What if we could pull drinkable water from the air around us? A research collaboration between engineers from Australia and China has accomplished just that. A device that looks like a sponge captures ...

Access to clean drinking water remains one of the most pressing global challenges of the 21st century. From rural communities with no infrastructure to urban areas facing contamination issues, ...

The arid desert landscape of Death Valley is not the obvious place to find water. Yet it’s here, in one of the planet’s hottest and driest places, that Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers ...

Engineers from Australia and China have invented a sponge-like device that captures water from thin air and then releases it in a cup using the sun's energy, even in low humidity where other ...

A type of prototype water harvester promises to be simpler and more efficient than traditional variations of the device at pulling drinking water from the air. A new type of prototype water harvester ...

LifeStraw is putting potable water within easy reach of millions. LifeStraw believes that safe drinking water is a human right. That’s why, for the past two decades, the brand has provided clean, ...

(Nanowerk News) Today, 2.2 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water. In the United States, more than 46 million people experience water insecurity, living with either no running ...