THE UNTOLD LINK BETWEEN NIELS BOHR AND RARE-EARTH RIDDLES

Rare earths are presently steering talks on electric vehicles, wind turbines and next-gen defence gear. Yet many people often confuse what “rare earths” truly are. These 17 elements appear ordinary, but they drive the technologies we use daily. Their baffling chemistry kept scientists scratching their heads for decades—until Niels Bohr inter