Maglev line starting date still up in the air as costs keep rising

The much-ballyhooed magnetic levitation train line project linking Tokyo with Nagoya has been stuck in limbo since Shizuoka ...

Ministry to issue rare guidance to JR Tokai on maglev project

The transport ministry will soon issue an administrative guidance to Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) calling for close ...
Phys.org

System that uses magnetic levitation enables early airborne virus detection

Researchers from Michigan State University and the University of British Columbia have invented a system that can quickly and inexpensively detect airborne viruses using the same technology that ...

FOCUS: Challenges Remain for Japan's Maglev Shinkansen Project

A closely watched high-speed magnetic levitation train line project in Japan still faces many challenges, including huge construction costs seen totaling 11 trillion yen, although it has cleared a maj ...
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Solved: How a spinning magnet cause other magnets to levitate

Magnetic levitation demonstrated using a Dremel tool spinning a magnet at 266 Hz. The rotor magnet is 7x7x7 mm3 and the floater magnet is 6x6x6 mm3. This video show the physics described in the work ...
AZoNano

Nano-Positioning System Based On Motion Control via Magnetic Levitation

Magnetic Levitation Nanopositioning Stage w/ 6DOF Control | Technology Demonstrator. Magnetic levitation nanopositioning stage with 6DOF control. Video Credit: PI (Physik Instrumente) LP The core ...