One of the biggest difficulties in helping people affected by natural disasters is transporting and providing them with essential resources like safe drinking water. Researchers at Australia's RMIT ...

Nature is full of amazing adaptations, some of which are almost difficult to imagine. One such example is that of the ...

Abu Dhabi, November 19, 2024: A team of researchers from Jilin University, NYU Abu Dhabi’s Smart Materials Lab, and the Center for Smart Engineering Materials, led by Professor of Chemistry Pance ...

During this period, minute-by-minute data was collected on the coating's cooling and water collection abilities, and found that dew could be collected over 32% of the year, suggesting water could be ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The global challenge of freshwater scarcity has spurred scientists to explore innovative solutions for sustainable water collection. Among these, fog harvesting has emerged as a ...

In late summer, Death Valley National Park earns its name. The heat in this region of California and Nevada is relentless. Record temperatures are set, and the air is often bone dry. The 22 August ...

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 ...

Forward-looking: Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a novel method using natural materials to extract drinkable water from the air. Their "molecularly functionalized ...

Researchers have developed a new crystalline material that can harvest water from fog without any energy input. The design of the novel type of smart crystals, which the researchers named Janus ...