Archive for November 3, 2016

Scientists accidentally create nanorods that harvest water from the air

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Researchers have accidentally created nanorods that can absorb water at low humidity and expel it as the humidity increases

Learning from your mistakes is a key life lesson, and it’s one that researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) can attest to. After unintentionally creating carbon-rich nanorods, the team realized its accidental invention behaves weirdly with water, demonstrating a 20-year old theory and potentially paving the way to low-energy water harvesting systems and sweat-removing fabrics. Read more