Niels Bohr’s Hidden Role in Decoding Rare-Earth Elements
Rare earths are presently shaping talks on EV batteries, wind turbines and advanced defence gear. Yet many people frequently mix up what “rare earths” really are. These 17 elements seem ordinary, but they anchor the gadgets we carry daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote t