TechnologySeawater Could Supply Critical Minerals for 50,000 YearsScientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed 3 new methods to extract magnesium, lithium, and nickel from the ocean — at potentially civilization-sustaining scale.
TechnologyNew Material Pulls 2 Liters of Water From Dry Air DailyResearchers at Kiel University have scaled up a material that harvests drinking water from air at just 18% humidity — and it's factory-ready at $12 per kilogram.
TechnologyNew Solar System Turns Seawater Into Fresh Water — and Skips the Toxic BrineUniversity of Rochester engineers built a sunlight-driven desalination rig that produces drinking water and harvests minerals without dumping salty waste back into the ocean.
