THE UNTOLD LINK BETWEEN NIELS BOHR AND RARE-EARTH RIDDLES

Rare earths are presently steering talks on electric vehicles, wind turbines and cutting-edge defence gear. Yet many people often confuse what “rare earths” actually are. These 17 elements seem ordinary, but they anchor the technologies we hold daily. Their baffling chemistry kept scientists scratching their heads for decades—until Niels Boh