OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scientists at the Department of Energy Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have their eyes on the prize: the Transformational Challenge Reactor, or TCR, a microreactor built using 3D printing and other new approaches that will be up and running by 2023. But their end goal is bigger than a single reactor: It's to revolutionize manufac  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following enforcement action document: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement actions listed below: Consent prohibition against Aaron K. Hill and Jessica A. Hill, former employees of Evolve Bank & Trust, Memphis, Tennessee, for engaging in unsafe and unsound practices while running a loan production office. Consent prohibition against Matthew Curtis, former employee of Regions Bank, Birmingham, Alab  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Research by an international team led by Duke University and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists could speed the way to safer rechargeable batteries for consumer electronics such as laptops and cellphones. The study sheds new light on the atomic dynamics of how silver chromium selenide, part of a class of materials known as superionic   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Bearden High School senior Christiane Marie Alvarez has been named recipient of the 2020 UT-Battelle Scholarship to attend the University of Tennessee (UT). The competitive scholarship is awarded annually to a graduating senior planning to study science, mathematics or engineering at UT and who has a parent employed by UT-Battelle, managing contractor of the Departme  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, May 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, J. Douglas Overbey, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee announced that the Washington County Sheriff's Office received $36,299 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. The grant is available under the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program, authorized by the   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development - Tennessee office issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand announced that the department is investing $281 million in 106 projects to improve water and wastewater infrastructure in rural communities in 36 states and Puerto Rico. USDA is funding the projects through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program. Ten  more