"I thought it was a slap in the face," said Susan McCutchen, a resident of Bladensburg in Prince George's County who has spent the better part of eight years fighting a maglev train proposed to ...

The company Northeast Maglev has long pushed for a magnetic levitation train project that its spokespeople claim would carry travelers from Washington to New York in about an hour. The first leg ...

For years, Japanese and Maryland officials have been trying to break ground on a maglev project that would shuttle passengers from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore in 15 minutes and from Washington ...

Magnetic levitation, or maglev, technology has been around since the 1940s, but it's only now coming into focus as a means of high-speed transit. There are several maglev train systems spread ...

China has successfully completed the demonstration test of its innovative ultra-high-speed (UHS) maglev transportation system, achieving a significant milestone. This new maglev train can reach ...

Surgeons have successfully implanted an artificial titanium heart in the chest of a human patient that is powered by the same ‘maglev’ technology used in the creation of high-speed trains.

In Maglev systems, magnets are composed of high-temperature superconductors which can convey electrical currents with zero resistance, even in ambient outdoor temperatures. Two different forces ...

The magnetic-levitation (or maglev) train can clock speeds of 623 kph in tests — almost 200 kph quicker than the fastest train in service. It is yet to be rolled out, but in February it ...

European rail transportation is on the verge of a major transformation with the introduction of Maglev technology developed by IronLev. This breakthrough is happening at a time when Japan and China ...

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 ...

The T-Flight is a maglev train that hit a record-breaking speed of 387 mph on a short test track — but engineers want to double that rate so the train can carry passengers at speeds faster than ...