San Antonio scientists doubt their own Jupiter moon discovery
In 2014, scientists with Southwest Research Institute and collaborators published a paper describing what they thought were giant…
SwRI plans 180-acre moon base testing site in San Antonio
NASA wants to build a permanent base on the moon. Three San Antonio organizations plan to help by…
San Antonio researchers explore potential antiviral against Ebola
San Antonio researchers are preparing to test potential antiviral compounds against filoviruses, a family of deadly viruses that…
SwRI building Space Force-funded refueling satellite
Inside a 2,900-square-foot cleanroom at Southwest Research Institute, two workers lean over a table assembling hardware for a…
Mayor launches new economic advisory group ahead of Taiwan trip
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is pulling together a new group of local economic advisers ahead of a trade…
SwRI COO Ben Thacker wants to do bigger, bolder projects
Southwest Research Institute has named Ben Thacker as its new chief operating officer. In his new role, Thacker…
San Antonio Spurs to open elite performance research hub
Spurs Sports & Entertainment is bringing together researchers in a new 60,000-square-foot medical office building to study elite…
Texas tap water spurs a major drug purification discovery at SwRI
Researchers with Southwest Research Institute stumbled onto a chemical purification breakthrough that has potential to bring down drug…
A permit, a dry creek bed and the dispute over Guajolote Ranch
All year we have covered the stories that matter most to San Antonio, at no cost to you…
Tom Slick was San Antonio’s eccentric millionaire Yeti hunter
Southwest Research Institute visitors might be surprised to find a 7-foot-tall metal statue of the abominable snowman. The…
What you’ll find in Southwest Research Institute’s rare books vault
Tucked inside a small climate-controlled vault in Southwest Research Institute’s library are hundreds of books you’d be hard…