HOW NIELS BOHR CRACKED THE RARE-EARTH CODE

Rare earths are today steering talks on EV batteries, wind turbines and advanced defence gear. Yet the public often confuse what “rare earths” actually are. These 17 elements seem ordinary, but they anchor the gadgets we carry daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote the rul