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

Rare earths are today dominating conversations on electric vehicles, wind turbines and cutting-edge defence gear. Yet most readers 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