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 ...

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 ...

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The science behind a bullet train's incredible speed has advanced to the point that they no longer need wheels to stay on the tracks. There are some magnetic trains that do use rubber wheels until ...

According to a post on social media platform X by Tesla Europe, the company has been engaging with regulators across the EU for over a year to facilitate this rollout. The EV giant says it has been ...

Experience the Shanghai Maglev, a 431km/h airport express that whisks you across 30km in just 8 minutes! Join this bucket-list adventure on China's high-speed magnetic levitation train. JD Vance ...

The transportation landscape is experiencing a remarkable shift with the emergence of maglev technology. These magnetic levitation trains hover above their tracks using powerful magnets, eliminating ...

Taking to the social media platform X on Wednesday, Karpathy hailed his new Tesla Model X's FSD system powered by the HW4 hardware on board. "Basically… I’m amazed – it drives really, really well, ...

For her birthday, assistant professor of radiology Gozde Durmus received an unusual present: the power to control cell levitation. The gift, while exciting, wasn’t necessarily a surprise. Durmus and ...

An electromagnetic device can gently sort cells by levitating them to different heights. It looks like a magic trick: cells at the bottom of a liquid medium begin levitating, then hovering at a ...

Clement Alexander Skalski, 89, of Venice, Florida, passed away peacefully at his home on October 8, 2025. Clem was a son of the late Clement V. Skalski, Honorary Consul of Portugal in Warsaw, Poland, ...

Five members of the Cornell Hyperloop project team competed at the 2025 Hyperloop Global Conference, hosted at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, this past summer. Among top international teams, ...