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BGU researchers develop sensor to detect nanoplastics in the air using carbon dots

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It’s unclear how nanoplastics impact human health, but animal studies suggest they’re potentially harmful. Some plastic materials slowly erode while they’re being used or after being disposed of, polluting the surrounding environment with micro- and nano-sized particles. Perhaps less well known is that they can also float in the air.

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Study finds that EV-specific factors rather than socio-demographic variables better predictors of EV uptake

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Thus, while many EV consumers may have high levels of education and be passionate about the environment, within the perspective of a country such individuals still represent a tiny portion of the overall population. Of those, charging infrastructure was the best predictor of a country’s EV market share. —Will Sierzchula.

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Study finds increased air pollution can worsen both drought and flooding

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Authors of the new study include Prof. Increases in manufacturing, building of power plants and other industrial developments, together with urbanization, are often accompanied with increases in pollution whose adverse impacts on weather and climate, as revealed in this study, can undercut economic gains, the researchers stressed.

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Hyundai Motor to establish Hyundai Mobility Global Innovation Center in Singapore

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Singapore’s competitiveness stems from its strategic location, competitive workforce, pro-business environment, and forward-looking economic policies. With Hyundai CRADLE’s presence in Singapore, the company will expand its global innovation network to Southeast Asia, with hubs already established in Korea, US, Israel, Germany and China.

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Small amounts of water in electrolyte for Si-air battery improves discharge performance

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Researchers from Israel Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University report in a paper in the journal ChemSusChem on a Si–air/ionic liquid electrolyte battery whose performance improves with small amounts of water in the electrolyte. —Cohn et al.

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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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Weizmann Institute team engineers E. coli to eat carbon dioxide

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Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel have created a strain of the bacterium Escherichia coli that grows by consuming carbon dioxide instead of sugars or other organic molecules. The findings point to means of developing, in the future, carbon-neutral fuels. Ron Milo of the Weizmann Institute.

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