OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: To accomplish improved control over atoms, the research team created a tool they call a synthescope for combining synthesis with advanced microscopy. The researchers use a scanning transmission electron microscope, or STEM, transformed into an atomic-scale material manipulation platform. The synthescope will advance the state of the art in fabrication down to the le  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: MEMPHIS, Tenn. Aaron Thomas Company, Inc., a national contract packaging company, will pay $450,000 and provide other relief to resolve a federal lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC alleged Aaron Thomas routinely failed to select or retain Black workers for placement at Aaron Thomas' Memphis, Tennessee location  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs Oftentimes, both young and experienced professionals have questions about career advancement. To provide preparation and progression guidance to the scientist and engineer workforce across Arnold Engineering Development Complex, a Scientist and Engineer, or S&E, Career Planning and Mentoring Seminar was held in the Main Auditorium at Arnold Air Force Bas  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: "The neutron data clearly show that the glutamate, which is an acid, has the proton on it," said co-author Robert Phillips, a professor of chemistry at the University of Georgia. "You might expect it to already have given up its proton. But because it's able to carry that proton around, it can transfer it back and forth. So, it acts as an acid and a base." In a pat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Today the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released an update into its ongoing investigation of a May 30, 2024, accidental release of a molten mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium nitrate which fatally injured one employee and resulted in injuries to a second employee at the Techniques Surfaces USA ("TS USA") Liquid Nitriding facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee.   more

TAMPA, Florida, Sept. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: Acadia Healthcare Company Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Franklin, Tennessee, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and related state statutes by knowingly billing for medically unnecessary inpatient behavioral health services or for services that did not meet federal and state regulations. Acadi  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs Team members at Arnold Air Force Base personnel have answered the Department of Defense call for the greater centralization of military installation communications systems by dialing up telephone upgrades for their Arnold AFB colleagues. Over the coming months, the Base Communications and Information Technology Services contractor will replace each of th  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: "Determining isotopic ratios on single particles takes a lot of time," said ORNL's Benjamin Manard, who led the study. "Rapid particle analysis for fluorine and uranium isotopic determination is what we've enabled." His team combined two techniques to analyze 40 particles each about the size of a red blood cell in less than five minutes. The first technique is lase  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release: Josiah Ernesto Garcia, 23, of Toledo, Ohio, formerly of Hermitage, Tennessee, has pleaded guilty to federal charges after meeting with an undercover FBI agent to finalize a deal to murder an individual for payment, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee. Garcia pleaded guilty to using interstate commerce facil  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued the following news release: On May 15, 2024, a federal grand jury in Knoxville, Tennessee, returned a 21-count indictment against nine defendants--Jamal Witcher, 35, of Mansfield, Ohio; Taeshawn Witcher, 18, of Detroit, Michigan; Skyler Anthony Starkey Steward, 18, of Mansfield, Ohio; Ricky Lynn Coffey, 36, of Bean Station, Tennessee; Keshon Lee, 27, of Detroit, Michigan; Emani Mason,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: The United States seized over $6 million worth of cryptocurrency from perpetrators overseas, announced U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew M. Graves, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee Francis M. Hamilton III, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri, head of the Criminal Division, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Joseph E  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $5 million grant to the Jackson Energy Authority in Jackson, Tennessee, to make wastewater infrastructure improvements needed to attract and retain businesses to the region. This grant will support installation of a new sludge drying sys  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: Trenton, TN - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in the Western District of Tennessee and the Eastern District of Michigan coordinated to capture a fugitive, Cedric Joseph Howell, who was wanted for sex crimes in Tennessee. Following an investigation by the Trenton (TN) Police Department and the TN Department of Children's Services, arrest warrants were issued on September 12, 2024,   more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs Before the throngs gathered at Arnold Air Force Base to witness him dedicate the Air Engineering Development Center in honor of the late Air Force Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold on June 25, 1951, then-President Harry Truman made a pledge. "Never again will the United States ride the coattails of other countries in the progress and development of the aeronautica  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Arctic is warming faster than any other area of the planet. How environmental change affects the landscape, weather patterns and infrastructure for communities not just here but across the world is of keen interest to scientists studying climate change. Researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been crisscrossing th  more