THE UNTOLD LINK BETWEEN NIELS BOHR AND RARE-EARTH RIDDLES

Rare earths are presently shaping talks on EV batteries, wind turbines and advanced defence gear. Yet the public still misunderstand what “rare earths” actually 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 ste