News and stories
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SRI advances trustworthy data exchange across disparate healthcare systems
Helping systems talk to each other increases patient safety, lowers costs, reduces errors, and streamlines treatment.
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SRI radar innovation supports NASA mission to study the northern lights
By providing data from the SRI-operated Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar, SRI scientists are helping NASA better understand the electrical currents in ionospheric plasma.
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Inside Startups goes deep inside one of the most advanced robotics labs in Silicon Valley
Three SRI projects show how robots can improve cancer treatment, accelerate teleoperation, and learn through AI.
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SRI joins an ambitious NIH effort to improve autism care
The institute’s work on the Autism Data Science Initiative aims to advance our understanding of what positive autism care outcomes look like and how they can be achieved.
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SRI research helps improve reading comprehension instruction
The74 highlights SRI’s vital work helping urban school districts unlock the full value of “science of reading” approaches.
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SRI’s Natarajan Shankar named a 2025 ACM Fellow
The accolade from the Association of Computing Machinery recognizes Shankar’s fundamental contributions in areas such as formal methods and system assurance.
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SRI robotics innovations featured in Silicon Valley mini-doc
Angel investor and media producer Will Phillips explores two groundbreaking SRI-born projects in his mini-documentary on the Bay Area startup scene.
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Chris Cowart: Activating Japan’s intrapreneurial superheroes
At the Nomura-SRI Innovation Center, Cowart leads a team that equips corporate innovators to create technology-driven change.
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QED-C executive director named to the Quantum 100
Celia Merzbacher, executive director of the SRI-managed Quantum Economic Development Consortium, has been recognized for her role in strengthening the global quantum ecosystem.
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New engines of technology-driven growth
Leveraging proven lab-to-market expertise, SRI is helping collaborators from Japan to New Jersey strengthen their science and technology ecosystems.
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Podcast: Designing and scaling the next generation of educational innovations
SRI’s Kerry Friedman and Adrienne Woods join Digital Promise’s Rebecca Griffiths to discuss new findings on the design and adoption of impactful products and programs.
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Vaalia Health: Causal AI for precision healthcare
With healthcare shifting toward at-home solutions, Vaalia Health is building on SRI’s AI innovations to make sure that efficient care is also effective care.