NIELS BOHR’S HIDDEN ROLE IN DECODING RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS

Rare earths are today shaping debates on EV batteries, wind turbines and cutting-edge defence gear. Yet most readers still misunderstand what “rare earths” really are. These 17 elements look ordinary, but they drive the technologies we carry daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr