SINCE the 1960s, transportation industry planners have sought an energy-efficient design for a train that can glide through air at speeds up to 500 kilometers per hour. This type of train, called a ...

NASA has some really wild plans, and I mean that in the best way possible. Despite facing some massive delays for its upcoming Artemis missions, which will see humanity return to the Moon for the ...

Most people who live in the United States think of trains as antiquated, slow forms of transportation that often run late, and that's if they think of them at all. Around the world, though, trains are ...

Transportation accounts for 16.2% of all global carbon pollution, according to Our World In Data. That is an extraordinary figure considering how much we rely on getting around as quickly and ...

Buried beneath Japanese mountains, engineers are racing to complete the SCMaglev—a levitating train capable of reaching 500 km/h. This video explores the science behind the system, from ...

SHANGHAI, China -- The sleek white train zipped noiselessly out of a futuristic station in Shanghai, carrying Chinese and German leaders -- and hopes for a new era in railway technology. The world's ...

Floating trains have glided closer to Europe after a pioneering trial of magnetic levitation — aka maglev. Italian firm IronLev, which developed the tech, claims to have completed the first-ever ...

The Chinese train uses "maglev" technology, meaning it levitates above the track with no contact between body and rail. VIA REUTERS China unveiled a futuristic “levitating” train on Tuesday that has a ...

We 100% agree with the recent commentary by Angelette C. Aviles about the maglev dream (“Why Maryland’s maglev dream doesn’t track,” April 21). Instead of a dream, the proposed maglev train has been a ...

The magnetic levitation train is propelled forward by powerful electromagnets and hovers about the rail. The concept allows trains to hit speeds of hundreds of miles per hour because there’s no rail ...