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Published online 10 November 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041108-8
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Trains get fluffy
High speed trains could beat friction by gliding like snowboards.
Superfast trains of the future could glide over fluffy tracks like snowboarders over snow, say US researchers. The same principle could be used to develop low-friction, long-lived bearings for machinery with moving parts.
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