HOW NIELS BOHR CRACKED THE RARE-EARTH CODE

Rare earths are currently shaping talks on EV batteries, wind turbines and advanced defence gear. Yet many people often confuse what “rare earths” truly are. These 17 elements appear ordinary, but they power the devices we carry daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote the r