OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Prasanna Balaprakash, a national leader in artificial intelligence, or AI, spoke to some of the highest achieving students in the country at the National Science Bowl in Washington D.C. Balaprakash, who serves as director of Artificial Intelligence Programs at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was featured as the plenary speaker for the annua  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, June 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs Arnold Engineering Development Complex Commander Col. Randel Gordon's arrival at Arnold Air Force Base evoked a feeling he experienced only one other time in his nearly 30-year Air Force career. The first time Gordon experienced the sentiment was in 2011 after he and his wife deboarded a plane in Honolulu, Hawaii, prior to the start of his Air Force assig  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, June 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: The Arnold Community Council held its annual "DC Fly-In" April 29 - May 1, meeting with U.S. Air Force leaders at the Pentagon and Congressional leaders and staff members at the U.S. Capitol. During the event, the ACC delegation presented and discussed issues important to the 13-county Arnold Air Force Base community supporting Arnold Engineering Development Complex and partner agencies in the  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed free data sets to estimate how much energy any building in the contiguous U.S. will use in 2100. These data sets provide planners a way to anticipate future energy needs as the climate changes. Considering only today's buildings, the team analyzed energy use and weather records dating back to 1980, identify  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, June 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs If one were to throw a dart at a map of the world, there is a good chance it would land in close proximity to an Air Force assignment held by Col. Grant Mizell. Mizell's tours throughout his career have included stints in Texas, Arkansas, California, Korea, the United Kingdom, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Washington, D.C. Add Tennessee to the list.   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: By unraveling vibrational signatures and observing ion exchanges, an Oak Ridge National Laboratory team revealed how chemical species form in a highly reactive molten salt mixture of aluminum chloride and potassium chloride. Mixtures of chloride salts are often used in electrochemical studies essential in understanding battery performance. Determining chloride's bas  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3108): * * * IN RE: Change Healthcare Inc., Customer Data Security Breach Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel: Plaintiffs in four actions pending in the Middle District of Tennessee move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Middle District of Tennessee. The litigation consists of six actions pending in two districts, as listed on Schedule A. Since the fili  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: The Justice Department announced today a settlement agreement with Hawkins County Schools in Tennessee to resolve its investigation into allegations of race-based harassment and other discrimination targeting Black students. The investigation, conducted jointly by the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee, found that  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Anuj J. Kapadia, who leads the Advanced Computing in Health Sciences Section at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was named a 2024 Fellow by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, or AAPM. AAPM is one of the world's leading medical physics organizations with a mission to advance medicine through excellence in the science, educatio  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Phani Ratna Vanamali Marthi, an R&D associate in the Power Systems Resilience group at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elevated to the grade of senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization. Although IEEE has more than 160,000 members, only ab  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: In the world of building robots, basic skills include designing, building and programming. Those skills, however, aren't upstaged by intangible soft skills like critical thinking, complex problem-solving and teamwork. Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) hosted high school students from around East Tennessee for the purpose of developing stud  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Melissa Cregger, Andrea Delgado, Michael McGuire and Guannan Zhang all are successful researchers who work in different scientific fields of study: Cregger is an ecosystem ecologist; Delgado, a quantum physicist; McGuire, a materials physicist; and Zhang, a computational mathematician. Although their fields appear to have little in common, one thing they all share   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- President Biden issued the following statement on June 11, 2024, on the death of civil rights activist James Lawson: * * * Born in Pennsylvania, the cradle of our democracy, James Lawson dedicated his life to fighting for our country's ideals. Hailing from a family of ministers, he became a disciple for freedom and a visionary of the Civil Rights Movement. While attending Vanderbilt Divinity School, James Lawson organized sit-ins in Nashville, Tennessee that led to his   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Today, researchers are developing ways to accelerate discovery by combining automated experiments, artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. A novel tool developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that leverages those technologies has demonstrated that AI can influence materials synthesis and conduct associated experiments without human supervision. T  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 10 -- 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 and the University of Maine have designed and 3D-printed a single-piece, recyclable natural-material floor panel tested to be strong enough to replace construction materials like steel. The project is part of the Sustainable Materials & Manufacturing Alliance for Renewable Technologies, or SM2ART  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: When you walk into a building on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory campus, do you think about its stability? Do you consider whether the walls can withstand a tornado? An earthquake? ORNL is home to many buildings that were constructed during the early 1940s, as part of the Manhattan Project. Some people may take for granted that, despite their age, the buildings w  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Six firms received Small Business Awards from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory on Friday morning at an awards ceremony held at ORNL and virtually. "We are fortunate to have an invaluable network of small businesses that support ORNL's mission," ORNL Director Stephen Streiffer said. "It is a privilege to recognize these companies and highligh  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 13 -- The FBI Memphis Field Office issued the following news release: The FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, graduated 201 law enforcement officers, including five from Tennessee: * Captain Richard Frazier, Sullivan County Sheriff's Office * Lieutenant Anthony Leonard, Cookeville Police Department * Captain Nevin Long, Knoxville Police Department * Lieutenant Phillip Penny, Memphis Police Department * Lieutenant Betsy "Nikki" Shaver, Williamson County Sher  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, June 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued the following news release: Francis M. Hamilton III, U.S. Attorney for the District of Eastern Tennessee, joins national, state, and local leaders in recognizing World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) on June 15th. Since 2006, WEAAD has been commemorated to promote awareness and increase the understanding of the many forms of elder abuse as well as the resources available to those at r  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: When the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory science mission takes staff off-campus, the lab's safety principles follow. That's true even in the high mountain passes of Washington and Oregon, where ORNL scientists are tracking a tree species -- and where wildfires have become more frequent and widespread. For the past three years, ORNL environmental  more