<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>Sunlight is more effective at making water evaporate compared to other heat sources like kitchen stoves, according to a new study published in Materials Horizons.</li><li>Researchers found that the oscillating electric field in sunlight plays a significant role in speeding up evaporation by breaking water into small clusters of molecules.</li><li>Removing the electric field from the simulation resulted in slower evaporation, while adding it back, especially in a stronger form, led to much faster evaporation.</li><li>This research sheds light on how water clusters behave under an electric field during evaporation and could aid in developing more efficient water purification or cooling systems utilizing sunlight's natural electric field.</li></ul>

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