In this three week storyline unit, students investigate a maglev train and the electromagnetic forces that cause a maglev train to levitate and provide the source of propulsion for the train. The ...

Since the late ‘60s, scientists have been designing, building and operating “flying trains,” or magnetically levitated (“Maglev”) systems. However, the sci-fi-like technology still faces challenges ...

China has set a world record in maglev technology, testing and successfully accelerating a tonne-class vehicle to a speed of 700 km/h (435mph) in only two seconds' time. The test speed of the vehicle ...

For centuries, the transport sector has been one of the biggest contributors to global carbon emissions. To address the problem, many research groups are now actively exploring how technology can help ...

The train, created by scientists at the Southwest Jiotong University, has no wheels. China has unveiled the prototype of a new domestically developed superfast maglev train. The 69-foot “super bullet ...

File photo taken on June 13, 2018 shows China's new generation domestic medium-low-speed magnetic levitation (maglev) train at the CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd., Zhuzhou of central China's Hunan ...

For a second time, Orange County Chairman Linda Chapin is off to Germany to test ride a magnetically levitated train, and this time Orlando Mayor Bill Frederick is going along. The two leaders left ...

CHANGSHA -- China's major train maker on Saturday tested a new generation of maglev train with a designed speed of 160 km per hour, about 60 percent faster than the current model, in Changsha, capital ...

Aerial photo taken on April 28, 2020 shows a new generation domestic medium-low-speed magnetic levitation (maglev) train in a speed test in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province. The train reached ...

Visitors observe the model of a superconducting tube maglev at the 2018 World Transport Convention in Beijing on Tuesday. WANG JING/CHINA DAILY China is building a high-tech tube transportation system ...