Apple and MP Materials recently announced a $500 million agreement to source rare-earth magnets from MP Materials’ new Fort Worth plant and to develop a U.S.-based recycling facility. MP Materials has also reached an agreement with the Department of Defense in partial ownership of the company. Rare-earth magnets are essential components in technologies ranging from smartphones and tablets to electric vehicles and clean energy infrastructure.

China’s BGI Genomics has marked its 26th anniversary with the launch of a newly developed AI-powered health management platform for the strategic commitment to global healthcare transformation. The platform enhances diagnostic efficiency and enables proactive disease prevention, creating a new standard in precision medicine.

As Saudi Arabia commemorates its 95th National Day and advances its Vision 2030 agenda, health innovation are driving a nationwide shift toward data-driven, precision-based healthcare. BGI Genomics, with its growing presence in the Kingdom and expertise in genomics and multi-omics technologies, is helping bring these goals closer to reality.

By combining physics-based methods with machine learning, a team at the Institute of Thermodynamics and Sustainable Propulsion Systems at TU Graz is developing models that deliver better results despite less training data.

Big Yao, Dan Doulet Early Career Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is part of a research team developing a physics-informed machine learning system to personalize atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation procedures. Their 3D heart simulation model predicts electrical signal spread, optimizing sequential treatments and improving clinical relevance through collaboration with medical professionals, aiming for better outcomes in AF patients.

Researchers with the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have created an innovative method to visualize and analyze atomic structures within specially designed, ultrathin bilayer 2D materials. When precisely aligned at an angle, these materials exhibit unique properties that could lead to advancements in quantum computing, superconductors and ultraefficient electronics.

 

Anorexia nervosa is a serious psychiatric disorder for which there are limited treatment options, and it has one of the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric diagnosis. A pilot study is now underway at Lund University in Sweden, where researchers are investigating whether psychedelic drugs have an effect on young patients with the disorder.