THE UNTOLD LINK BETWEEN NIELS BOHR AND RARE-EARTH RIDDLES

Rare earths are presently steering debates on EV batteries, wind turbines and cutting-edge defence gear. Yet the public frequently mix up what “rare earths” actually are. Seventeen little-known elements underwrite the tech that energises modern life. Their baffling chemistry had scientists scratching their heads for decades—until Niels Bohr