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News Tipoffs - Tennessee Editors Newsletter for Wednesday September 04, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Ark. A.G. Griffin Leads 20-State Coalition in Amicus Supporting Tennessee Suit Against Unlawful Biden-Harris Title IX Rule
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 4 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement Sept. 3, 2024: * * * Griffin: 'The Biden-Harris Title IX rule breaks the law Congress has written and violates the Constitution' * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing that he and 19 other state attorneys general have filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in support of a Tennessee-led coalition's lawsuit  more

Assorted, distinctive behavior of molten uranium salt revealed by neutrons
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a world leader in molten salt reactor technology development and its researchers additionally perform the fundamental science necessary to enable a future where nuclear energy becomes more efficient. In a recent paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, researchers have documented for   more

Frontier simulations provide new insights into calcium-48's controversial nuclear magnetic excitation
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The world's most powerful supercomputer is helping resolve conflicting research results that have puzzled scientists for more than a decade, which could also shine new light inside collapsing stars. Nuclear physicists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently used Frontier, the world's most powerful supercomputer, to calculate the magnetic  more

Sellers Takes Home American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Honors
ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs For more than 30 years, Marvin Sellers has led the charge in advocating and advancing the pressure-sensitive paint capability in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex wind tunnels at Arnold Air Force Base. His work has not gone unrewarded. Sellers was recently named the winner of the 2024 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Ground Tes  more

Tennessee National Guard's 1128th Finance Detachment Deploys
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The Tennessee Military Department issued the following news release: Roughly 10 Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard's 1128th Finance Management Support Detachment departed Tennessee Monday, September 2, on the first leg of a year-long deployment to the Balkans. The 1128th, stationed in Nashville, is a finance unit comprised of National Guardsmen trained to process Soldier's pay, provide debt management, manage all accounts for U.S. and coalition forces i  more

Y-12, Pantex Honored as Leaders in Sustainable Electronics Procurement
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Y-12 National Security Complex issued the following news release: * * * Sites reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save energy and money * * * Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) has been recognized as a 2024 EPEAT Purchaser Award winner, celebrating leaders in sustainable electronics procurement. The award comes from the Global Electronics Council (GEC), the non-profit organization that manages the EPEAT ecolabel. CNS operates th  more