OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: Students from around East Tennessee spent a week in June 2024 building and programming their very own robot, called a Boe-Bot. Working in teams, the rising 7th through 9th graders designed and coded bots to complete challenges. Each day, students built onto skills they had learned the day before. ORISE hosted the Boe-Bots Academy on ORAU's main campus in Oak R  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: ARMY BryMak-FSI JV LLC,* Clarksville, Tennessee (W912DY-24-D-0008); CBRE Inc., D.C. (W912DY-24-D-0009); Dynamics-HHS JV LLC,* Winnebago, Nebraska (W912DY-24-D-0010); EMCOR Government Services Inc., Alexandria, Virginia (W912DY-24-D-0011); Facility Services Management Inc., Clarksville, Tennessee (W912DY-24-D-0012); Frontline King George JV LLC,* Silver Spring, Maryland (W912DY-24-D-0013); J&J Maintenance In  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: ARMY BryMak-FSI JV LLC,* Clarksville, Tennessee (W912DY-24-D-0008); CBRE Inc., D.C. (W912DY-24-D-0009); Dynamics-HHS JV LLC,* Winnebago, Nebraska (W912DY-24-D-0010); EMCOR Government Services Inc., Alexandria, Virginia (W912DY-24-D-0011); Facility Services Management Inc., Clarksville, Tennessee (W912DY-24-D-0012); Frontline King George JV LLC,* Silver Spring, Maryland (W912DY-24-D-0013); J&J Maintenance Inc., doin  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Nuclear materials can produce vast amounts of energy. This unique attribute can be harnessed through reactors to provide a reliable, low-carbon electricity source. It can also be used to make weapons. ORNL's Nuclear Nonproliferation Division helps to ensure nuclear materials are being used peacefully all over the world. One approach to nonproliferation includes test  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Advanced materials research to enable energy-efficient, cost-competitive and environmentally friendly technologies for the United States and Japan is the goal of a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, between the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Japan's National Institute of Materials Science, or NIMS. "This is an important step forward in adv  more

SYRACUSE, New York, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: 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 department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found A.W. Stiles Contracto  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A research team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has bridged a knowledge gap in atomic-scale heat motion. This new understanding holds promise for enhancing materials to advance an emerging technology called solid-state cooling. An environmentally friendly innovation, solid-state cooling could efficiently chill many things in daily life  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: Although it's something that we may not think about, coding is all around us. Coding is used to make devices that we use everyday function properly, including cell phones, traffic lights, washing machines, smart TVs, and so much more. Since coding plays such a big role in our lives, it's important to introduce this subject to children at an early age. ORISE h  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: During the change of command event, Cmdr. Brad Weiland, a native of Northridge, California, assumed all duties and responsibilities as VAW-121 commanding officer from Cmdr. Matthew Campbell, a native of Cleveland, Tennessee. During his time at VAW-121, the Bluetails returned from a first-of-its-kind deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations where the squadron provided 24/7 alert coverage and si  more