THE QUANTUM GENIUS WHO EXPLAINED RARE-EARTH MYSTERIES

Rare earths are today shaping debates on EV batteries, wind turbines and advanced defence gear. Yet the public still misunderstand what “rare earths” actually are. These 17 elements appear ordinary, but they power the gadgets we hold daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote