# This Nobel Prize–winning chemist dreams of making water from thin air

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Podcast: [MIT Technology Review Narrated](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mit-technology-review-narrated-835175)
Published: 2026-01-28T04:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/17/1129259/omar-yaghi-chemist-nobel-prize-crystals-water-air/
Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/MIT7669687959.mp3
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