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

Rare earths are today dominating debates on EV batteries, wind turbines and cutting-edge defence gear. Yet most readers frequently mix up what “rare earths” really are. Seventeen little-known elements underwrite the tech that runs modern life. Their baffling chemistry had scientists scratching their heads for decades—until Niels Bohr steppe