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NEW: Four Harvard University research teams win Salata Institute and Harvard Office of Technology Development (OTD) funding to advance climate change tech: 🟢 From the labs of Pam Silver, Elliot T. and Onie H. Adams Professor of Biochemistry and Systems Biology, and Michael Springer, Professor of Systems Biology, a research team led by Neil Dalvie, a Fellow in Systems Biology, is developing a technology that uses engineered bacterial strains to accelerate mineral weathering. The technology may provide a natural, scalable solution to accelerate CO2 sequestration for long-term storage. 🟢 Making hydrogen peroxide, a key industrial chemical used widely in manufacturing products, currently requires fossil fuels and expensive catalysts, and contributes to climate change. A research team led by Michael Aziz, Gene and Tracy Sykes Professor of Materials and Energy Technologies, has developed a novel approach to produce ‘green’ hydrogen peroxide. 🟢 A research team led by Daniel Nocera, Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy, is developing a biofuel alternative to fossil-based jet fuel. The hybrid inorganic-biological system only requires sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide from the air to produce hydrocarbons. 🟢 Creating plastics requires fossil fuels, contributing to climate change. Thanks to dyes and additives, many of the plastics in use today are un-recyclable. A research team led byed by Vinothan N. Manoharan, Wagner Family Professor of Chemical Engineering and Physics, and Audrey von Raesfeld, a PhD student in Applied Physics, has demonstrated a new way to produce recyclable plastic that retains the protective properties currently achieved by dyes. #ClimateChange #Sustainability #Climatech Read more about the projects here: https://bit.ly/4hkU3JU