Magnetic Levitation of YBCO Above a Track (Meissner Effect)

No, superconductors only have this unique behavior with regards to magnetic field; hence, magnets are necessary.

i was just wondering, is it possible without a magnet, i mean another sort of material?

okie dokie smokie! thanks a bunch for clearing things up :D

I can find no mention of ORMEs or ORMUS in any reputable scientific journal. I do not presume to say what scientists should or should not study; however, I cannot accept the wild claims the websites make in regards to ORMUS particles without data and research to back up their claims. Such research would be published in scientific journals where would undergo peer review. Without peer review and without being published, it is just pseudo-science, as believable as a fairy tale.

ok ok. it has never been proven. i hear we've only learned about ormes within the last 12 years? should ppl not even study ormes? is it a waste of time? researchers admit they know very little about it.

Ormus particles are another example of pseudo-science. Trust me, if we had room-temperature superconductors, the world would be quite different, and whoever discovered them would be universally famous.

i heard soemwhere that ormus particles might be able to be room temperature superconductor? tell me if i heard that from a retard please :D

They work on levitation via magnets, but usually they use two electromagnets, rather than magnets and superconductors. I think there's only one train in Japan, and only for a few kilometers, that uses superconductors.

is that how those bullet trains work

nice!

Pretty well, currently there are two trains that use the same principle with third in construction. They are pretty expansive, but I think this is the future of trains as a hole.

cool :D...unfortunably...i'm not that smart :(

We used liquid nitrogen -- liquid hydrogen is much colder (about 20 kelvin, as opposed to 77 kelvin for nitrogen), and much more dangerous.

Unfortunately, no one has discovered a room-temperature superconductor (yet), and the material has to be cold in order to superconduct. Without the liquid nitrogen, it is just a rather boring, expensive, brittle rock.

Whoever discovers a superconductor that does not require cooling will 1: become rich and famous, and 2: win the Nobel Prize in Physics.

can i do that without liquid hydrogen?

awesome demo! let's plate the ground somewhere with room-temp tracks and make a hoverboard park!