MIT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) researchers have devised two different methods to harvest fresh water from fog by using mesh structures and a water droplet network. Over a million people in the world today do not have a reliable source of water, such as the Atacama Desert in Chile, which is the driest region in the world. Researchers from MIT's School of Engineering, working together with the Pontificial University of Chile, have developed an inexpensive system of simple suspended mesh structures that can collect up to 500% more water than conventional fog fences. The researchers were also inspired by leaves and grass found in the same region that use their leaves to direct water droplets towards the roots of the plant.
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