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

Rare earths are currently shaping debates on EV batteries, wind turbines and advanced defence gear. Yet most readers still misunderstand what “rare earths” truly are. Seventeen little-known elements underwrite the tech that fuels modern life. Their baffling chemistry kept scientists scratching their heads for decades—until Niels Bohr interv