HOW NIELS BOHR CRACKED THE RARE-EARTH CODE

Rare earths are today dominating talks on electric vehicles, wind turbines and next-gen defence gear. Yet many people frequently mix up what “rare earths” truly are. These 17 elements seem ordinary, but they drive the technologies we hold daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rew