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 ...

Europe is very close to making a huge move for its railway industry. A test by Italian firm IronLev has provided successful examples of how a magnetic levitation train, or maglev, might work on ...

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 ...

China’s maglev research program has logged a new speed milestone, launching a 1.1-tonne test vehicle to 650 km/h (about 404 mph) in only seven seconds and within 600 m of track. The run, conducted on ...

Chinese scientists have achieved a milestone in magnetic levitation technology. Researchers at China's National University of Defence Technology successfully propelled a one-tonne vehicle to 700 ...

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