Researchers in China have researched a solution to one of the largest issues facing magnetic levitation (maglev) trains. Chinese engineers have developed porous buffers that fit into tunnel mouths to ...

China's aerospace engineers are pushing ground transportation to its absolute limits, developing a near-supersonic maglev ...

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 ...

On a short stretch of track in northern China, a heavy block of engineering briefly moved with the urgency of a launched projectile. In a test that prioritised hardware limits over passenger comfort, ...

As China builds out the next generation of magnetic levitation trains, the U.S. has a grand total of one maglev line in development. Or, make that had one in development, because Transportation ...

SHANGHAI – From Pudong International Airport, the ride to the center of this city 30 kilometers away took all of 10 minutes on the maglev train. Maglev is magnetic levitation or electromagnetic ...

Something to look forward to: The risk of generating dangerous shockwaves when exiting tunnels has long challenged high-speed rail systems. As maglev trains reach higher speeds, the problem becomes ...

The recent announcement by Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy that the Trump administration has pulled the plug on federal support for the proposed magnetic levitation train line between ...