Sentences with phrase «magnetic levitation trains»

They are used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines, magnetic levitation trains and particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider.

Japanese prosecutors has raided the headquarters of Shimizu Corp. and Kajiam Corp. — two of Japan's largest construction firms — for alleged antitrust violations on a $ 80 billion contract for a magnetic levitation train line project.

Poor Regina didn't get anywhere near the global record, however.The world's fastest train is currently the Japanese JR Maglev (magnetic levitation train), which has clocked speeds of 581 km / h.

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It's not too late to take the pulpit and set a goal of building infrastructure for a national power grid, maglev [magnetic levitation] rail trains or even an Arctic research station.

Musk proposed in 2013 that a hyperloop system, which is similar to a magnetic levitation (maglev) train but runs through a low - resistance tunnel with much of its air removed, would cost $ 11.5 m (# 9.4 m) per mile to build.

Startup firm Hyperloop Transportation Technologies announced that it has licensed cheaper, safer technology than the magnetic levitation currently used in high - speed trains.

Using magnetic levitation technology — used by train systems in countries including China, Japan, France and Germany — Virgin Hyperloop pods have already achieved speeds of 240 miles per hour.

Among the holy grails of physics, a room temperature superconductor, Dias said, could radically change our transportation system, making magnetic levitation of high - speed trains possible, as well as making electric cars more efficient and improving the performance of many electronic devices.

SINCE 2004, visitors to Shanghai, China, have been able to take a train that whisks them at over 400 kilometres an hour from Pudong International Airport to the city centre using the smooth glide of magnetic levitation.

She also developed and intricate train system that runs underground using maglev trains (they run on magnetic levitation), which exist in real - life.

China's «MAGnetic LEVitation» rail system runs between Shanghai Airport and the city centre and reaches speeds of up to 431 kilometres per hour - the Shinkansen (Bullet train) in Japan, the TGV in France and the ICE in Germany only reach speeds of up to 320 kilometres per hour.

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As soon as the power is turned on, the interplay of magnetic fields lifts the train slightly off the track, hence the magnetic levitation.

Plans to connect Tokyo with Nagoya and Osaka by these new trains that run using magnetic levitation are getting more support in Japan as tests show that it is possible to build the railway in a straight route through the Southern Japanese Alps.