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SwRI’s business offices are closed in observance of Independence Day.

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Did you know? San Antonio is now the sixth largest city in the U.S. based on population.

Aerial photographs of the Southwest Research Institute campus at different times in our history show the scale of growth, not only at SwRI, but in the city we call home. #WeAreSwRI

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There’s a hot job and possible triple digit heat in the forecast! 🕶️

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➡️ SwRI’s Dr. James Oxley will also co-chair Tech Session VII: Delivery Science Without Borders Multisector Breakthroughs, Global Health, Equity & Special Populations at the CRS 2026 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Lisbon, Spain.

📆 Thursday, July 9
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🦾Robotic dexterity and the future of intelligent automation are the focus of SwRI’s latest Industrial Robotics & Automation blog.

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SwRI is proud to serve as a strategic collaborator for UT San Antonio and the greater community.
In this article, UT San Antonio President Taylor Eighmy lays out his vision for the future.
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SwRI’s John Macha will present “Failure Analysis of Pitting Corrosion on a Cu-Ni Alloy Containment Cooler Coil in a Passive Cooling System” at the API Inspection and Mechanical Integrity Summit July 20-23 in San Antonio, TX.

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Led by SwRI’s Dr. Danna Qasim, the astrochemistry laboratory studies the origins of planetary systems, with particular focus on the chemistry of interstellar clouds, which are the vast regions of ice, gas and dust between stars.
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Interesting findings of (52246) Donaldjohanson from last year's @LucyMission's flyby.
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The San Antonio Manufacturers Association in collaboration with the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) will host a training course focused on giving manufactures an overview of best practices for tracking performance and improving workflows.

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SwRI in the news: Southwest Research Institute helping lead plan to build research center
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SwRI selected by DOE as Hydropower Testing Network provider

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Check out the unusual breakup and subsequent “vortex train” of Comet Pan-STARRS captured by the SwRI-led Polarimeter to UNify the Corona and Heliosphere in this PUNCH science nugget: https://t.co/H3CTvNdquf

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SwRI’s Dr. Sergey Vinogradov and Dr. Jay Fisher will present “Corrosion Mapping Under Pipe Supports Using an Array of Guided Wave Magnetostrictive Transducers” at the API Inspection and Mechanical Integrity Summit July 20-23 in San Antonio, TX.

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Register now for the next live virtual NASGRO® training.

The course includes a mix of lectures, hands-on training and access to a free short-term demo of the award-winning fatigue and fracture mechanics software.
📆 August 4-6 and August 11-12

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NASA’s New Horizons research team extends key observations of interstellar material slowing the solar wind

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Flashback Friday! Check out this 2015 simulation that’s still popular on SwRI’s YouTube channel.
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SwRI in the news: Peanut-shaped asteroid wobbles in 2 directions
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Congratulations to Kaushik Mitra, Lacy Barton and Kathryn Mayer, who will each receive up to $50,000 in funding through the @UTSASciences' new Seed Grant Initiative.

Their innovative, collaborative projects will help advance discovery, address complex challenges and lay the foundation for future research breakthroughs.

Read more at https://t.co/RjsYKBYwnR

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SwRI’s favorite dwarf planet continues to fascinate the world
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