THE UNTOLD LINK BETWEEN NIELS BOHR AND RARE-EARTH RIDDLES

Rare earths are today steering debates on EV batteries, wind turbines and advanced defence gear. Yet most readers frequently mix up what “rare earths” actually are. These 17 elements look ordinary, but they drive the devices we carry daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote