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Operating across international borders in cooperation with a multitude of domestic and foreign institutions and scientists, the DOE needs to protect its high performance science networks (such as ESnet and USnet) from destruction by outside adversaries and rogue insiders. This project will develop technology to provide security for ESnet, UNnet, and similar high speed data transfer infrastructures ...

American forests have the potential to provide environmentally sustainable, carbon-neutral raw material for much of the nation¿s energy and chemical synthesis needs. However, wood has not been used to produce chemicals and biofuels because current technology cannot efficiently separate cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin (the major components of wood) for downstream processing. The major di ...

Sustainable global economic growth requires the diversification of energy sources and chemical feedstocks away from conventional fossil fuel supplies. One way to meet this need is to convert renewable resources such as cellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals; however a major roadblock is the high processing cost. What are needed are technologies that can provide energy and cost saving alternativ ...