"A Nobel laureate's environmentally friendly invention that provides clean water if central supplies are knocked out by a hurricane or drought, could be a life saver for vulnerable islands, its founder says. The invention, by the chemist Prof Omar Yaghi, uses a type of science called reticular chemistry to create molecularly engineered materials, which can extract moisture from the air and harvest water even in arid and desert conditions."
"Atoco, a technology company that Yaghi founded, said their units, comparable in size to a 20-foot shipping container and powered entirely by ultra-low-grade thermal energy, could be placed in local communities to generate up to 1,000 litres of clean water every day, even if centralised electricity and water sources are interrupted by drought or storm damage. Yaghi, who won the 2025 Nobel prize award in chemistry, said the invention would change the world and benefit islands in the Caribbean, which are prone to drought."
Molecularly engineered materials created through reticular chemistry extract moisture from the air and can harvest water even in arid and desert conditions. Units the size of a 20-foot shipping container run entirely on ultra-low-grade thermal energy and can generate up to 1,000 litres of clean water per day for local communities. The system operates off-grid and can function when centralised electricity and water supplies are interrupted by drought or storm damage. The approach offers a climate-friendly alternative to desalination by avoiding concentrated salty brine discharge. A UN report warned the planet had entered a global water bankruptcy era.
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