ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Kali Bradford, AEDC Public Affairs Arnold Air Force Base has gained a new tool in its paving arsenal. Known as full depth reclamation, or FDR, it is a sustainable pavement rehabilitation technique that involves recycling the full thickness of asphalt pavement and a portion of the underlying materials (base, subbase, and subgrade) to create a new, stabilized base layer. FDR has recently bee  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a world leader in molten salt reactor technology development and its researchers additionally perform the fundamental science necessary to enable a future where nuclear energy becomes more efficient. In a recent paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, researchers have documented for   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: As a mechanical engineer in building envelope materials research at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bryan Maldonado sees opportunities to apply his scientific expertise virtually everywhere he goes, from coast to coast. In any neighborhood or downtown district, one is likely to find a building constructed before 1980, when energy efficiency  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Flexcon Global has exclusively licensed two patented inventions to manufacture a self-healing barrier film from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for research and development purposes. The film can be incorporated into vacuum insulation panels to increase the efficiency of buildings during retrofits. Flexcon, based in Spencer, Massachusetts,   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: The Lake Guardian, the largest research vessel owned by the Environmental Protection Agency, is aptly named. The vessel is owned and operated by the Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) and monitors the health of the Great Lakes. It is also one of the research sites of two ORISE participants, Isabel Dunn and Susanna "Suse" LaGory. Dunn and LaG  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Family First also denied overtime wages to 7 workers * * * NASHVILLE, TN - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $31,761 in back wages and damages from a Tennessee operator of assisted living communities that illegally fired one worker for questioning the employer's pay practices and denied full overtime wages to seven care workers. The department's Wage   more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: Residents of the Arnold Village family housing community at Arnold Air Force Base can now make their voices heard on matters related to base housing. The Department of Defense announced on Aug. 12 the launch of the DOD Housing Feedback System, or DHFS. The new system allows active-duty service members and their authorized dependents to submit feedback on their current leased unit, helping ens  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Office of Science today announced a new research and development opportunity led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory to advance technologies and drive new capabilities for future supercomputers. This industry research program worth $23 million, called New Frontiers, will initiate partnerships with multiple companies to accelerate the R&D of cr  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The world's most powerful supercomputer is helping resolve conflicting research results that have puzzled scientists for more than a decade, which could also shine new light inside collapsing stars. Nuclear physicists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently used Frontier, the world's most powerful supercomputer, to calculate the magnetic  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * Employees of Russian State-Controlled Media Outlet Deployed Nearly $10 Million to Publish RT-Curated Content, Which Garnered Millions of Views, Through a Tennessee-Based Online Content Creation Company Note: View the indictment here (https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1366266/dl). * * * An indictment charging Russian nationals Kostiantyn Kalashnikov, 31, also known as Kostya, and   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A team led by scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory identified and successfully demonstrated a new method to process a plant-based material called nanocellulose that reduced energy needs by a whopping 21%. The approach was discovered using molecular simulations run on the lab's supercomputers, followed by pilot testing and analysis.   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A unique manufacturing program for large metal parts holds promise to help revitalize American manufacturing and return clean energy manufacturing technologies to the United States. The approach could greatly reduce waiting times for critical components and enable economic growth in the manufacturing sector for energy, according to scientists at the Department of Ene  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published its final environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for Kairos Power's application for construction permits to build the dual unit Hermes 2 test reactor project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Concurrently, the agency issued exemptions for Hermes 2 from NRC regulations that require an environmental impact statement to support   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management cleanup contractor UCOR continued to expand its summer internship program this year, providing opportunities for 40 students from 13 schools across the country. This year's class included nontraditional students, veterans and students from colleges and universities with existing partnerships with UCOR. There were a  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: When asked how she got to her current role as an assistant director of the Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction with Indian Health Services (IHS), Melissa de Vera replied that it "was not a straight path by any means." "I feel like the only way that I ever go anywhere is when I step out of my comfort zone," de Vera said in a recent interview for th  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the lead partner on five research collaborations with private fusion companies in the 2024 cohort of the Innovation Network for FUSion Energy, or INFUSE, program. These collaborative projects are intended to resolve technical hurdles and develop enabling technologies to accelerate fusion energy research in t  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A research scientist with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ayana Ghosh was named the 2024 Early Discovery Award winner by the American Ceramic Society. The award recognizes an early career member of the organization who has contributed to basic science in the field of glass and ceramics.Ghosh was pleasantly surprised to receive such a prestig  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs For more than 30 years, Marvin Sellers has led the charge in advocating and advancing the pressure-sensitive paint capability in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex wind tunnels at Arnold Air Force Base. His work has not gone unrewarded. Sellers was recently named the winner of the 2024 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Ground Tes  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A group of scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have conducted neutron scattering research to reveal key information about fungus cell membranes that could aid in developing new antifungal treatments. The number of reported fungal cases has been slowly but steadily increasing in recent years. According to a study conducted by scien  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: A criminal complaint obtained today charges Yusef Ibn Abdul Jabbar Hunter, 23, of Phoenix, Arizona, with possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute, announced United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Henry C. Leventis. According to the complaint, on September 5, 2024, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents i  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: Kenneth Ray Frye, 51, of Kingsport, Tennessee, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl charges. Frye was charged with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Y-12 National Security Complex issued the following news release: * * * Sites reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save energy and money * * * Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) has been recognized as a 2024 EPEAT Purchaser Award winner, celebrating leaders in sustainable electronics procurement. The award comes from the Global Electronics Council (GEC), the non-profit organization that manages the EPEAT ecolabel. CNS operates th  more