More recently, China has explored superconducting electric maglev systems suited for ultra-high speeds, especially in low-vacuum environments. In 2023, a 2 km (1.3 mile) experimental line in Datong ...

China’s latest maglev experiment is not just a laboratory stunt, it is a blunt demonstration of how far the country is ...

A test vehicle levitated by magnetic fields zips through a depressurized tube in a testing ground for a high-speed transit system during a press tour of a European test center for hyperloop ...

Hyperloop technology, which involves a system composed of a vacuum and magnets to propel vehicle pods through a tube, could theoretically get you there in 30 minutes. You could leave Chicago at 10 a.m ...

ST. LOUIS BUSINESS JOURNAL — Missouri may be known as the Show Me State, but officials are hoping Missouri will show others it’s a leader in futuristic transportation by establishing the first ...

Traffic sucks more when it’s ironic. This is what I think on the clogged freeways en route to an office park near UC Irvine, where a team of undergrads is working on a cure for traffic and, in a way, ...

VEENDAM, NetherlandsVEENDAM, Netherlands — A 420-meter (quarter-mile) white steel tube running alongside a railway line in the windswept northern Netherlands could usher in a new era in the ...