ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: This August, 14 test analysts and test engineers supporting the 717th Test Squadron, part of the 804th Test Group at Arnold Engineering Development Complex, headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, participated in a training opportunity. The 804 TG Analysis and Technology Development Branch, or TDA, had expressed a desire for AEDC analysts to become more proficient with incorporating modeling a  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: When the challenges of the day could include polar bears, harsh weather and navigating the remote Arctic tundra, safety becomes central in a whole new way. The team members of the Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments Arctic project, or NGEE Arctic, led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed protocols that not only keep researchers physically safe, but also  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scientists and local community leaders hosted Dr. Asemeret Asefaw Berhe in Utqiagvik, Alaska, where she visited NGEE Arctic field sites. From left: Brian Benscoter, Stan Wullschleger, Rob Leland, Erin Whitney, Colleen Iversen, Katrina Bennett, Victoria DiStefano, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Frieda Nageak, Srinivas Iyer, Matt Heavner, Mark Ivey, AnnMarie Horowitz. Credit: G  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- The FBI issued the following news release on Nov. 28, 2023: * * * Memphis, Tennessee, Will See Significant Rise in Prosecutorial Resources * * * The Justice Department, together with numerous law enforcement partners, met today at the Memphis Police Department's (MPD) Real Time Crime Center to announce a new initiative to surge law enforcement tools and resources to target gangs and other violent groups who are threatening and upending the safety and security of commun  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Since UT-Battelle began managing ORNL in 2000, 97 ORNL researchers have reached this milestone. The inventors are Justin Baba, Brian Davison, James Kiggans and Vlastimil Kunc. Baba is the first scientist of African origin to be named a Battelle Distinguished Inventor from ORNL. Four scientists affiliated with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL researchers Lu Yu and Yaocai Bai examine vials that contain a chemical solution that causes the cobalt and lithium to separate from a spent battery, followed by a second stage when cobalt precipitates in the bottom. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Used lithium-ion batteries from cell phones, laptops and a growing number of electric vehicles are   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: DOUGLAS, Ariz. -- On Nov. 28, a federal jury in Tucson convicted a Mexican national of multiple human smuggling offenses and found that he placed human life in jeopardy during and in relation to his offenses. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated the case with assistance from the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigation Division out of Fort Huachuca, th  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: How do you get water to float in midair? With a WAND2, of course. But it's hardly magic. In fact, it's a scientific device used by scientists to study matter. It's called an electrostatic levitator. It uses carefully controlled electric fields to defy gravity by lifting charged particles and suspending them in midair. Levitators are especially useful in studying reac  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2023: The Justice Department announced today its finding that the State of Tennessee, including its Bureau of Investigation (TBI) and the Shelby County District Attorney's Office (SCDAO), violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by enforcing the state's aggravated prostitution statute against people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Today's announcement comes on World AIDS D  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Benjamin Manard, an analytical chemist in the Chemical Sciences Division of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected for the 2023 Emerging Investigator Lectureship from the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. JAAS is a publication of the Royal Society of Chemistry that shares innovative research on the fundamental theory and   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56871) involving G.E. Healthcare dba Medi+Physics, Memphis, Tennessee: * * * Rep Org: Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency Licensee: G.E. Healthcare DBA/ Medi+Physics Region: 1 City: Memphis State: TN License #: IL-01109-01 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Gary Forsee HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 11/22/2023 Notification Time: 16:41 [ET] Event Date: 11/21/2023 Event Time:   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56871) involving G.E. Healthcare dba Medi+Physics, Memphis, Tennessee: * * * Rep Org: Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency Licensee: G.E. Healthcare DBA/ Medi+Physics Region: 1 City: Memphis State: TN License #: IL-01109-01 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Gary Forsee HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 11/22/2023 Notification Time: 16:41 [ET] Event Date: 11/21/2023 Event Time: 0  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Digital twins are exactly what they sound like: virtual models of physical reality that continuously update to reflect changes in the real world. They have already proven their unique value in manufacturing and other industries, where they can provide real-time updates on the functionality of equipment, down to the component level. At the Department of Energy  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on Nov. 29, 2023, on a joint resolution (S.J. Res. 47) providing for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5 of the U.S. Code of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice relating to "Office of the Attorney General; Home Confinement Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act". The resolution was introduced by Sen. Marsha Bla  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Frontier exascale supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has joined a global consortium of scientists from federal laboratories, research institutes, academia and industry to address the challenges of building large-scale artificial intelligence sys  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: In October, President Biden signed an executive order outlining how the United States will promote safe, secure and trustworthy AI. It supports the creation of standards, tools and tests to regulate the field, alongside cybersecurity programs that can find and fix vulnerabilities in critical software. The executive order aligns nicely with ORNL's AI Initiative, whi  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Ramesh Bhave, pictured in his chemical sciences laboratory at ORNL, has been refining a membrane solvent extraction technique for critical materials for more than a decade. The technology was recently licensed to Caldera Holding for research into its application for domestically mined ores. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Caldera Holding has licensed  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers from institutions including the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created a new method for statistically analyzing climate models that projects future conditions with more fidelity. The method provides a way to adjust for models with high temperature sensitivities -- a known problem in the community. By assigning different weights  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Henry C. Leventis, issued the following news release: A joint investigation by federal and local law enforcement has resulted in the indictment of six individuals for illegally distributing substantial quantities of controlled substances in and around Nashville, Tennessee, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee. The indictment, which was unsealed today, char  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Kevin G. Ritz, posted the following news release on Nov. 28, 2023: The Justice Department, together with numerous law enforcement partners, met today at the Memphis Police Department's (MPD) Real Time Crime Center to announce a new initiative to surge law enforcement tools and resources to target gangs and other violent groups who are threatening and upending the safety and security of communities in Memphis  more

TYLER, Texas, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Damien M. Diggs, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: Five defendants, including laboratory executives and hospital executives, were found guilty of conspiring to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs today. Susan L. Hertzberg, 65, of New York, New York; Matthew John Theiler, 57, of Mars, Pennsylvania; David Weldon Kraus, 65, of Loudon, Tennessee; Thomas Gray Hardawa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced today that Gladeo, a minority- and women-owned public benefit corporation based in Los Angeles, California, has been selected as the grand-prize winner of the Future Finder Challenge, a $1 million challenge to reimagine career navigation for adult learners. Workbay, a woman-owned business based in Franklin, Tennessee, has been selected as the runner-u  more

ABINGDON, Virginia, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, Christopher R. Kavanaugh, issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: A pair of out-of-state men, one from Tennessee and another from Michigan, who conspired with others to traffic heroin into Lee County, Virginia, were sentenced yesterday in federal court. David Edward Farmer, 57, of Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute and possession with   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL's Climate Change Science Institute and Georgia Tech co-hosted a Southeast Decarbonization Workshop in November 2023. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy A Cafe Conversations event at the Southeast Decarbonization Workshop, co-hosted by ORNL's Climate Change Science Institute and Georgia Tech in November 2023. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy ORNL's Climate Ch  more