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 energises modern life. Their baffling chemistry kept scientists scratching their heads for decades—until Niels Bohr enter… Read More

Rare earths are currently dominating talks on EV batteries, wind turbines and next-gen defence gear. Yet the public frequently mix up what “rare earths” truly are. Seventeen little-known elements underwrite the tech that energises modern life. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewr… Read More