China is testing a maglev vacuum train designed to reach speeds of up to 1,000 km/h, faster than many commercial flights. This video explores how the technology works, why it differs from Hyperloop, ...

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Maglev trains float above their tracks, eliminating wheel–rail contact and allowing speeds far beyond conventional rail. However, this technological advantage comes with an invisible challenge: ...

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, ...

Anthony Joshua sees some similarities between his iconic career as a boxer and what Formula 1 drivers must do in training to get to the top in the pinnacle of motorsport. Both sports require ...

Two trains taking tourists to Peru’s famed archaeological site of Machu Picchu crashed on Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring around 30 passengers. The person killed was a railroad ...

The train was carrying around 250 passengers and crew members on a cross-country route linking the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly 100 people were injured. By Annie Correal Annie Correal is a ...

Researchers at China's National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) have accelerated a one-ton vehicle from a dead stop to 435 mph (700 km/h) in under two seconds – then back to zero mph on about ...

Amtrak will probably have to idle some of the new trains it is rolling out because the railroad’s maintenance facilities won’t be upgraded in time, federal inspectors found. The misstep means Amtrak, ...

In fiction, magic makes levitation easy. With a simple swish-and-flick of his wand, Ron Weasley yanks a troll’s club high above its head in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Through graceful ...

Germany’s federal railway authority has issued the European country’s first license for public magnetic levitation (maglev) train operation, in a major milestone for the nascent technology’s use.