When you’re stranded at sea, surrounded by water—but at risk of dehydration—knowing how to make seawater drinkable could save your life. The article explains that while drinking plain seawater ...

Scientists created a sunlight-powered sponge that turns seawater into drinkable freshwater, no electricity or filters needed.

For millennia, humans have sought to make seawater drinkable. Ancient mariners tried distillation by boiling the oceans in which they sailed, and in more recent times, engineers have experimented with ...

Most of Earth’s water is in the oceans and too salty to drink. Desalination plants can make seawater drinkable, but they require large amounts of energy. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Energy ...

Teboho Mofokeng receives funding from Water Research Commission and National Research Fund . She is affiliated with WISA, ECSA and IWA. As the planet gets hotter and freshwater sources dry up, cities ...