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![Verónica Melesse Vergara speaks with third and fourth graders at East Side Intermediate School in Brownsville. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-02/EWeek_vergara_0.jpg?h=c44fcfa1&itok=-FdYpHed)
Twenty-seven ORNL researchers Zoomed into 11 middle schools across Tennessee during the annual Engineers Week in February. East Tennessee schools throughout Oak Ridge and Roane, Sevier, Blount and Loudon counties participated, with three West Tennessee schools joining in.
![ORNL has modeled the spike protein that binds the novel coronavirus to a human cell for better understanding of the dynamics of COVID-19. Credit: Stephan Irle/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-02/toc_notext_0.png?h=3474dc74&itok=zSrqLz3F)
To better understand the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have harnessed the power of supercomputers to accurately model the spike protein that binds the novel coronavirus to a human cell receptor.
![The researchers embedded a programmable model into a D-Wave quantum computer chip. Credit: D-Wave](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-02/Image%201.jpeg?h=17246cd0&itok=Qy8Rw0h1)
A multi-institutional team became the first to generate accurate results from materials science simulations on a quantum computer that can be verified with neutron scattering experiments and other practical techniques.
![The researchers embedded a programmable model into a D-Wave quantum computer chip. Credit: D-Wave](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-02/P5-o5czF_0.jpg?h=b69e0e0e&itok=wCU6WIp_)
Since the 1930s, scientists have been using particle accelerators to gain insights into the structure of matter and the laws of physics that govern our world.