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

Rare earths are presently steering debates on EV batteries, wind turbines and next-gen defence gear. Yet the public often confuse what “rare earths” really are. These 17 elements seem ordinary, but they anchor the devices we use daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote the r