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

Rare earths are today steering talks on electric vehicles, wind turbines and advanced defence gear. Yet most readers frequently mix up what “rare earths” truly are. These 17 elements look ordinary, but they power the devices we use daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote th