THE QUANTUM GENIUS WHO EXPLAINED RARE-EARTH MYSTERIES

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. These 17 elements seem ordinary, but they anchor the gadgets we carry daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote

Rare earths are presently steering conversations on electric vehicles, wind turbines and advanced defence gear. Yet the public still misunderstand what “rare earths” actually are. These 17 elements appear ordinary, but they anchor the technologies we hold daily. Their baffling chemistry had scientists scratching their heads for decades—until