THE QUANTUM GENIUS WHO EXPLAINED RARE-EARTH MYSTERIES

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