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Israel MoEP enforcing vehicle exclusion rules in Haifa Bay Low Emission Zone; $2.8M to retrofit 700 diesel trucks with DPFs

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As part the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection’s (MoEP’s) action plan to reduce pollution in Haifa Bay in Israel, Israel Police are actively enforcing exclusion rules that bar heavy vehicles in downtown Haifa Bay at certain times of the day. MoEP thus launched a new environmental action plan for Haifa Bay in 2015.

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Foresight signs a pilot agreement with one of China’s top three largest car manufacturers

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Israel-based Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd., Eyes-On will be tested in controlled and uncontrolled environments, in varying speeds and against both predefined and incidental targets. This is the third pilot agreement the company has entered into with leading Chinese car manufacturers in recent months.

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EP29LPSP: Applications in Plasma Physics, Astronomy, and Highway Engineering

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Ideal for demanding cryogenic environments, two-part EP29LPSP can withstand temperatures as low as 4K and can resist cryogenic shock when, for instance, it is cooled from room temperature to cryogenic temperatures within a 5-10 minute window. 10 November 2015. Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. 2 Lee, David, et al.

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Ford targeting highly autonomous vehicle for ride-sharing in 2021; new tech company investments, staffing up in Silicon Valley

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Autonomous vehicles in 2021 are part of Ford Smart Mobility, the company’s plan to be a leader in autonomous vehicles, as well as in connectivity, mobility, the customer experience, and data and analytics. This expertise will help Ford autonomous vehicles learn and adapt to the surroundings of their environment.

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Apps Put a Psychiatrist in Your Pocket

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In 2015, Leow realized that a similar pattern might be true for typing. There’s tremendous, immediate clinical value in helping people feel better today by integrating these signals into mental-health care,” says John Torous , director of digital psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston.

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Study finds single exposure to roadway PM induces transient pulmonary stress; possible need to regulate non-tailpipe-related pollution

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A study by researchers in Israel and the US has found that single (“sub-clinical”) exposure to extracts from particulate material (PM) collected in a near roadway environment can induce a transient oxidative stress and inflammation in mice’ lungs. —Pardo et al. Michal Pardo, Martin M. Shafer, Assaf Rudich, James J. 5b01449.

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