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𝐒𝐰𝐑𝐈 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

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Southwest Research Institute’s (SwRI) Metering Research Facility (MRF) has earned accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 for natural gas flow calibration, which confirms the facility’s compliance with international testing and calibration standards.
February 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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🚗 Win an opportunity to present your ideas on stage at the ITS America Conference & Expo 2026! Open to undergraduate and graduate students, the essay competition is part of the Future Leaders Program sponsored by SwRI.
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February 16, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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PUNCH data are spectacular — but the metadata (data about the data and about the spacecraft that collect them) are also pretty cool.
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Even spacecraft experience the astronomical seasons just like we do here on Earth! Here's a plot showing how the PUNCH spacecrafts' batteries saw increasing use during our roughly-75-day "eclipse season" near the winter solstice.
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A plot of spacecraft battery charge level over 2.5 months, for each of the four PUNCH spacecraft, reveals battery usage while the spacecraft flew through Earth's shadow in late 2025. (https://whtwnd.com/did:plc:dd6rbxnc4ostg26plpmonhcz/3mewyevrmrg2v)
February 16, 2026 at 4:53 AM
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SwRI in the news: Q&A: SwRI’s new COO wants to see the research institute grow
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Q&A: SwRI COO Ben Thacker wants to do bigger, bolder projects
SwRI's new COO Ben Thacker has worked on engineering projects ranging from submarines, NASA space shuttles and the U.S. nuclear stockpile.
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February 16, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Check out the latest PUNCH science nugget for a look at the Narrow Field Imager, a compact coronagraph developed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.
Learn more about the science behind the NASA mission⬇️
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Diagram shows the occulter, A0 aperture, plyon, baffles, radiator sun shield and other parts of key elements of the Narrow Field Imager, a compact coronagraph developed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory for NASA's PUNCH mission.
February 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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😍Fall in love with this week’s hot job!
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February 12, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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SwRI in the news: Something supercharged Uranus with radiation during Voyager flyby 40 years ago. Scientists now know what.
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Something supercharged Uranus with radiation during Voyager flyby 40 years ago. Scientists now know what.
Forty years ago, Voyager 2 flew past Uranus and observed radiation levels that defied explanation. Now, scientists may finally know exactly what happened.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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SwRI in the news: Voyager 2 readings imply Uranus was flooded by high energy electrons from a huge solar wind event
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Voyager 2 readings imply Uranus was flooded by high energy electrons from a huge solar wind event
Voyager 2 crossed Uranus’s frontier in January 1986, recording magnetic and particle signatures that puzzled the mission team for decades. Later reprocessing of the Voyager 2 flyby data uncovered hint...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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It’s Day 1 of the STLE Interactive Lubrication Training Experience hosted at Southwest Research Institute. With a mix of lectures, tours and hands-on lab training it’s already shaping up to be a memorable two-day experience.
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STLE Interactive Lubrication Training Experience hosted at Southwest Research Institute.
February 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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As part of SwRI’s LLM initiative, analysts integrated a chatbot into its Intelligent Transportation System technologies to evaluate how natural language can simplify complex workflows and improve operational productivity. #TechTuesday
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SwRI staff evaluate how natural language can simplify complex workflows and improve operational productivity for Intelligent Transportation System Technologies using a chatbot.
February 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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SwRI in the news: Spring training initial focus on robot umpires and World Baseball Classic
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Spring training initial focus on robot umpires and World Baseball Classic
Spring training starts Tuesday as pitchers and catchers return to the field just 102 days after the World Series. Players are gearing up for the Automated Ball-Strike system, which allows
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February 10, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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SwRI in the news: Spurs to open ‘first of its kind’ elite performance research hub
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San Antonio Spurs to open elite performance research hub
The San Antonio Spurs are building a three-story human performance research center next to its practice facility at The Rock at La Cantera.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 “𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐬: 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞?”

The PBS NOVA documentary features SwRI’s Dr. Amanda Alexander and Dr. Simone Marchi, who discuss how violent collisions on Earth may have led to life as we know it. ☄️

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Asteroids: Spark of Life? | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS
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February 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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SwRI in the news: Jupiter’s slimmer profile: Giant planet revealed to be narrower at equator
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Jupiter's slimmer profile: Giant planet revealed to be narrower at equator
For over 50 years, we thought we knew the size and shape of Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet. Now, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have revised that knowledge using new data and te...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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𝐒𝐰𝐑𝐈 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴

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SwRI appoints Fuselier vice president of Space Science Division | Southwest Research Institute
Noted solar physicist is a member of the National Academy of Sciences
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February 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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𝐃𝐫. 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐰𝐑𝐈’𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧

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A portrait of SwRI's Dr. Barron Bichon inside a large facility. He's wearing a blue suit and a yellow tie.
February 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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SwRI in the news: Giant Planet’s Slimmer Profile
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𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢: 𝘕𝘈𝘚𝘈/𝘑𝘗𝘓-𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩/𝘚𝘸𝘙𝘐/𝘔𝘚𝘚𝘚 / 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘢𝘭, © 𝘊𝘊 𝘕𝘊 𝘚𝘈
Giant Planet's Slimmer Profile
For over 50 years, we thought we knew the size and shape of Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet. Now, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers
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February 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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𝐃𝐫. 𝐁𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐰𝐑𝐈 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘚𝘸𝘙𝘐’𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦

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Dr. Ben Thacker named SwRI chief operating officer | Southwest Research Institute
Thacker will oversee SwRI’s technical divisions, internal research program and more
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February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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We’re ready to help the next generation launch a career in STEM! SwRI recruiters are spending the morning at the Centers for Applied Science and Technology (CAST Schools) Senior Hiring Fair in San Antonio! #WeAreSwRI

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SwRI recruiters host a booth at a job fair for high school seniors in San Antonio.
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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SwRI in the news: NASA Has a New Estimate for Europa’s Ice Shell, and Whoa Is It Ever Thick
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NASA Has a New Estimate for Europa’s Ice Shell, and Whoa Is It Ever Thick
Jupiter's fourth-largest moon is a main character in our search for other life-friendly places in our solar system.
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January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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SwRI in the news: How South Texas tap water spurred a breakthrough that could bring down the cost of drug discovery
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Texas tap water spurs a major drug purification discovery at SwRI
Chemists at Southwest Research Institute stumbled onto a purification breakthrough that could bring down discovery costs in drug research.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐀’𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐚’𝐬 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥
𝘓𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘸𝘙𝘐 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘤𝘦-𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵: 𝘕𝘈𝘚𝘈/𝘑𝘗𝘓-𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩/𝘚𝘸𝘙𝘐/𝘒. 𝘒𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘢

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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/K. Kuramura NASA’s Juno mission, led by an SwRI scientist, recently provided the first resolved subsurface measurements of the ice-encased Jovian moon Europa. This cutaway illustration shows an 18-mile-thick shell with a shallow layer containing small imperfections — cracks, pores and voids. The icy moon is thought to harbor a vast ocean beneath its icy exterior that could contain the ingredients for life.
January 28, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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SwRI is a proud sponsor of the Shell Eco-marathon, which recently kicked off in Qatar.
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Shell Eco-marathon kicks off at Lusail International Circuit
Tribune News NetworkDohaThe highly anticipated Shell Eco-marathon Qatar 2026 has officially commenced with a grand opening ceremony at Lusail International Circuit in Qatar. Under...
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January 27, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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SwRI in the news: The Water Makeup of Jupiter’s Galilean Moons Was Set At Birth
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The Water Makeup Of Jupiter’s Galilean Moons Was Set At Birth - Astrobiology
While Io, the most volcanically active moon in the solar system, appears completely dry and devoid of water ice, its neighbor Europa is thought to harbor a vast global ocean of liquid water beneath it...
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January 27, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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It's not every day you get to announce a new research article -- especially one you've worked on for a complete solar cycle. The PUNCH article came out in the journal Solar Physics today! ☀️🛰️🔭🧪

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January 27, 2026 at 2:08 PM