THE UNTOLD LINK BETWEEN NIELS BOHR AND RARE-EARTH RIDDLES

Rare earths are currently shaping talks on electric vehicles, wind turbines and next-gen defence gear. Yet most readers frequently mix up what “rare earths” really 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