THE UNTOLD LINK BETWEEN NIELS BOHR AND RARE-EARTH RIDDLES

Rare earths are today shaping talks on EV batteries, wind turbines and next-gen defence gear. Yet many people often confuse what “rare earths” actually are. These 17 elements seem ordinary, but they power the gadgets we carry daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote the rule