Across some of the planet’s driest regions, engineers are racing to turn humidity into a reliable tap, using materials that ...

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 ...

What if a machine could create clean, drinkable water out of thin air? Jimson Chingore, a Zimbabwean entrepreneur based in South Africa, has invented a solar-powered device that does just that. "This ...

Engineers 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 technologies such as fog ...

The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. On a rooftop in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the device ...

We’ve all seen devices that can generate drinking water out of thin air, but is it possible for one to work even in the driest of climates? That’s what an international team of engineers set out to ...

It’s easy to take safe drinking water for granted. In most developed countries, access to safe water takes a simple flip of a kitchen tap or a run to the grocery store. But over two billion people ...

Zero Mass Water showed us last year that its Source Hydropanel could pull water out of thin air. And now it's reducing the size of those panels -- kindling hope that one day we'll have an artisanal ...

When the United States military deploys in support of combat operations, one thing that's vitally important is water. Every service member requires several liters of water each day, and it must be ...

What if your drinking water didn't come from old, rusty apartment building pipes or from a plastic bottle that's going to end up in a landfill ... or in the ocean? What if your drinking water (and ...

A Bay Area business is generating water from the atmosphere with the goal of providing water to communities and hospitals during disasters. FOX 13’s Genevieve Curtis reports.

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 ...