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![A combination of X-ray and neutron scattering has revealed new insights into how a highly efficient industrial enzyme is used to break down cellulose. Knowing how oxygen molecules (red) bind to catalytic elements (illustrated by a single copper ion). A combination of X-ray and neutron scattering has revealed new insights into how a highly efficient industrial enzyme is used to break down cellulose. Knowing how oxygen molecules (red) bind to catalytic elements (illustrated by a single copper ion).](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/16-G01779_ODell_web_0.png?itok=Itii1kyV)
Producing biofuels like ethanol from plant materials requires various enzymes to break down the cellulosic fibers.
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission has approved a new doctoral program in data science and engineering as part of the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education.
The Bredesen Center unites resources and capabilities from
![When two objects approach each other, an interfacial interaction force becomes significant. By using this force, one may utilize quantum effects to advantageously control the motion of the probe. When two objects approach each other, an interfacial interaction force becomes significant. By using this force, one may utilize quantum effects to advantageously control the motion of the probe.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/04%20Sensors_QAFM.png?itok=X1fn4ofL)
By taking advantage of a phenomenon known as “quantum mechanical squeezing,” researchers have conceptually designed a new method of applying atomic force microscopy.
![Network of a gene enrichment analysis applied to a mice neural chemistry study obtained using pdbMPI on R. Network of a gene enrichment analysis applied to a mice neural chemistry study obtained using pdbMPI on R.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/OSTROUCHOV%5B1%5DR1.jpg?itok=NxrAwSWW)
The ability to realistically simulate a range of scientific phenomena, such as supernova explosions and the behavior of materials at the nanoscale, has proven a boon to researchers across the scientific spectrum.
![Dustin Leverman Dustin Leverman](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/leverman17-P00382.jpg?itok=NLevea0t)
When Dustin Leverman was growing up, he likely didn’t imagine that his interest in machines would someday turn into a career at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
![Pictured from left are Mark Coletti, Bryan Crable, Andrew Payzant and Andrew Kerr. (ORNL photo by Carlos Jones) Pictured from left are Mark Coletti, Bryan Crable, Andrew Payzant and Andrew Kerr. (ORNL photo by Carlos Jones)](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/p2_2016-P07772.jpg?itok=UpREZfcm)
If you have ever heard a bagpipe band perform the tune “Amazing Grace,” you can’t help but be inspired.
![ORNL-Lenvio_tech_license_signing_ceremony2 ORNL-Lenvio_tech_license_signing_ceremony2](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/ORNL-Lenvio_tech_license_signing_ceremony2.jpg?itok=xcfN-PbJ)
Virginia-based Lenvio Inc. has exclusively licensed a cyber security technology from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory that can quickly detect malicious behavior in software not previously identified as a threat.
![Suzanne Parete-Koon Suzanne Parete-Koon](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Suzanne.jpg?itok=ZftO_WPB)
As a child, Suzanne Parete-Koon knew she wanted to understand how things work.
That curiosity led to a career first as a computational astrophysicist and later as a user support specialist for one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers—the Cray XK7 T