OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 16 -- 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, the University of Tennessee and Texas A&M University demonstrated bio-inspired devices that accelerate routes to neuromorphic, or brain-like, computing. Results published in Nature Communications report the first example of a lipid-based "memcapacitor," a charge storage component with memory that p  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $20.7 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee to help finance a new drinking water treatment plant. This loan highlights how WIFIA financing can help smaller communities upgrade aging water infrastructure. "This WIFIA loan will improve drinking water quality and support th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service today announced $4,313,407.02 in grants from the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) to help protect 782.86 acres of significant battlefields in Kentucky, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia threatened with damage or destruction by suburban development. "Through public-private partnerships, local c  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 16 -- 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, the University of Tennessee and Texas A&M University demonstrated bio-inspired devices that accelerate routes to neuromorphic, or brain-like, computing. Results published in Nature Communications report the first example of a lipid-based "memcapacitor," a charge storage component with memory th  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy announced funding for 12 projects with private industry to enable collaboration with DOE national laboratories on overcoming challenges in fusion energy development. The awards are the first provided through the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy program, or INFUSE. The program, which was established earlier this year, is sponsored by  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development - Washington office issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has invested $2,856,167 in high-speed broadband infrastructure to create or improve e-Connectivity for 347 rural households in Tennessee. This is the first of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA's ReConnect Pilot Program investments. "Our core m  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, D. Michael Dunavant, issued the following news release: A total of 34 individuals have been sentenced after a two-year investigation known as Operation "Gangster's Paradise" conducted by the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force ("OCDETF"). Members of the drug trafficking organization have been sentenced to federal prison for drug and money laundering violations. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, D. Michael Dunavant, issued the following news release: After a federal jury trial, Wendy Thomas, 39, has been convicted for robbery of mail, money or other property of the United States and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty verdict today. According to information presented in court, on November 21, 2016, at approximately 1  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following statement: "In response to concerns from our neighbors about airborne material on vehicles and property around Bull Run Fossil Plant, TVA collected 11 samples and received three samples from a homeowner and sent them for testing to an independent laboratory. "Results show the material is not coming from air emissions at Bull Run and is consistent with surface soil in the area. "TDEC also sampled material at several l  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 15 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: The Tennessee Valley Authority has announced it will redeem nine issues of bonds from its electronotes(R) series on November 15, 2019, totaling approximately $217 million. TVA will redeem each issue of TVA electronotes listed below in its entirety: View table at https://www.tva.gov/Newsroom/Press-Releases/TVA-To-Redeem-Debt-Securities%E2%80%932019 The electronotes will be redeemed at 100 percen  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 15 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: The Tennessee Valley Authority is revising some aspects of previously announced plans for management of coal combustion residuals at its Cumberland Fossil Plant in Stewart County, Tennessee. As announced in June 2018, TVA plans to construct a new dry storage landfill onsite, close in place the bottom ash impoundment and remove some of the material from the main coal ash impoundment and stilling i  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: Effective Oct. 14, 2019, until Jan. 24, 2020, Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers entered into an agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority to perform maintenance repairs and replacement of draft tube guide rails at the Sam Rayburn Power Plant located in Jasper, Texas. During this nearly three month period of repairs and replacements, water releases that generate power at the Sam  more

HALLS, Tennessee, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has invested $2,856,167 in high-speed broadband infrastructure to create or improve e-Connectivity for 347 rural households in Tennessee. This is the first of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA's ReConnect Pilot Program investments. (https://www.usda.gov/reconnect) "Our core mi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The White House issued the following news release: John Bobbitt, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Suzanne Israel Tufts, resigned. Patrick J. Bumatay, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice Carlos T. Bea, retiring. Sylvia Carreno-Coll, of Puerto Rico, to be United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, vice Jay A. Garcia-Gregory, retired. Peter J. Coniglio, of Virginia, to  more