The Concept: Over the past month, we have deployed our designer enzymes against physical, localized pollution—plastics in a recycling vat, PFAS in a water treatment plant, and chemical spills on a highway. But our greatest environmental threat is an invisible, diffuse gas floating in the atmosphere: carbon dioxide (CO2).

We desperately need to pull CO2 out of the air. Traditional Direct Air Capture (DAC) facilities do this by using giant fans to blow air over harsh liquid chemical solvents. While effective, this process requires massive amounts of heat and energy to run, which ironically often generates more carbon emissions.

To solve this, we…

The Concept: Last week, we deployed designer enzymes against "forever chemicals"—pollutants that take decades to accumulate and cause harm. Today, we are pointing our molecular assassins at chemicals designed to kill in minutes: organophosphates.

Organophosphates are a class of chemicals used heavily around the world as agricultural pesticides. However, their chemical structure is also the foundation for some of the most terrifying chemical weapons ever created, including nerve agents like Sarin and VX.

The Concept: If you own a non-stick frying pan, a waterproof rain jacket, or stain-resistant carpeting, you benefit from PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). For decades, these chemicals were hailed as a miracle of modern manufacturing because they repelled both water and oil perfectly.

But that miracle came with a dark side. The very chemistry that makes PFAS so useful also makes them indestructible. They earned the nickname "Forever Chemicals" because they simply do not break down in the environment. They accumulate in our soil, our groundwater, and eventually, in our blood. Today, PFAS contamination is a global health crisis linked to cancer, liver damage, and immune system suppression.

Until recently, the only way to destroy PFAS was to pump contaminated water into a massive facility and incinerate it at insanely high temperatures. We needed a scalpel, not a flamethrower.