OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: * * * Teachers representing 11 states have been selected to apply their classroom experience to federal, congressional and executive branch offices. * * * Fifteen K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers from across the United States have been named 2024-2025 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellows. Selected Fe  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: Not all mysteries are a crime, but when teaching students how to solve a puzzle with forensic chemistry skills, a crime scene is a lot more fun and memorable. That's why participants who registered for ORISE's Forensic Chemistry Mini-Academy--held in June 2024 on ORAU's main campus in Oak Ridge, Tennessee--arrived to find crime scene tape outside their academ  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The American Nuclear Society, or ANS, recognized Steven Arndt, a distinguished R&D staff member at Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, during the organization's annual conference in Las Vegas. Arndt was recognized with two honors, the ANS Presidential Citation and the Don Miller Award. The ANS Presidential Citation is presented by the ANS Presid  more

COFFEE COUNTY, Tennessee, June 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Mike Wiedemer, Arnold Community Council The Arnold Engineering Development Complex Fellows Program added three new members this year. Dr. Alan Hale, Scott Meredith and Gary Knox will be formally inducted as AEDC Fellows during the Arnold Community Council banquet to be held in the fall. Hale and Meredith were selected as AEDC Technical Fellows, while Knox was selected   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Manufacturing is a cornerstone of American economic strength and plays a critical role in energy, health, safety, and national security solutions. Over the last decade, the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has become an internationally recognized leader in advanced manufacturing materials, processes and technologies. To help steward the laborator  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The safety and efficiency of a large, complex nuclear reactor can be enhanced by hardware as simple as a tiny sensor that monitors a cooling system. That's why researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working to make those basic sensors more accurate by pairing them with electronics that can withstand the intense radiation inside a   more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, June 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Kali Bradford, AEDC Public Affairs On June 6, 1944, more than 156,000 American, British and Canadian troops stormed 50 miles of Normandy's beaches in Northen France that were fiercely defended by German soldiers. Code named Operation Overlord, but also known as D-Day, this operation would prove to be a critical turning point in World War II and what many historians referred to as the event  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: A Tennessee podiatrist was sentenced today to four years in prison for a scheme to defraud Medicare and TennCare, a Medicaid program administered by the State of Tennessee, by prescribing and dispensing medically unnecessary foot bath medications and obtaining millions of dollars in reimbursements. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Nathan Lucas, D.P.M., 59, of M  more

SYRACUSE, New York, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * OSHA cites A.W. Stiles Contractors Inc. for 8 serious violations * * * A construction contractor could have prevented an employee's fatal fall at a Smyrna, New York job site in December 2023 by providing adequate fall protection and training employees in its effective use, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found. Inspectors with the departme  more

ALBANY, Georgia, June 28 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany issued the following news: By Jennifer Parks, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Sgt. Maj. Frank Kammer Jr. assumed the role of Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany's sergeant major on Feb. 9, coming to southwest Georgia after serving as the command senior enlisted leader of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. He now expects to build on the current foundation at MCLB Albany to set up a legacy for the future. The Ch  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation has awarded $50 million in cooperative agreements to two university consortia to support the basic science that underlies its nuclear security and nonproliferation missions. The two consortia, led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the G  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Ryan Dehoff, director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a 2024 Fellow for SME. The prestigious honor recognizes Dehoff's outstanding contributions in materials, processing and energy efficiency in manufacturing. Dehoff received the award at a ceremony Thursday as part of the SME   more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, June 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs Lt. Col. Joseph Sabat should get plenty of opportunities in his latest role to apply the engineering knowledge and experience he has amassed over the course of his Air Force career. Sabat assumed command of the of Arnold Engineering Development Complex 716th Test Squadron during a Change of Command ceremony June 18, 2024, at Arnold Air Force Base, headqua  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: It's not often that high school students get to spend part of their summer exploring a new part of the country, touring national laboratories, meeting research scientists, and creating memories that will last a lifetime. That was the reality for the participants of this year's Joint Science and Technology Institute (JSTI). From June 8-21, 2024, ORISE hosted   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: Today, United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis announced criminal charges against four defendants in connection with alleged schemes to defraud Medicare. The charges filed in federal court are part of the Justice Department's 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action. The charges stem from schemes to bill Medicare for medically unnec  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, June 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: Today, U.S. Attorney Francis M. Hamilton III announced criminal charges against six defendants in connection with alleged schemes to defraud the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Worker's Compensation Program, Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation ("DOL-DEEOIC"). The charges filed in federal court are part of the Ju  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: A Tennessee podiatrist was sentenced today to four years in prison for a scheme to defraud Medicare and TennCare, a Medicaid program administered by the State of Tennessee, by prescribing and dispensing medically unnecessary foot bath medications and obtaining millions of dollars in reimbursements. According to court documents and evidence pre  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, June 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Kali Bradford, AEDC Public Affairs "The scientists who work here will explore what lies on the other side of the speed of sound. This is part of our effort to make our air power the best in the world - and to keep it the best in the world." These were the words of President Harry S. Truman as he stood before thousands during a June 25, 1951, ceremony at Arnold Air Force Base. During the ce  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Tennessee man pleaded guilty on June 21, 2024, to a felony and misdemeanor charge related to his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Allan Jennings, 57, of Hillsboro, Tenne  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 28 -- 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 have developed the first additive manufacturing slicing computer application to simultaneously speed and simplify digital conversion of accurate, large-format three-dimensional parts in a factory production setting. The technology, known as Slicer 2, can help widen the use of 3D printing for larg  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Despite strong regulations and robust international safeguards, authorities routinely interdict nuclear materials outside of regulatory control. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are exploring a new method that would give authorities the ability to analyze intercepted nuclear material and determine where it originated. Their find  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Nuclear fusion -- when two nuclei combine to form a new nucleus, thereby releasing energy -- may be the clean, reliable, limitless power source of the future. But first, scientists must learn how to control its production. Building on decades of prior research, scientists have developed sophisticated techniques to improve the confinement of superhot plasma within t  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: The Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau today announced a settlement to resolve its investigation into whether Verizon Wireless violated FCC rules by failing to deliver 911 calls during an outage in December 2022, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. As Congress and the Commission have found, robust and reliable 911 service i  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Xingang Zhao, an R&D associate staff member in the Modern Nuclear I&C group at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was recognized at the 2024 American Nuclear Society Annual Conference with the Ted Quinn Early Career Award. This designation is awarded to individuals who have made outstanding early-career contributions to nuclear instrumentatio  more