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Photograph of Dr. Roman Gomez inside his office, with a computer and office equipment in the background.

SwRI’s Dr. Roman Gomez will speak at the 2025 First-Generation Day Campus Celebration and Luncheon at St. Mary’s University today, November 7. Gomez will share his own journey from entering the military to earning his doctorate in astrophysics.
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An image of the solar corona produced by a true "artificial eclipse" with two spacecraft flying in formation so that one is in the shadow of the other.

The Proba-3/ASPIICS paper just dropped on ArXiV! If you like heliophysics, the corona, or cool mission concepts, give it a read. ASPIICS is a coronagraph comprising two spacecraft in formation: a camera and a separate occulter. They're producing amazing images. ☀️🛰️🔭🚀 arxiv.org/abs/2511.01679

How did Pluto capture its largest moon, Charon? Planetary scientist Adeene Denton runs computer simulations to investigate Pluto, the moons of Saturn and other icy bodies in the solar system.

SwRI’s Adeene Denton, a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, made Science News’ 2025 list of scientists to watch.
www.sciencenews.org/article/adee....

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𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 | Join SwRI’s Francisco Fierro for the free webinar “Compressor Skid Design and Foundation Consideration.”
📅 12 p.m. CST on November 5, 2025

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Technology Today Fall 2025 | Southwest Research Institute

In the latest issue of Technology Today Magazine, we’re mapping the Sun’s influence across space, exploring the Rhodium™ revolution and its impact on drug discovery, and taking an in-depth look at cool battery tech!
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🚨Researchers at SwRI identified a security vulnerability in an electric vehicle charging protocol, prompting Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to issue a security update.
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#FlashbackFriday to the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) event in Orlando earlier this month. This photo includes three ASNT Engineering Excellence Award recipients including SwRI’s Dr. Sergey Vinogradov (second from left).

A buck blends into a bucolic South Texas landscape with cactus in the foreground.

🍂Oh deer, it’s finally fall! After one of the hottest Octobers on record, we’re finally enjoying crisp fall mornings to accompany the scenic views around SwRI’s San Antonio headquarters. #WeAreSwRI

If you’re looking for something a little more celestial than spooky this October 31, you can help the Scobee Education Center at San Antonio College celebrate its 11th anniversary!
For tickets: https://ow.ly/e7re50XjRLb

Supercritical CO2 Energy Technologies Symposium

👉🏼Registration is now open for the 2026 International Supercritical CO2 Energy Technologies Symposium in Pittsburgh, PA, March 2-5, 2026.
Register today: https://ow.ly/r0s450XjRra

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𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰? SwRI is a pioneer in microencapsulation technology. From masking the taste of pharmaceuticals to ensuring the efficacy of paints and coatings, micro- and nano-encapsulation play a critical, if not invisible, role in modern life.
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In the latest episode of the Technology Today Podcast, go behind the scenes of the “Oscars of innovation” to hear about two R&D 100 award-winning inventions.🎧
https://ow.ly/Mt5I50Xjm44

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I'm delighted to see that @swri.org has joined us here! Southwest Research Institute does a ton of interesting things, but of course #heliophysics is one of them. The outreach/social-media team are really great, give 'em a follow! You won't be sorry. 🧪
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👋🏻Stop by SwRI’s booth at the Women’s Global Leadership Conference in Energy going on now through October 29, in Houston.

You’ll meet our multidisciplinary team of powerhouse problem solvers working to future-proof the energy sector. ⬇️
https://ow.ly/lPHU50Xjgt2

In 2024, SwRI engineers increased the instantaneous bandwidth of the JUPITER system’s radar receiver technology, allowing expanded spectrum analysis. Developers also incorporated a hardware accelerator processor to reduce latency & encrypted intellectual property to facilitate sharing. #TechTuesday

SwRI’s Daniel Juarez-Robles will present his latest research at ASME’s IMECE 2025, November 16–20, in Memphis, TN. Juarez-Robles will share insights that push the boundaries of battery safety and performance. Learn more about the conference. 👉 https://invt.io/1lxbfosjgb7
#IMECE2025

A group of people stand around a gorge near Canyon Lake in Texas.

The annual meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA) wrapped up in San Antonio with a field trip led by SwRI's Dr. David Ferrill and Dr. Adam Cawood. They presented “Architecture of a Seismic-Scale Normal Fault Zone – The Hidden Valley Fault, Canyon Lake Gorge, Texas.”

New possible volcanic exomoon orbiting searing hot exoplanet

SwRI in the news: New possible volcanic exomoon orbiting searing hot exoplanet
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Image of Dr. David Ferrill, winner of AAPG Distinguished Service Awards and Best Seminal Publication Award

Congratulations to SwRI’s David Ferrill, Ph.D.! He was recognized with a Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) for his 40-plus years of service to the organization.

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𝐒𝐰𝐑𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 $9.9 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐅-16 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

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Point of view from inside a pumpkin being carved. An SwRI employee enjoys the lunchtime activity.

SwRI staff get into the spooky spirit during a lunchtime pumpkin carving activity!
#WeAreSwRI

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🎧Interested in cool technology? Need a new favorite podcast to inspire you? Listen to the latest episode of the Technology Today Podcast.
👀Watch for a new episode next week.
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SwRI, 8 Rivers patent more cost-effective, efficient power generation system with liquid oxygen storage | Southwest Research Institute Technology will generate, store pure oxygen during off-peak hours to power clean energy cycle

💫 Fun Fact Friday: Liquid oxygen produced during off-peak hours could be used to offset costs during periods of high demand.
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Happy #MoleDay everyone! A mole is defined as 6.02 x10^23. From 6:02 a.m. until 6:02 p.m. on October 23rd, or 10/23, the world celebrates the research of Amedeo Avogadro, an Italian scientist whose hypotheses laid the foundation for basic concepts in chemistry.

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🚨There’s still time to sign up for an immersive tour of SwRI’s pharmaceutical and bioengineering laboratories! If you’re headed to the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists PharmSci 360 event in San Antonio this Nov. register by Oct. 27.
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𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 | Join SwRI for a three-day ISO 9001 Internal Auditor course starting November 10.
Learn ISO 9001:2015 quality management system (QMS) requirements, understand management’s role in QMS and the auditing process.
Register today: https://ow.ly/FCBB50XgWHj

Outdoor group photo taken in front of a red hydrogen-powered vehicle for a workshop highlighting unique characteristics of hydrogen. The photo captures a deep blue cloudless sky and 15-20 smiling people.

The Texas Hydrogen Alliance hosted a workshop specifically designed to educate local officials and first responders about the unique characteristics of hydrogen. SwRI’s Jacqueline Manders and Alex Schluneker gave presentations during the 4-hour workshop.

Geometric background with Southwest Research Institute Logo. Photo of Adeene Denton, who was recently named one of Science News' 2025 Scientists to Watch List. Denton studies planetary science as a postdoctoral researcher at SwRI.

Congratulations to Adeene Denton, a postdoctoral research assistant at SwRI, who has been selected for Science News’ 2025 Scientists to Watch list!
You can explore her latest research here: https://ow.ly/QILA50Xgzoi

Photograph of lighting installation of new facility with large circular and square shaped LED lights.

“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” – Winston Churchill

📷This photograph of overhead lights was taken on August 19, 2025, at SwRI’s newly opened Advanced Electronic Warfare Facility in Warner Robins, Georgia.