Dr. Virginia Carter Gamberini, co-author of the study, said fog can serve as a complementary urban water supply where climate change exacerbates water shortage Getty Stock Images New study suggests ...

Scientists have developed a bioinspired yarn capable of harvesting water from fog, providing an innovative solution to water scarcity in arid regions. By imitating the alternating hydrophobic and ...

Researchers may have just found a way to establish a renewable water resource in one of the driest places in the world. Using pieces of mesh, these fog-harvesting machines collect water droplets and ...

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In a cool development for global sustainability, scientists have improved a device that pulls clean, drinkable water straight from the air. Inspired by musical instruments and the fog-drinking power ...

This week's Short Wave news roundup covers harvesting drinking water from fog, what elephant seals reveal about fish populations in the deep ocean, and why there's always room for dessert. It is time ...

In the driest places on Earth, where rain is scarce, and water shortages threaten daily life, scientists are looking to an unlikely solution: fog. A new study suggests that by capturing tiny water ...

In Chile’s Atacama Desert, scientists discovered that suspended mesh nets can capture meaningful fog water — enough to help serve the irrigation, agriculture, and drinking needs of about 10,000 people ...

Fog is a cheap and abundant source of fresh water, especially in remote dry regions. And it also has great potential for cities. How does fog collection work, and where it is already being used?

California has long struggled with chronic drought and water scarcity—Newsweek spoke to two experts about whether capturing water from fog may be able to help. They were both optimistic about using ...

A German design student has created a tent-like device that harvests water from fog. The DropNet is the brainchild of Imke Hoehler, who created it as part of her industrial design course at Germany’s ...