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NATIONAL DEFENSE NEWS "Found in Translation": Interpreting Huge Volumes of Information in Multiple Languages National security decision-makers and soldiers in the field depend on reliable information. Although large volumes of raw data are being gathered from around the globe in many languages and media (such as speech and text), decision-makers are often unable to identify and extract the information they need. In a new program for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), SRI leads a major, multi-organization effort to develop software technologies that can absorb, analyze and interpret huge volumes of speech and text in multiple languages. More information SPACE NEWS
In related news, SRI spin-off Intuitive Surgical, maker of the da Vinci Surgical System, reported record revenues in the first quarter of 2006. More information SRI Helps Ensure Smooth Space Shuttle Lift-Off
HEALTH AND MEDICAL NEWS SRI Acquires Clinical Pathology Laboratory SRI has acquired Quality Clinical Labs (QCL) in Mountain View, California. QCL, the only commercial laboratory of its type in California, performs clinical pathology analyses in compliance with Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) regulations. QCL, which will operate under its present name and from its current location, will be integrated into SRI's Biosciences Division, which provides comprehensive preclinical drug discovery and development services. More information In Development: Oral Formulations for Anti-Radiation Drugs
EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC NEWS How Well Do U.S. Schools Teach about the Holocaust? Key Findings in Evaluation of Bay Area KIPP Charter Schools Evaluations of Math/Reading Games in Oklahoma Title I Schools Access Critical to Global Economic Growth and Improved Human Welfare, Says Landmark Study
SRI NEWS SRI Recognized Once Again as a Best Place to Work For the third consecutive year, SRI has ranked as one of the 110 Best Places to Work in the San Francisco Bay Area. The award, given by the Bay Area's business journals, is primarily based on employee satisfaction surveys. The prestigious ranking was granted to SRI because its exceptional work environment, benefits, policies, and practices are among the Greater Bay Area's best. More information
CEO Gives Commencement Speech at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Donald Shockey to Receive High Award
Meet SRI at Upcoming Tradeshows and Conferences SRI will present its R&D solutions at these upcoming events: U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week Orgatechno 2006 American Chemical Society Fall National Meeting BioJapan 2006
CEO Curt Carlson speaks with CNET about SRI's 60th anniversary and how SRI "engineers the future". For more information on SRI's innovations and how we can help you, contact SRI Digest editor Marty Mallonee at marty.mallonee@sri.com. The SRI Digest welcomes your feedback. Please send suggestions or comments to newsletter@sri.com. Start or discontinue a subscription by sending an email to newsletter@sri.com. Read this edition of the SRI Digest in Japanese.
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Robotic surgery in outer space, language translation for military decision makers, and Holocaust education practices: Learn more, and find out how much the Space Shuttle weighs, in this edition of the SRI Digest, the quarterly news round-up from independent research institute SRI International.
Three U.S. astronauts and a physician recently spent 18 days living and working in the NASA Aquarius Underwater Laboratory, the only operational undersea research habitat in the world, to test space medicine concepts and moon-walking techniques. SRI technology aboard the laboratory was used in the first successful demonstration of how telerobotics could one day perform complex surgical procedures in response to emergencies on the International Space Station, the moon, or Mars. 
NASA engineers are working with SRI to ensure smooth lift-off of the five million-pound Space Shuttle. When the Shuttle is launched, each of the studs that attach the solid rocket boosters to the mobile launch platform must be released in a fraction of a second. Rapid release is accomplished by explosively fracturing the nuts that hold the studs in place. An SRI team is conducting high-rate fracture experiments to help NASA determine how quickly the explosive nuts fracture and disengage the studs. 
SRI has received a contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, for $931,000 to develop an oral formulation for calcium DTPA and zinc DTPA, two drugs approved for decorporation. Decorporation agents increase the rate of elimination or excretion of absorbed, inhaled or ingested radioactive contaminants. 
Findings in a yearlong study on Holocaust education practices in U.S. secondary schools show that such education is well-represented in school curricula. SRI led the study for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. 
Access -- the means of interaction and exchange among people, businesses and nations -- is critical to economic growth and to improving human welfare around the world, according to a new report by SRI's 
SRI Taiwan Ltd. has been established in Taipei to serve clients in the region. Allan King (right) is executive director. 
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