Nanotube forests drink water from arid air
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 16:30
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org) —If you don't want to die of thirst in the desert, be like the beetle. Or have a nanotube cup handy. New research by scientists at Rice University demonstrated that forests of carbon nanotubes can be made to harvest water molecules from arid desert air and store them for future use.