ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tennessee, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: When it's possible to increase operational reliability while minimizing the cost and disruption caused by maintenance, it's a win-win. Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members are implementing a trial run of such a solution to the problem of leaks in raw water pipes at Arnold Air Force Base. Raw water is used in the cooling systems of the test cells on base. According to  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: It once housed a sanitary sewage treatment facility, but now the K-1203 complex site at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) is an open field sown with grass seed. Its remediation and aesthetic transformation moves the site closer to EM's ultimate vision. Watch a video about the project here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKECFtIIIbo&feature=you  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - MOSAiC, the largest polar expedition of all time, will produce demanding quantities of data. ORNL staff in the field and the lab collect, store and process it to share with collaborators around the world. * * * In the vast frozen whiteness of the central Arctic, the Polarstern, a German research vessel, has settled into the ice for a yearlong float. When   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Cpl. Henry L. Phillips, 18, of Giles, Tennessee, who was captured and died in captivity during the Korean War, was accounted for Sept. 17, 2019. (This identification was initially published Sept. 19, 2019.) In late 1950, Phillips was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pvt. Connie Cagle, 23, of Sweetwater, Tennessee, killed during World War II, was accounted for on July 8, 2019. (This identification was initially published July 17, 2019.) In late 1942, Cagle was a member of Company K, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, when his unit was engaged with e  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release: For the 14th year in a row, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education has met the exceptional health and safety standards set by the Department of Energy, who recently presented ORISE with the Star of Excellence Award during DOE's annual Voluntary Protection Program Participants' Association national conference. The Star of Excellence award r  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: Workers have begun processing a powder form of uranium-233 a year ahead of schedule as part of a larger EM project to safely process and dispose of the remaining inventory of the nuclear material stored at DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Launching this portion of the disposition project is an achievement for the Oak Ridge Office of EM (ORE  more

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tennessee, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: It was 70 years ago this month that President Harry S. Truman signed legislation that paved the way for the establishment of Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC). On Oct. 27 and 28, 1949, Truman signed the Unitary Wind Tunnel Plan Act and the Air Engineering Development Center Act of 1949. The first bill authorized a unitary plan for the construction of transonic and supersonic wind tunnel facil  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Jason Nattress, an Alvin M. Weinberg Fellow at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, found his calling on a nuclear submarine. "I guess like many scientists at ORNL and elsewhere, I had an affinity for math and science growing up," Nattress said. "When I graduated high school, I took perhaps a nontraditional route and enlisted. My grandfather had  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scouts from around East Tennessee learned about supercomputing, electricity, isotopes, physics, and much more at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's final Traveling Science Fair event of 2019, held at ScoutFest in Blaine, Tenn., on Saturday, Oct. 19. "These are fun to do," said ORNL computer scientist John Gounley, standing between the mirror chamber and "Tiny Titan" vi  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A joint research team from Google Inc., NASA Ames Research Center, and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated that a quantum computer can outperform a classical computer at certain tasks, a feat known as quantum supremacy. Quantum computers use the laws of quantum mechanics and units known as qubits to greatly increase the threshol  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A joint research team from Google Inc., NASA Ames Research Center, and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated that a quantum computer can outperform a classical computer at certain tasks, a feat known as quantum supremacy. Quantum computers use the laws of quantum mechanics and units known as qubits to greatly increase the threshol  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release: Sarah Harkness has been named director of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Belcamp, Md., office. In her role, Harkness will manage internship and research experience programs and staff of 15 to 30 individuals serving scientific, academic, military and business customers, including the Department of Defense and the Department of Energ  more

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tennessee, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Improvements by team members of the AEDC Aerodynamics and Propulsion Test Unit (APTU) at Arnold Air Force Base have prevented unscheduled downtime and avoided equipment damage at the facility. Adam Webb, an electrical engineer for the Test Operations and Sustainment (TOS) contractor, National Aerospace Solutions, improved upon software for the rectifiers by enabling it to detect an unsafe condition and r  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, D. Michael Dunavant, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant joins the Drug Enforcement Administration in announcing that on Saturday, October 26, 2019, DEA will hold its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The biannual event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at thousands of collection sites around the country, including here at Kroger, 7615 Highway 70 Bartlett, Tennessee  more

SUMMERTOWN, Tennessee, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Shaffer Farms Custom Meats LLC and Shaffer Farms Texas Bar-B-Q restaurant has paid $69,514 in back wages and liquidated damages to 21 employees for violating the overtime and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Summertown, Tennessee-based butcher and res  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - Tennessee Field Office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Tennessee is processing $9,390,808 in Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payments for the 2018 crop year. Additionally, Tennessee FSA will distribute $11,843,868 in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) rental payments to landowners to support voluntary conse  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, G. Zachary Terwilliger, issued the following news release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a former Sheriff of the City of Norfolk with defrauding the citizens of Norfolk through a bribery scheme. According to allegations in the indictment, Robert McCabe, 61, who currently resides in West Palm Beach, Florida, and Gerard Boyle, 64, of Franklin, Tennessee, engaged in an illicit quid p  more

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tennessee, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Sixty years ago, a test facility at Arnold Air Force Base was renamed in honor of the man who helped provide the blueprint that led to the construction of the now Arnold Engineering Development Complex headquartered at Arnold AFB. During an Oct. 30, 1959, ceremony, the Gas Dynamics Facility was dedicated as the von Karman Gas Dynamics Facility, a hypersonic wind tunnel testing facility, in honor of mathe  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: Emergency responders from federal, state and local agencies will join Tennessee Valley Authority personnel in an emergency preparedness exercise involving the Watts Bar nuclear plant on Wednesday, Nov. 6. The exercise is part of an ongoing series of training drills and exercises required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ensure an effective and coordinated response to protect the health a  more