This Toxic, Drying U.S. Lake Could Turn Into the ‘Saudi Arabia of Lithium’ | WSJ

California’s toxic Salton Sea is a treasure trove of lithium – a critical ingredient for powering the country’s clean energy future. The estimated 18 million metric tons of lithium suspended in hot geothermal brine is enough to power more than 375 million EV batteries. So what kinds of new tech are companies using to get to this lithium despite the corrosive conditions? WSJ takes you behind the scenes to understand how companies are building entirely new ways to extract lithium from the area and what it means for the future of domestic lithium production.

Quantum simulation of a particle scattering in a lattice

The video shows a quantum simulation made by solving the Schrödinger equation for a particle scattering in three different lattices.

It can be seen that despite the complex behavior within the periodic lattice, the diffracted wavefunction at the output is well resolved, a well-known fact in electron crystallography.

This made QMsolve, an open-source python open-source package for visualizing and solving the Schrödinger equation.

The AI rundown

CNBC’s Emily Wilkins, Julia Boorstin and Pippa Stevens, join ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss the SEC AI ruling, Meta’s expansion of labels for AI content, and AI’s surging power demand.