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

Rare earths are currently shaping talks on electric vehicles, wind turbines and cutting-edge defence gear. Yet most readers still misunderstand what “rare earths” really are. These 17 elements seem ordinary, but they drive the devices we use daily. Their baffling chemistry had scientists scratching their heads for decades—until Niels Bohr en

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