Nobel laureate invents machine that pulls 1,000 liters of water from air daily

Image credit: Yaghi Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley. Article by Munis Raza. Interesting Engineering – February 23, 2026. Research article: Nature Water.

In some of the driest regions on Earth, a new technology is proving that drinking water can be drawn directly from the sky, even when the ground is parched. Professor Omar Yaghi, a chemist at the University of California, Berkeley and a 2025 Nobel Prize winner, has invented a machine that can harvest up to 1,000 liters of clean water daily from thin air. […]

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