Water Harvester (VIDEO) University of California - Berkeley This video is under embargo. Please login to access this video. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Caption Omar Yaghi, a professor of chemistry at UC Berkeley, explains how metal-organic frameworks are built and how they are able to absorb gases and liquids, including water directly from low humidity air. One of the MOFs he synthesized has been used by MIT engineers to construct a water harvester that sucks water from dry air and can condense liters per day. Credit Video by Roxanne Makasdjian and Stephen McNally, UC Berkeley. Harvester photos courtesy of MIT. Usage Restrictions None. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.