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

Rare earths are currently shaping debates on EV batteries, wind turbines and advanced defence gear. Yet the public still misunderstand what “rare earths” actually are. Seventeen little-known elements underwrite the tech that runs modern life. Their baffling chemistry had scientists scratching their heads for decades—until Niels Bohr entered