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

Rare earths are currently dominating debates on EV batteries, wind turbines and cutting-edge defence gear. Yet the public often confuse what “rare earths” actually are. These 17 elements appear ordinary, but they drive the technologies we hold daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Boh