ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members work together day-in, day-out to execute the mission of testing systems that ensure the U.S. military maintains superiority over foes. This mission is often focused on the future fight, but Airmen assigned to AEDC also deploy to support combatant commanders in the here and now. Master Sgt. Frank Mancino, Arnold Air Force Base deployment manage  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Satellite Rocket Test Cell still stands above much of the surrounding landscape at Arnold Air Force Base, serving as a reminder of the work performed across the installation to not only ensure national defense but to meet a goal as lofty as the cell's stature - landing Americans on the moon. The test cell, more commonly known as J-3, played its part in both of these objectives, the latter of which was met just a  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Horizon31, LLC, of Knoxville, Tenn., has exclusively licensed a novel communication system that allows users to reliably operate unmanned vehicles such as drones from anywhere in the world using only an internet connection. The technology, developed by the startup's founders at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory will enable commercial, government  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: A year in the making, engineers from the Propulsion Systems Evaluation Facility (PSEF) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, and engineers at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, will soon be collaborating on a first-of-its-kind endeavor. In September, Leo Rubio, a test engineer with PSEF at Pax River, will join forces with enginee  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Combining expertise in physics, applied math and computing, Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists are expanding the possibilities for simulating electromagnetic fields that underpin phenomena in materials design and telecommunications. An initial application for the work is in fusion energy, for which modeling small-scale, energetic particle movements in fusion pl  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists evaluating northern peatland responses to environmental change recorded extraordinary fine-root growth with increasing temperatures, indicating that this previously hidden belowground mechanism may play an important role in how carbon-rich peatlands respond to warming. The team working at DOE's whole-ecosystem warming experime  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A UCLA-led team that discovered the first intrinsic ferromagnetic topological insulator - a quantum material that could revolutionize next-generation electronics - used neutrons at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to help verify their finding. Topological insulators act as insulators on the inside while allowing electrons to flow across their surfaces. Their less-studie  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Pick your poison. It can be deadly for good reasons such as protecting crops from harmful insects or fighting parasite infection as medicine -- or for evil as a weapon for bioterrorism. Or, in extremely diluted amounts, it can be used to enhance beauty. While targeted chemical attacks on civilians tend to make headlines, the most common poisoning reports (https://www  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: An all-in-one experimental platform developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences accelerates research on promising materials for future technologies. The "Lab-on-a-crystal," designed on a commercially available quartz crystal microbalance, or QCM, measures materials' interrelated responses to the environment in real time - some  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a machine learning model that could help predict the impact pandemics such as COVID-19 have on fuel demand in the United States. Called the Pandemic Oil Demand Analysis, or PODA, this model compared mobility patterns before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, analyzing historical weekly motor travel trends and pr  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Real-time measurements captured by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory provide missing insight into chemical separations to recover cobalt, a critical raw material used to make batteries and magnets for modern technologies. Results published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces track the dynamics of molecules designed to grab co  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: EM's cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) took a major step forward with removal of the Centrifuge Complex in late July. EM is working to complete significant cleanup at ETTP this year -- an EM 2020 priority -- and tearing down the sprawling 235,000-foot complex marks one of the final demolition projects at the site. "Completing this p  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release: As spring passed and summer surged forward at home amid COVID-19, the ORISE K-12 team was faced with the decision whether to continue with this year's scheduled Oak Ridge Robotics Academy. Held each year in July, the Robotics Academy offers upcoming 7th, 8th and 9th grade students an introduction to engineering, coding and robotics. The week-long expe  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Justin Herdman, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has returned a 19-count indictment charging Amie Demming, age 44, of Strongsville, Ohio; John Panuto, age 60, of Avon Lake, Ohio; Debra Adamson, age 67, of Spring Hill, Tennessee; Ashley Nichole Adamson, age 34, of Las Vegas, Nevada; William Adamson, age 38, of Las   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release: Each year the DOE National Science Bowl(R) brings together hundreds of high school and middle school students to compete in the nation's largest science competition in Washington, D.C. Years from now, historical records will show that students from California and Colorado won the 2020 DOE National Science Bowl(R). However, what might not be so obvious   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Each summer for the last 30 years, students and teachers from across Appalachia have travelled to the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for a unique STEM summer camp experience - the Appalachian Regional Commission/ORNL Science-Technology-Mathematics Institute. The program was all virtual in 2020, but its research emphasis was as strong as ever, th  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, D. Michael Dunavant, issued the following news release on Aug. 6: United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced today that Operation LeGend, a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight violent crime, will be expanding into the City of Memphis. Operation LeGend is  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, D. Michael Dunavant, issued the following news release: Tennessee State Senator Katrina Robinson, 39, has now been indicted for theft and embezzlement involving government programs and wire fraud. Robinson was previously charged in this matter by a federal criminal complaint that was unsealed on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. On Thursday, July 30, 2020, a federal grand jury in Memphis returned a 48-count indictme  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development - Tennessee office issued the following news release on Aug. 3: The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $45,000 to expand and support small businesses in rural Tennessee. "We are pleased to partner with Bedford County to bring enhancements to their agriculture and education center," said Jim Tracy. "Under the leadership of President Trump   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development - Tennessee office issued the following news release on Aug. 3: The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $462 million to modernize critical drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in rural towns and cities. Tennessee Rural Development State Director Jim Tracy is pleased to announce that $12.9 million in loans and grants will be invested  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 8 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: The Tennessee Valley Authority is moving forward with plans to remove coal ash stored in ash pond impoundments at the Gallatin Fossil Plant in Sumner County, Tennessee to a lined, permitted onsite location, pending state approval. In June 2019, TVA and the state of Tennessee agreed to close the wet impoundments and remove the ash at Gallatin. TVA prepared an Environmental Impact Statement to consi  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 5 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: The Tennessee Valley Authority reported $7.4 billion in total operating revenues on more than 108 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity sales for the nine months ended June 30, 2020. Sales of electricity were about 5% lower compared to the same period of the prior year due to overall milder weather and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Total operating revenues decreased about 9% from the same perio  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 7 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: The Tennessee Valley Authority is immediately rescinding a decision to lay off Information Technology (IT) workers as part of the restructuring process announced earlier this year. On Thursday, interim TVA Board Chair John Ryder and TVA President and CEO Jeff Lyash met White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone. Discussions included agreement on a shared desire t  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Col. Darren P. Wees was already quite familiar with Holloman Air Force Base. He spent perhaps more time at the New Mexico installation than any of his other temporary assignments. Wees, however, had never been stationed at Holloman - until now. On July 1, Wees officially assumed command of the 704th Test Group at Holloman. "I am looking forward to mentoring and coaching my incredible cast of squadron commanders, t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a meeting on Aug. 3 by President Trump with U.S. tech workers and signing of an executive order on hiring American: THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. And today I'm signing an executive order to ensure that the federal government lives by a very simple rule: Hire American. We've been doing it at a level that hasn't been done maybe ever. I'll also be taking firm, disciplinary action against the leadership of the Ten  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The White House issued the following news release: NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Charles W. Cook, Jr., of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2025, vice Richard Capel Howorth, term expired. Michael J. Finkel, of New Jersey, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2022, vice Gregory Karawan, term expired. Jonathan Moak, of Virginia  more