WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: Over the 10 years ended March 2023, nonfarm employment in the Austin-Round Rock, Texas, metropolitan area increased 49.9 percent, the highest percentage increase among the nation's 51 large metropolitan areas (those with a population of at least 1 million in the 2010 Census). There were increases over 35.0 percent in three other large areas: Nashville-Davi  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, May 16 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Louisville Division issued the following news release: On April 22, 2023, DEA and its law enforcement partners came together once again to protect our communities from prescription misuse by safely disposing of 663,725 pounds of unneeded medications at nearly 5,000 collection sites across the country. Since its inception in 2010, DEA's bi-annual National Prescription Take Back Day has removed more t  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Joe A. Vinyard, 23, of Loudon County, Tennessee, killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 9, 2022. In December 1944, Vinyard was assigned to Company A, 774th Tank Battalion, as a crewmember on an M4 Sherman tank. His unit was engaged in battle with German forces nea  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Tennessee to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and a tornado from March 1-3, 2023. Public Assistance federal funding is available to the state, eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: As a biogeochemist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Matthew Berens studies how carbon, nutrients and minerals move through water and soil. In this firsthand account, Berens describes recent fieldwork in Louisiana with colleagues. Their research focuses on advancing understanding of key processes in coastal ecosystems with the aim of improvi  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 17 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers used Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Quantum Computing User Program, or QCUP, to perform the first independent comparison test of leading quantum computers. The study surveyed 24 quantum processors and ranked results from each against performance numbers touted by such vendors as IBM, Rigetti and Quantinuum (formerly Honeywell). The research team  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 16 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Kelly Chipps, a nuclear astrophysicist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been appointed to the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, or NSAC. The committee provides official advice to DOE and the National Science Foundation, or NSF, about issues relating to the national program for basic nuclear science research. "I am honored an  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL's electromagnetic isotope separator, or EMIS, made history in 2018 when it produced 500 milligrams of the rare isotope ruthenium-96, unavailable anywhere else in the world. And EMIS technology just keeps getting better, said Brian Egle, who heads the Enrichment Science and Engineering Division's Stable Isotope Research, Development and Production Section. "It's  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: In mid-April, students from Webb School of Knoxville taking an advanced science class that focuses on quantum computing topics visited the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to tour its world-class facilities and discover the many career paths available in the ever-growing field of quantum information science. Much of this information came from a se  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 17 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Colleen Iversen, ecosystem ecologist, group leader and distinguished staff scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named director of the Department of Energy's Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments Arctic, or NGEE Arctic, a multi-institutional project studying permafrost thaw and other climate-related processes in Alaska. Iversen has worked as a  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release: The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education will offer a variety of professional development courses throughout the month of June to equip STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) educators with valuable new skills and experiences. All professional development courses are free but registration is required. All times listed are Ea  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release: ORNL Site Office Deputy Manager Michele Branton presented ORISE Director Jim Vosburg with an official certificate acknowledging ORISE's continued status as a DOE Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Site. Contractors whose programs meet the requirements for outstanding safety and health programs receive Star recognition, the highest level of achieve  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The White House issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: Late last evening, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Tennessee and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornado from March 1 to March 3, 2023. Federal funding is available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a co  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Kevin G. Ritz, issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: Mohammed Al-Abadi, 51, of Memphis, has been indicted and arrested for one count of trafficking in counterfeit goods and one count of causing the criminal transportation of hazardous materials by air carrier. United States Attorney Kevin Ritz announced the charges today. According to United States Attorney Ritz and the information presented in   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on May 15, 2023: * * * President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is Delivering in Tennessee As of May 2023 The Biden-Harris Administration has hit the ground running to implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and it is already delivering results for the people of Tennessee. To date, $4 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding has been announced and is headed to Tennessee with over 222 specifi  more