Magnetic levitation, or maglev, trains use powerful magnets to glide along charged tracks at super fast speeds made possible by the lack of friction. File. By Reader Commentary.

New technology in maglev trains ensures high acceleration and top speed. However, the cost of building the lines remains high.

The Central Japanese Railway’s magnetic levitation train, which could travel from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore in 15 minutes and from Washington to New York in an hour.

Implementing high-speed rail nationwide would be detrimental to these towns, in turn undermining key parts of the overall ...

The world’s first commercial magnetic-levitation train performed flawlessly on its maiden journey Tuesday, hitting 260 mph between Shanghai’s gleaming financial district and the 3-year-old ...

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 ...

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.

China's ultrafast, levitating train, known as T-Flight, just took a massive step toward becoming a reality. ... (CASIC) has been working on developing a high-speed magnetic levitation ...

Traditional maglev trains require continuous electrical power to maintain their magnetic fields, but the new system developed by OIST requires power only at start-up.

Brazil is taking another step forward in the development of a magnetic levitation train (maglev). These futuristic vehicles, which are still rare worldwide, hover a few centimeters above the track, ...

Two German physicists have reimagined how to create powerful and uniform magnetic fields using compact permanent magnets. By ...