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How a palm-sized machine with no battery or plug pulls drinking water from Death Valley's driest air

A remarkable device has been developed to harvest drinkable water from the desolate air of Death Valley, powered entirely by sunlight. This technology, which utilizes metal-organic frameworks that chemist Omar Yaghi has crafted, produced substantial water output during tests in 2023. The updated design employs less expensive materials compared to…

The Economic Times

Solar Device Harvests Desert Water: UC Berkeley team doubles MOF yield; points to scalable water harvesting

A team of scientists has engineered a groundbreaking solar-powered device designed to extract moisture from desert air. Utilizing a unique MOF material, this inventive machine captures and subsequently releases water vapor. Notably, it succeeded in generating potable water in the extreme conditions of Death Valley while also performing admirably in…

The Times of India

No rivers, no wells, no rain needed: How a Nobel Prize-winning scientist's invention produces up to 1,000 litres of drinking water daily from thin air

Omar Yaghi Water-From-Air Innovation: Nobel Prize-winning chemist Omar Yaghi has helped develop a groundbreaking machine that can produce clean drinking water directly from the air, even in extremely dry regions. Using advanced materials known as Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), the device captures moisture from the atmosphere and converts it into potable…

The Economic Times

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Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner — claimed to work in desert air with 20% humidity or lower, delivering off-grid ‘personalized water’

Stand-alone device claimed to pull 1,000 liters (about 264 US Gal) of drinkable water a day from air with as little as 20% humidity.

Tom’s Hardware

‘Reimagining matter’: Nobel laureate invents machine that harvests water from dry air

Omar Yaghi’s invention uses ambient thermal energy and can generate up to 1,000 litres of clean water every day

The Guardian - UK

Our engineering team is making versatile, tiny sensors from the Nobel-winning ‘metal-organic frameworks’

When the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honored Omar Yaghi – the “father of metal-organic frameworks,” or MOFs – along with Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson, it celebrated more than the creation of a new class of crystalline materials. It recognized a revolution quietly reshaping how scientists capture, store and…

The Conversation

Metal-organic frameworks: Nobel-winning tiny ‘sponge crystals’ with an astonishing amount of inner space

The 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi on Oct. 8, 2025, for the development of metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, which are tunable crystal structures with extremely high porosity. These are a class of materials that have truly changed the way scientists…

The Conversation

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Nobel prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on ‘Hermione’s handbag’

Trio honoured for developing revolutionary materials for applications ranging from gas storage to drug delivery

The Guardian - UK

Energy Storage And New Materials Eyed For Chemistry Nobel

The development of new compounds and novel ways of storing energy are some of the research fields commentators say could be contenders for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry announced Wednesday.

International Business Times

New powder that captures carbon could be ‘quantum leap’ for industry

A ‘covalent organic framework’ can be used to capture carbon to store it or convert it for industrial use

The Guardian - US

Cancer, Cardiovascular Drugs Tipped For Nobel As Prize Week Opens

Cancer research or drugs treating cardiovascular illnesses could win a Nobel Prize on Monday when a week of laureate announcements kicks off, bringing a ray of optimism to a world beset by crises.

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