SRI International
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Printed Carbon Nanotube Gas Sensor Arrays for Natural Gas Leak Detection (invited)
With support from ARPA-E, PARC and NASA Ames Research Center are developing a low-cost, high-performance natural gas well leak detection system based on printed nanomaterials.
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Verizon Innovative Learning Minority Male Program Case Study Brief
The Verizon Innovative Learning Minority Male Program (VIL MM) provides minority, male, middle school students with opportunities to engage in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning experiences in university settings.
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Pharmacodynamic Assays to Facilitate Pre-clinical and Clinical Development of Pre-mRNA Splicing Modulatory Drug Candidates
We describe two types of novel pharmacodynamic assays that facilitate drug discovery and development of this intriguing class of innovative therapeutics; the first assay is useful for preclinical optimization of small-molecule agents that target the SF3B1 spliceosomal protein in animals, the second assay is an ex vivo validated, gel-based assay for the measurement of drug exposure…
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Online mathematics homework increases student achievement
In a randomized field trial with seventh-grade mathematics students, we evaluated whether an educational technology intervention increased mathematics learning.
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MOTOBOT
The first autonomous motorcycle-riding humanoid robot.
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SRI: A Start-Up Celebrating its 70th Year
To those who see Silicon Valley as a cauldron of youthful creative talent leaping from start-up to start-up, finding one such start-up about to celebrate its 70th year might be surprising. One also might be curious how this longevity, centered in such a turbulent business environment, has occurred. While the real reasons are undoubtedly complex, having…
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70 Years of SRI Innovation
It is gratifying to look back on 70 years of innovation at SRI and to reflect on the high-impact solutions that our independent, nonprofit research institute has brought to the world. Although the world has changed dramatically since our founding in 1946, there is a thread that weaves through SRI’s history that connects the SRI…
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The added impact of parenting education in early childhood education programs: A meta-analysis
We examine the benefits to children’s cognitive and pre-academic skills of adding parenting education to ECE programs for children and consider the impacts of: parenting education programs of any type, programs that provided parents with modeling of practice stimulating behaviors and programs that were delivered through intensive home visiting.
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Compared to what? Variation in the impacts of early childhood education by alternative care type
In this paper, we estimate differential impacts of an early childhood intervention by alternative care type, using data from the Head Start Impact Study, a large-scale randomized evaluation.
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Verizon Innovative Learning Minority Male Program: Summer Program Evaluation Executive Summary
SRI International’s Center for Technology in Learning, with support from the Verizon Education Foundation, developed this research brief as part of a two year evaluation of the 2016 Verizon Innovative Learning (VIL) Program.
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Taking Stock of the California Linked Learning District Initiative: Seventh-Year Evaluation Report
This report from SRI International’s multiyear evaluation is the first to include postsecondary outcomes for students in Linked Learning pathways and confirms many of the promising findings from previous years.
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Taking Stock of the California Linked Learning District Initiative: Seventh-Year Evaluation Report, Executive Summary
This report from SRI International’s multiyear evaluation of the California Linked Learning District Initiative is the first to include postsecondary outcomes for students in Linked Learning pathways …