Science and electrical engineering types might have a list of practical uses for superconductors a mile long, but the rest of us really only care about how they can make things magically levitate.

The magnetic levitation train is propelled forward by powerful electromagnets and hovers about the rail. The concept allows trains to hit speeds of hundreds of miles per hour because there’s no rail ...

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 ...

Transportation accounts for 16.2% of all global carbon pollution, according to Our World In Data. That is an extraordinary figure considering how much we rely on getting around as quickly and ...

No matter how its done, with whatever level of fakery, magnetic levitation just looks cool. We don’t know about you, but merely walking past the tackiest gadget shop, the displays of levitating and ...