Japan's maglev train set a world record of travelling at a speed of 600kph

Japan's magnetic levitated trains set a world record of travelling at a speed of 600kph (373mph) on Tuesday in a test run near Mount Fuji.  As reported by thegaurdain, the seven-car maglev – short for “magnetic levitation” – train, hit a top speed of 603km/h and managed nearly 11 seconds over...

Continue Reading →

New Battery Technologies

Nanotube-based batteries Current lithium-ion battery technology will reach its limit soon – there is only so much that can be achieved through tweaking the battery chemistry of a lithium-ion system – but a change in the way the electrode is made, using nanotechnology, could breath new life into lithium....

Continue Reading →

New Aluminum / Aluminium Batteries

A research to produce efficient aluminum batteries carried out by students at Stanford claims to produce batteries that can be charged in a minute and can power a smartphone. The battery is not the first of its kind to use aluminum ions to power the battery. Earlier we have lithium, lithium polymer and nickel-cadmium batteries. The battery has seen to have far better life then previous aluminum batteries. Stanford’s...

Continue Reading →