During testing, the hydrogel — made with a moisture-absorbing salt and a polymer commonly found in diapers — produced up to ...

PHOENIX — Arizona and the Southwest are facing a growing water crisis, shrinking rivers, rising demand, and new AI data centers putting added pressure on supplies. One inventor thinks the solution ...

Scientists in recent years have sought to efficiently draw moisture from ambient air and condense it into potable water using ...

MIT researchers have found a way to use the mechanical vibrations of sound waves to shake water molecules free from a storage medium. The breakthrough significantly speeds up the process of harvesting ...

Chemists at the University of Iowa have created a light-activated structure that captures and stores water from the air. The ...

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Researchers developed an atmospheric water harvester so effective it was able to extract moisture from the air in Death Valley—one of the driest places on Earth. Reading time 5 minutes An ...

Water scarcity around the world has become a major concern, with billions of individuals facing challenges in water-stressed ...

Omar Yaghi thinks crystals with gaps that capture moisture could bring technology from “Dune” to the arid parts of Earth. Omar Yaghi was a quiet child, diligent, unlikely to roughhouse with his nine ...