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
Additionally, observes Scientific American, superconductors repel magnetic fields, which could lead to more efficient magnetic levitation, or maglev, trains.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023
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
“Tally, hoverboards work on magnetic levitation, right? So there’s got to be some kind of metal around or they don’t hover.”
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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