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

You can’t scroll a tech blog without bumping into a mention of rare earths—vital to EVs, renewables and defence hardware—yet almost very few grasps their story. These 17 elements look ordinary, but they power the devices we use daily. Their baffling chemistry left scientists scratching their heads for decades—until Niels Bohr entered the