THE QUANTUM GENIUS WHO EXPLAINED RARE-EARTH MYSTERIES

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