levitation

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Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity without electrical resistance -- making them the ideal base material for electronic components in MRI machines, magnetic levitation trains and even particle accelerators.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024

Some of the most exciting and promising clean tech — like magnetic levitation trains and other low-cost, high-speed transportation — could finally be viable for mass development with superconductor use.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2023

The levitation video is also not definitive, because non-superconducting materials including graphite can also partially float in the same way.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023

Anyone who has seen “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” knows that Emma Watson is a master of levitation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2023

The system worked with the same magnetic levitation technology used in Germany and Japan to propel bullet trains with magnets instead of wheels.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein