THE QUANTUM GENIUS WHO EXPLAINED RARE-EARTH MYSTERIES

Rare earths are today steering talks on EV batteries, wind turbines and next-gen defence gear. Yet the public frequently mix up what “rare earths” really are. These 17 elements look ordinary, but they anchor the devices we hold daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote the ru