A sheet of metal, barely larger than a notebook, sits under a lamp in a University of Rochester lab. Seawater creeps up its surface in a thin film, drawn by microscopic grooves too small to see ...

To achieve global sustainability goals, particularly access to clean water and sanitation, requires innovative, off-grid desalination technologies, such as solar stills. Conventional designs do offer ...

Freshwater scarcity is a growing issue due to population growth and industrial expansion, especially in remote, arid coastal areas. Solar stills, which mimic the natural water cycle, use solar energy ...