Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi invents device to generate water from thin air
Key takeaways
- This water-harvesting system can generate up to 1,000 liters of drinking water daily directly from the atmosphere, even in some of Earth’s driest areas.
- The device, manufactured by his company Atoco, uses advanced materials known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
- Unlike traditional atmospheric water generators that rely on energy-intensive cooling processes, this new technology operates efficiently without grid power.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Professor Omar Yaghi, a renowned Nobel laureate chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, has designed an innovative device that could revolutionize access to clean water worldwide.
This water-harvesting system can generate up to 1,000 liters of drinking water daily directly from the atmosphere, even in some of Earth’s driest areas.
The device, manufactured by his company Atoco, uses advanced materials known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). These porous, engineered materials extract water molecules from the air at a microscopic scale. As air passes through the system, the MOFs absorb moisture, which is subsequently released and condensed into drinkable water using basic solar heat.