ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tennessee, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Improvements by team members from the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Aerodynamics and Propulsion Test Unit 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 contractor National Aerospace Solutions, improved upon software for the rectifiers by enabling it to detect an   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release: ORISE to host virtual career fair for STEM internships, fellowships and research opportunities at national labs and facilities across the United States The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) will host a virtual career fair on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, from noon to 3 p.m. EST. During this time, college students and recent graduates s  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 30 -- 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 received five 2019 R&D 100 Awards, increasing the lab's total to 221 since the award's inception in 1963. Known as the "Oscars of Invention," the awards recognize the top 100 revolutionary technologies of the year, as well as the scientists and engineers who created them. Winners will be ho  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Elizabeth Herndon believes in going the distance whether she is preparing to compete in the 2020 Olympic marathon trials or examining how metals move through the environment as a geochemist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Herndon studies how changes in the chemistry of metals in the soil affect ecosystem processes like the growth of plan  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development - Tennessee office issued the following news release: * * * -Investments will Benefit Residents and Businesses of Middle Tennessee * * * U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $1.4 billion in projects in 21 states to build and improve rural electric infrastructure. Tennessee Rural Development State Director Jim Tracy is pleased  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, D. Michael Dunavant, issued the following news release: Six Leaders of the Conservative Vice Lords/Concrete Cartel Street Gang, a nation-wide street gang with its origin and home base in Chicago, Illinois, were recently sentenced for federal Racketeering (RICO), Business and Pharmacy Robberies, Firearms and Drug Trafficking charges. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney, announced the sentences today. At trial  more

GEORGETOWN, Tennessee, Oct. 29 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: The Tennessee Valley Authority has identified a preferred route for a new transmission line that will provide power to TVA's proposed new operations center in Georgetown, Tennessee. The selected route is expected to have the least impact on the area, based on public input from the open house and additional evaluation of other factors, including social, environmental and engineering impacts. A Na  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: The U.S. Census Bureau's Statistics in Schools (SIS) program and Shelby County schools in Tennessee held a nationwide kickoff today highlighting new 2020 Census classroom activities for students to learn about the importance of having everyone in their families counted in the census next March. The "Everyone Counts" Fall Festival featured guest speaker David Osmond, host of the TV show "Wonderama," and gathered mo  more