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Daniel G. Nocera.

A next step in renewable Bionic Leaf fuel production

New artificial photosynthesis system can use impure water, increasing potential uses

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DateMarch 19, 2021March 19, 2021

Hands holding dirt

Ending ‘dead zones’

How a biofriendly fertilizer could offer a greener way to grow plants

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DateSeptember 24, 2019September 25, 2019

Yeast Molecules

Yeasts get a boost from solar power

Biohybrid researchers are putting tiny solar panels on yeast, with stunning results

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DateNovember 29, 2018July 3, 2019

Kelsey Sakimoto, postdoctoral fellow with the Center for the Environment, is exploring how to use the sun to enrich soil with an artificial leaf and engineered bacteria.

Expanding the reach of the bionic leaf

With eye on population growth, postdoc teams with Silver, Nocera on project to aid agriculture in developing world

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DateJanuary 31, 2018February 1, 2018

Dan Schrag (from left) moderates a panel with Edward Glaeser, David Bloom, Michael McElroy, and Rohini Pande at a climate conference that yielded some surprising views.

Global concerns on climate change

Harvard experts gather to discuss urgency, complexity of growing problem

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DateNovember 17, 2016May 1, 2019

A new "bionic leaf" system uses solar energy to produce liquid fuel.

Bionic leaf turns sunlight into liquid fuel

New system surpasses efficiency of photosynthesis

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DateJune 2, 2016July 3, 2019

With support from Harvard President Drew Faust’s Climate Change Solutions Fund, Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy Daniel Nocera and colleagues created an efficient method to harness the power of light to generate two powerful fuels.

A leap for ‘artificial leaf’

New technique could open door to producing alternative-energy devices more cheaply

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DateApril 21, 2015

Seven grants have been awarded in the inaugural year of President Drew Faust’s Climate Change Solutions Fund. The projects reflect the University’s longstanding commitment to supporting collaborative solutions to the climate challenge across a wide range of disciplines.

Support for seven from president’s climate fund

$20M initiative to accelerate clean-energy solutions announces inaugural grants

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DateFebruary 11, 2015March 8, 2019

Cynthia Friend, the director of Harvard’s Rowland Institute (pictured), is leading an effort to develop new methods to reduce energy consumption in the production of industrial chemicals, which now accounts for an astounding 25 percent of the world’s energy consumption, according to Friend.

Energy research wins grant

U.S. funds innovative Harvard-based efforts to reduce consumption

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DateJuly 3, 2014May 30, 2019

Harvard faculty spoke Tuesday at Sanders Theatre as part of Harvard Thinks Green 2, a sustainability-focused event that gave each presenter 10 minutes to talk about their ideas on the environment. They include Daniel Nocera (from left), Amy Edmondson, James Anderson, Joseph Aldy, Joyce Rosenthal, and Daniel Schrag.

Emergency planning

From Harvard specialists, green thinking with a sense of urgency

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DateSeptember 19, 2012May 23, 2019

A two-year demolition and reconstruction project to accommodate the Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Department has transformed the Sherman Fairchild Building into one of the University’s greenest and most efficient laboratory spaces.

The greenest lab, up and running

Renovation of Sherman Fairchild Building marks transformation

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DateApril 4, 2012March 13, 2019