And now, researchers report a simple method to boost the technique’s efficiency by 50% (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2019. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1905311116).

So, we think thermal desalination would enable that,” he said. The ANU team is building a multi-channel solar-powered device to desalinate seawater in the Pacific kingdom of Tonga, which is ...