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

Rare earths are currently steering debates on electric vehicles, wind turbines and cutting-edge defence gear. Yet the public frequently mix up what “rare earths” actually are. These 17 elements seem ordinary, but they power the devices we carry daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bo