WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release: Former U.S. Army Capt. Larry L. Taylor, a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, will receive the Medal of Honor at the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, for his heroic actions and conspicuous gallantry while serving as a helicopter pilot with Troop D (Air), 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division, during the Vietnam War in 1968. On June 18, 1968, then-1st Lt. Taylor was part of a two-helicopter team sent to suppo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Maryland man pleaded guilty in a U.S. District Court in Baltimore to a federal crime for using a telephone to threaten a group that advocates for LGBTQI+ people. According to court documents, on the evening of March 28, the victim organization received a threatening voicemail from Adam Michael Nettina, 34, of West Friendship. The message referenced a mass shooting that had happened the day before at a s  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Isotopes - atoms of a particular element that have different numbers of neutrons - can be used for a variety of tasks, from tracking climate change to conducting medical research. Investigating rare isotopes, which have extreme neutron-to-proton imbalances and are often created in accelerator facilities, provides scientists with opportunities to test their   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created a new detection system that allows home energy auditors to see air leaking from a building in real time with the help of a camera. It's an advancement that could provide more accurate readings far more quickly than current diagnostic tools allow. Leaky buildings signal dwin  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: In every scientific field, researchers draw conclusions by managing the generation, organization and analysis of data - whether that information comes from computer simulations or experiments. Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is an essential tool for streamlining this discovery process. It is revolutionizing the domains of scientific discove  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Rose Montgomery, a distinguished researcher and leader of the Used Fuel and Nuclear Material Disposition group at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected to participate in the U.S. WIN Nuclear Executives of Tomorrow, or NEXT, class of 2023 to 2024. The program was created by Women in Nuclear, an organization dedicated to creating p  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Michelle Kidder, a senior R&D staff scientist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received the American Chemical Society's Energy and Fuels Division's Mid-Career Award for sustained and distinguished contributions to the field of energy and fuel chemistry. She was recognized for her scientific community service, leadership and co  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Madhavi Martin brings a physicist's tools and perspective to biological and environmental research at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, supporting advances in bioenergy, soil carbon storage and environmental monitoring, and even helping solve a murder mystery. Martin's research revolves around the interaction of ligh  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Mike Huettel is a cyber technical professional. He also recently completed the 6-month Cyber Warfare Technician course for the United States Army, where he learned technical and tactical proficiency leadership in operations throughout the cyber domain. At the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Huettel leans on his military training to bett  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Subho Mukherjee, an R&D associate in the Vehicle Power Electronics Research group at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elevated to the grade of senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE. Senior IEEE members have made significant contributions to the profession and worked in the engineerin  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A new nanoscience study led by a researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory takes a big-picture look at how scientists study materials at the smallest scales. The paper published in Science Advances reviews leading work in subsurface nanometrology, the science of internal measurement at the nanoscale level, and suggests quantum s  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: * * * United Furniture Workers Plan Averts Insolvency and Reduction of Benefits Through Receipt of Special Financial Assistance * * * The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Pension Plan for Employees of United Furniture Workers of America and Related Organi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Postal Service Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 23-100-R23) on Aug. 21, 2023, entitled "Tennessee District: Delivery Unit Operations." Here are excerpts: * * * We performed a self-initiated audit at the Memphis Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC), a Mail Processing Annex (MPA), and five delivery units in the Memphis, TN region the week of May 1, 2023. The delivery units included the Collierville, Cordova, and Germantown Main Post O  more

JACKSON, Tennessee, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Kevin G. Ritz, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: On Thursday, August 24, United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz traveled to Dyer County in the 29th Judicial District of West Tennessee to host a series of roundtable discussions with law enforcement, local prosecutors, and community stakeholders. Roundtable participants had an open dialogue with the U.S. Attorney, addressing their issues and co  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Henry C. Leventis, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Sonya White, 56, of Columbia, Tennessee pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to defrauding a North Carolina clinical laboratory company out of nearly $400,000, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee. White admitted that she defrauded the clinical laboratory company, identified in c  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Sept. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A man who was stopped for a traffic violation, found to be in possession of marijuana and a gun was sentenced August 14, 2023, to more than 5 years in federal prison. Sidney Turner, age 58, from Memphis, Tennessee, received the prison term after a March 29, 2023, guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon and an unlawful drug user. Evidence in the case rev  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release: Amanda Fanelli de Souza, an ORISE postdoctoral fellow in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Research Participation Program, has been named the winner of the 2023 Ignite Off! competition. Hosted by ORISE, the annual Ignite Off! showcases the talents of interns and fellows from participating federal a  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A licensing agreement between the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and research partner ZEISS will enable industrial X-ray computed tomography, or CT, to perform rapid evaluations of 3D-printed components using ORNL's machine learning algorithm, Simurgh. Incorporating machine learning into CT scanning is expected to reduce the time and co  more