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” really are. These 17 elements appear 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 r