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

Rare earths are currently shaping debates on EV batteries, wind turbines and cutting-edge defence gear. Yet most readers often confuse what “rare earths” truly are. Seventeen little-known elements underwrite the tech that energises modern life. Their baffling chemistry left scientists scratching their heads for decades—until Niels Bohr inte