The visit to the Maglev Prefecture Center, nestled in the mountains about 60 miles west of Tokyo, was the first stop on an ...

Another key area where superconductors could make an impact is in transportation. Magnetic levitation (maglev) trains, which rely on superconducting magnets to float above their tracks ...

The system uses helium to elevate the sled using superconductor magnets ... will be used to power actual trains in the future – the fastest MagLev train travels at 366mph – but this is an ...

A team of engineers and physicists at Southern University of Science and Technology, in China, has created a nickel-based ...

A superconducting magnetic levitation train, also known as SCMaglev or Maglev for short, can travel at speeds up to 300 mph or faster. Project developers for a proposed Maglev train in the ...

When Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was in Japan expressing amazement at magnetic-levitation train technology, residents in the path of the proposed high-speed train back home were less than impressed.

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 ...

Japan's maglev train just set a world record speed of 375 mph (over 600 kph) during a manned test run on April 21. Central Japan Railway plans to launch the service of the magnetically levitated ...