AI-guided route to powerful magnets without rare earths
US researchers at Ames National Laboratory have developed a physics-informed, AI-assisted workflow to discover permanent magnets that do not rely on rare-earth elements, integrating physics-based modeling, high-throughput simulations, and real-world material data to predict performance while considering cost and supply-chain viability, with the aim of reducing dependence on foreign refiners and bridging discovery to scalable production (published in Materials Science and Engineering).
