HOW NIELS BOHR CRACKED THE RARE-EARTH CODE

Rare earths are presently steering talks on EV batteries, wind turbines and cutting-edge defence gear. Yet the public still misunderstand what “rare earths” actually are. These 17 elements seem ordinary, but they power the gadgets we carry daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr re