Conventional “steel wheel” train technology has reached the end of its evolution: Modern tweaking of rails and controls has only squeezed out another 70 mph or so of speed while raising maintenance ...

When attendees to the 21st annual Maglev conference arrive at Inchon Airport in Korea this week, they'll be whisked downtown on a brand new train that glides effortlessly on a field of magnetic energy ...

A group of companies is developing a mobile robot to inspect equipment to be used by Japan's next-generation Maglev trains.

Maglev trains are very real and very practical, but maglev cars? Well, let’s just say they aren’t exactly in their golden age. That hasn’t stopped researchers at China’s Southwest Jiaotong University ...

Searching for ways to reduce air pollution and highway congestion, local harbor officials might resort to so-called maglev trains to haul cargo containers to and from the Los Angeles and Long Beach ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine gliding across long distances at nearly 400 miles per hour on a train that floats silently above its tracks. No rattling ...

In that period, the spacecraft will have traveled 1,000 miles (1,609 km). The maglev track must be 1,000 miles in length - similar in size to maglev train tracks being considered for cross-country ...

Japan has seen the first successful test of a new high-speed maglev train that should be able to reach speeds as high as 500km/h. The L0 Series train is expected to be able to make the 322km trip ...

It sounds like the latest fad in new-wave, alternative medicine, but magnetic levitation has emerged as one of the most exciting and controversial technologies to be considered for the future of ...

Last December, the General Services Administration (GSA) released a report describing its test-bed installation of variable-speed maglev compressor technology in a chiller plant in a government ...

Old Dominion University officials confirmed this week that parts of the longstanding maglev structure may be demolished. “Old Dominion University’s campus is marked by physical reminders of our ...