San Antonio at SwRI will soon take measurements on Mercury

On board the BepiColombo spacecraft is Strofio, a neutral mass spectrometer specifically designed to sample the sparse exosphere around Mercury. The spacecraft is a joint mission of the European and...

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