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HEI ACES study of lifetime animal exposure to New Technology Diesel Engine exhaust finds no lung cancer

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HEI is an independent, non-profit research institute funded jointly by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the worldwide motor vehicle industry. The ACES results are expected to play an important role in future risk reviews of diesel engines by international and US agencies. Earlier post.)

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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General Motors. Tesla Motors, Inc. a standard for high performance green buildings that in 2018 will become the basis for the International Green Construction Code. Duke Energy. Edison Electric Institute. Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA). Eversource Energy. Florida Power and Light Company. Georgia Power.

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Fast, Efficient Neural Networks Copy Dragonfly Brains

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In my research at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, I study the brains of one of these larger insects, the dragonfly. The dragonfly does not have an internal gyroscope (that we know of) that will maintain a constant orientation and provide a reference regardless of how the dragonfly turns. Each has some 250,000 neurons.

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First results from HEI/ACES murine study find few biologic effects from exposure to exhaust from new technology diesel engines

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the worldwide motor vehicle industry. McDonald of the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Jeffrey C. HEI is an independent, non-profit research institute funded jointly by the US. Bemis of Litron Laboratories, Rochester, New York, and Lance M.

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