SINCE the 1960s, transportation industry planners have sought an energy-efficient design for a train that can glide through air at speeds up to 500 kilometers per hour. This type of train, called a ...

The promise of superconductivity for electrical power transmission and transportation has long been held back by high costs. Now researchers from the University of Houston and Germany have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A maglev (magnetically levitating) train approaches its terminus in Shanghai, China, in 2008. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean ...

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: What is the big deal about the possible superconductor LK-99? UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: LK-99 superconductor. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: LK-99. And you won't believe what this ...

LAS VEGAS — It’s been hailed as the future of mass transit and ridiculed as a big gamble on little more than an amusement park ride. Which is a pretty clever insult, considering the project in ...