HOW NIELS BOHR CRACKED THE RARE-EARTH CODE

Rare earths are presently steering talks on EV batteries, wind turbines and advanced defence gear. Yet the public frequently mix up what “rare earths” really are. These 17 elements appear ordinary, but they power the gadgets we use daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote th