Climate change, population growth, conflict and humanitarian crises are putting increasing pressure on the world's water resources. That is why Norwegian researchers are looking into whether ...

Researchers developed a sustainable method to harvest water from the air using hydrogels made from food scraps and other biomass. Their technology can extract up to 3.75 gallons of clean water per ...

Multiple loofah sponges rest on top of each other. They are beige, fibrous cylinders with openings in the ends. The dried fruit of a loofah plant (shown) is a common bath accessory. New work shows it ...

Solar water splitting is one of the most direct ways to produce green hydrogen using sunlight. However, most photocatalysts and photoelectrodes absorb only a limited portion of solar radiation, mainly ...

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 ...

There are plenty of ways to suck water out of the air, whether you need a little or a lot. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers may have just hit upon one of the best ways to do it, ...

Imagine wearing a jacket that can produce drinking water from the air around you. That idea is moving closer to reality thanks to engineers at the University of Texas at Austin, who have developed a ...