THE UNTOLD LINK BETWEEN NIELS BOHR AND RARE-EARTH RIDDLES

Rare earths are today shaping talks on electric vehicles, wind turbines and cutting-edge defence gear. Yet many people still misunderstand what “rare earths” truly are. Seventeen little-known elements underwrite the tech that energises modern life. Their baffling chemistry kept scientists scratching their heads for decades—until Niels Bohr