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New world speed record for Japan’s supertrain
Maglev
Record:
603 kph
for 10.8 seconds
Total cost:
70 billion
euros
New line planned
for 2017
TOKYO
Nagoya
200 km
Operates using electrically charged magnets
Propulsion via push
and pull forces
From 100 kph, these forces
make it possible for the train
to be lifted above the track
Aerodynamic brakes
Lateral movement comes from
a combination of magnetic
forces between the walls
Doors
Superconductive
magnets
Liquid
helium reservoir
Refrigeration
A special track
An electric current is
sent to propulsion
coils, creating
a magnetic
field
Wheel
supports
Speed
records
JR-Maglev ML 500
Japan, 2015
Liquid
nitrogen
reservoir
Superconductive
magnets
603
kph
Concrete
wall
Superconductive coils
TGV
France, 2007
574.8
kph
CRH380A
China, 2010
486
kph
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South Korean ferry disaster
A ship with 476 people on board capsized on April 16, 2014
Final course
April 16
SEOUL
Incheon
Ansan
Ship
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April 15
SOUTH
evening
KOREA
Ferry was
heading to
the resort
island
Dadohaehaesang
National Park
Nectar of certain flowers can help fight parasite that attacks bees
08:42
10:08
172 rescued
on the day
08:48
5 km
First
helicopter
rescues started
by 9:45
Coastguard
photo showed
ongoing helicopter
rescues at 10:00
Rescues
,+1&+2"!ȇ"/
the ship turned
over on its side
OPEC oil production
In millions of barrels per day, 2013
OPEC total: 31.6 million bpd
Disrupts central
nervous system
and ability to
find flowers
Takes a toll on
queen bee’s ability
to establish
a colony
09:11
08:52
Timeline of the capsize
Ferry had
tilted about
50 degrees
by 9:17
Spread by bee faeces
09:39
9 bodies remain unrecovered
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call made at
8:55 local time
Parasite: Crithidia bombi
A common gut parasite
of bumblebees
08:32
Jeju
island
304 confirmed
dead, including
250 students
Biological defence
Saudi Arabia
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"Ȅ& &"+ 6,#4,/("/0
and their survival
Iraq
Kuwait
2.93
2.79
Angola
1.7
UAE
2.8
Compound
Guide ropes were
attached to ship’s hull
used by divers for
recovery operation
Lies on
seabed 40
metres
below
6,825 tonnes
Anabasine
Two divers died during
rescue operations
Dive teams struggled through
narrow passageways and
rooms littered with floating
debris in silty water
Searches were
hampered by
fast currents
and high
waves
3.58
Venezuela
2.98
Nature’s defence
Compounds were tested on infected bees
Sewol underwater
Iran
9.64
million bpd
Coastguard
picture showed
the upturned
ship by 10:23
Found in
Tobacco
plant
Parasite reduction
81%
Thymol
Nicotine
Catalpol
Common
lime tree
Tobacco
plant
White
turtlehead
67%
62%
61%
Nigeria
1.75
Algeria
1.2
Libya Qatar
0.99 0.72
Ecuador
0.53
Source: OPEC
New study appears in the British scientific
journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Source :PRSB/ncbi.nih.gov/CCES
Victim’s families have called
for the sunken boat to be
raised to the surface,
an operation that could cost the
government around $110 million
10%
31%
Source: S.Korea coast guard/S.Korea maritime ministry/S.Korea media
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