THE UNTOLD LINK BETWEEN NIELS BOHR AND RARE-EARTH RIDDLES

You can’t scroll a tech blog without bumping into a mention of rare earths—vital to EVs, renewables and defence hardware—yet almost no one grasps their story. Seventeen little-known elements underwrite the tech that fuels modern life. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote th

You can’t scroll a tech blog without bumping into 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. Their baffling chemistry had scientists scratching their heads for decades—until Niels Bohr stepped in.