This sponge-like nanomaterial uses HVAC systems to create water from thin air

Using the material in a large HVAC system on a commercial building could produce thousands of gallons of water an hour. In cities hit by drought—including Harare, Zimbabwe, where the city turned off taps in some neighborhoods for weeks this summer—a new material could make it possible to pull clean drinking water directly from the air. The sponge-like nanomaterial, from Ireland’s University of Limerick and a think tank and incubator fund called Molecule, is designed to be used in existing ...