OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Kate Evans, director for the Computational Sciences and Engineering, or CSE, Division at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been awarded the 2024 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematicians, or SIAM, Activity Group on Mathematics of Planet Earth Prize, or SIAG/MPE Prize. SIAM is a preeminent professional organization for mathematics  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Jackson M. Barbour, 19, of Memphis, Tennessee, killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 22, 2023. In December of 1942, Barbour was assigned to the 401st Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy), Eighth Air Force. On December 20, Barbour was a crewmemb  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, March 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Jason L. Austin, Arnold Engineering Development Complex The Contracting office at Arnold Air Force Base awarded the Test Operations and Sustainment (TOS) II contract valued at more than $3.7 billion on March 14. This contract will ensure continuity of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) ground test mission for the next several years. Beyond New Horizons, LLC (BNH), Huntsvill  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL researchers achieved the highest wireless power transfer level for a light-duty passenger vehicle when the team demonstrated a 100-kW wireless power transfer to an EV using ORNL's patented polyphase electromagnetic coupling coil. Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy A team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated that a light  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $75,000 in funding to the University of Tennessee student team to research and develop innovative solutions that address environmental and public health challenges as part of the Agency's People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Program. EPA awarded nearly 1.2 million total to Student Teams for Innovative Solution  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) are investigating whether contamination from the former United States Fireworks Company (U.S. Fireworks) in Memphis is present in soil of nearby residential areas. Soil sampling is planned for the week of April 15, 2024, and an open house is planned where residents can learn more:  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following letter (Docket No. DA 24-230) on March 11, 2024: * * * To: Unity Media and Radio c/o Jim Turvaville, 360 Patton Street - PO Box 144, Mobeetie, TX 79061, jimturbo61@gmail.com Re: Unity Media and Radio, New LPFM, Athens, Tennessee Petition for Reconsideration Dear Applicant: We have before us the Petition for Reconsideration (Petition)/1 filed by Unity Media and Radio (Petitioner), seeking recon  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Hu Miao, a researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected as an Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society in recognition of his exceptional service in assessing manuscripts for publication in the society's journals. In 2024 APS recognized 156 recipients worldwide for the quality, quantity and timeliness of their   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 12 -- 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 are taking cleaner transportation to the skies by creating and evaluating new batteries for airborne electric vehicles that take off and land vertically. These aircraft, commonly called eVTOLs,range from delivery drones to urban air taxis. They are designed to rise into the air like a helicopt  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold two public meetings this month to discuss the 2023 safety performance of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Browns Ferry, Sequoyah, and Watts Bar nuclear power plants. The NRC is holding one meeting in-person and another virtually to provide more opportunities for the public to attend. The first meeting is an "open house" on March 20 from 6:  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have initiated the second phase of construction for the Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF). OREM's current onsite disposal facility is nearing full capacity after 20 years of safe operations. However, hundreds of buildings are slated for demolition in the futur  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: Six nature walks at the Oak Ridge Reservation have been scheduled for the 2024 season. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory-organized walks, which are open to the public, will take place at locations across the reservation from April through October. On the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Reservation, located in East Tennessee, more than 1,100 plant   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 13 -- 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 demonstrated that advanced quantum-based cybersecurity can be realized in a deployed fiber link. Their results, published in Optica, validate an earlier proof-of-principle laboratory experiment by ORNL scientists in 2015. The team transmitted a quantum signal for quantum key distribution   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Artificial intelligence has delivered a major win for pathologists and researchers in the fight for improved cancer treatments and diagnoses. In partnership with the National Cancer Institute, or NCI, researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Louisiana State University developed a long-sequenced AI transformer capable of processi  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Understanding how a thermonuclear flame spreads across the surface of a neutron star -- and what that spreading can tell us about the relationship between the neutron star's mass and its radius -- can also reveal a lot about the star's composition. Neutron stars -- the compact remnants of supernova explosions -- are found throughout the universe. Because most star  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The 2023 Billion-Ton Report identifies feedstocks that could be available to produce biofuels to decarbonize the transportation and industrial sectors while potentially tripling the U.S. bioeconomy. The map indicates a mature market scenario, including emerging resources. Credit: ORNL/U.S. Dept. of Energy The United States could triple its current bioeconomy by pro  more