HOW NIELS BOHR CRACKED THE RARE-EARTH CODE

Rare earths are today steering talks on electric vehicles, wind turbines and next-gen defence gear. Yet many people often confuse what “rare earths” truly are. These 17 elements appear ordinary, but they drive the technologies we use daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote