Omar Yaghi thinks crystals with gaps that capture moisture could bring technology from “Dune” to the arid parts of Earth. Omar Yaghi was a quiet child, diligent, unlikely to roughhouse with his nine ...

UC Berkeley chemist Omar Yaghi, who shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has developed a container-sized machine capable of pulling up to 1,000 liters of drinkable water per day from dry desert ...