A team of geoscientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) using newly available remote-sensing technology has achieved unprecedented detail in quantifying subtle, long-period changes in the water levels of shallow ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 18, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

(Phys.org) —The presence of liquid water at and beneath frozen Alaskan sand dunes during Arctic winter suggests that liquid water could also be temporarily stable (or metastable) at frost-covered sand dunes ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 29, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

(Phys.org) —When NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft made their final descent for impact onto the Moon's surface last December, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's sophisticated payload was in position to observe ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Mar 26, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

An ultraviolet spectrograph designed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been selected for flight on the European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE). NASA is funding development of the instrument, which ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Feb 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—The vast edges of our solar system—the boundary at the edge of our heliosphere where material streaming out from the sun interacts with the galactic material—is essentially invisible. It emits ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Feb 05, 2013 4.9 / 5 (7) 5 |

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed a unique software program that enables prescreening of the three-dimensional structure of proteins and enzymes for pharmaceutical and biochemical research ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Jan 11, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has received funding from NASA to build a miniature, portable solar observatory for developing and testing innovative instrumentation in suborbital flight.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Oct 23, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

The giant impact believed to have formed the Earth-Moon system has long been accepted as canon. However, a major challenge to the theory has been that the Earth and Moon have identical oxygen isotope compositions, ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Oct 17, 2012 4.5 / 5 (8) 0

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is now almost seven years into its 9.5-year journey across the solar system to explore Pluto and its system of moons. Just over two years from now, in January 2015, New Horizons ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Oct 16, 2012 4.8 / 5 (6) 6 |

(Phys.org)—It won't make passwords passé, but a team led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) intends to use "cognitive fingerprints" to make sure you are you, and not an imposter.

Technology - Computer Sciences

Sep 10, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

The recent large-scale increase in hydraulic fracturing related to oil and gas exploration and production represents a potential source of groundwater contamination in Texas. Effective monitoring of groundwater ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 06, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

(Phys.org)—The goal of a drought plan is to sustain water availability by reducing water use in response to drought or emergency conditions. Because emergency conditions can develop rapidly, responses must ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 06, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is launching a cooperative research consortium to accelerate the development of ROS-Industrial, an open-source extension of ROS focused on the needs of industrial users.

Technology - Engineering

Aug 27, 2012 not rated yet 0

A novel casting technology that combines aerospace ceramic and automotive sand core processes to allow for precision casting of extremely small passages in automotive cast iron/steel components has received ...

Technology - Engineering

Jun 27, 2012 not rated yet 2

NASA has selected a team including Southwest Research Institute to develop the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS), which will provide better prediction capabilities for extreme weather events, particularly ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jun 21, 2012 not rated yet 0