Researchers in China have completed a road test for the country’s first maglev car, floating a modified sedan along a track using magnetic propulsion. In the test, the 2.8 tonne car rose 35mm above ...

China has launched the world’s most powerful magnetic propulsion system, capable of accelerating a carriage to 1030km/h (640mph), just under the speed of sound, state media reported on Thursday. The ...

Magnets at 60 Tesla field strength will enable testing of gravitational field propulsion. The so-called “hyperdrive” concept won the 2005 American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics award for the ...

Mechanisms such as wheels and propellers are usually used for propulsion engines that move vehicles, and in the case of ships, screw propellers and jet injection structures are used. However, the ...

WASHINGTON — A year from now, the U.S. Navy hopes to launch a pair of small satellites that are able to harvest electrons from space and use them and the Earth’s magnetic field as a propulsion system.