HOW NIELS BOHR CRACKED THE RARE-EARTH CODE

You can’t scroll a tech blog without spotting a mention of rare earths—vital to EVs, renewables and defence hardware—yet almost very few grasps their story. Seventeen little-known elements underwrite the tech that runs modern life. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote the r

Rare earths are currently dominating talks on electric vehicles, wind turbines and next-gen defence gear. Yet the public frequently mix up what “rare earths” actually are. Seventeen little-known elements underwrite the tech that runs modern life. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr r