Scientists have found a way to create drinkable water out of thin air.

The technique, created by engineers at MIT, can turn atmospheric moisture into clean drinking water in minutes, and could transform water access for people living in drought-stricken or remote regions where no freshwater or seawater sources exist.

Atmospheric water harvesting isn’t new, as sponge-like “sorbent” materials can already pull small amounts of humidity from the air.

But releasing that captured water has always been the bottleneck, with most systems relying on slow solar heating.

Dr. Svetlana Boriskina - who led the study - wrote in Nature Communications: “Any material that’s very good at capturing water doesn’t want to part with that water.

“You need to put a lot of energy and precious hours into pulling

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