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DOT awards U-M-led hub $15M for connected and automated transportation

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The US Department of Transportation has awarded a $15-million grant to renew the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), based in Ann Arbor and led by the University of Michigan. million over its first six years, CCAT is one of 10 regional USDOT University Transportation Centers nationwide.

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U Toronto study measures GDI emissions in urban near-road environment

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A study of emissions from gasoline direct injection (GDI) vehicles in an urban near-road environment in Toronto over a wide range of weather conditions (February 2014 to January 2015) found that—other than for NO x and CO—the GDI engines had elevated emissions compared to the Toronto fleet.

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Samsung introduces industry’s first universal flash storage for next-gen automotive applications such as ADAS

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is introducing the industry’s first embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) solution for use in next-generation automotive applications. Embedded UFS solutions have been used in a variety of mobile applications since early 2015, when Samsung introduced 128GB embedded memory based on the JEDEC UFS 2.0 Samsung Electronics Co.,

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International study finds air pollution leads to millions of hospital visits for asthma attacks worldwide

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They estimated that 9–23 million and 5–10 million annual asthma emergency room visits globally in 2015 could be attributable to ozone and PM 2.5 , respectively, representing 8–20% and 4–9% of the annual number of global visits, respectively. Anthropogenic emissions were responsible for ? Anenberg, Daven K. Henze, Veronica Tinney, Patrick L.

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Honda and China-based SenseTime to jointly research and develop AI technologies for automated driving

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AI algorithms to be developed and applied for automated driving systems include: Scene understanding: Estimating the driving environment and the behaviors and intentions of pedestrians and vehicles. 3E-D18, an autonomous off-road vehicle concept with AI designed to support people in a broad range of work activities.

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Monash “artificial photosynthesis” system achieves in excess of 22% efficiency for production of hydrogen from water

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A team at Monash University (Australia) has developed an “artificial photosynthesis” system that delivers the highest efficiency reported to date—in excess of 22%—for the solar-driven conversion of water to hydrogen. A paper on the researchers’s work is published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science.

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WSU team engineers fungus to produce jet-range hydrocarbons from biomass

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Researchers at Washington State University have engineered the filamentous fungus Aspergillus carbonarius ITEM 5010 to produce jet-range hydrocarbons directly from biomass. The research received funding from the Danish Council for Strategic Research under the program for Energy and Environment. Aspergillus carbonarius.

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