OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers across the scientific spectrum crave data, as it is essential to understanding the natural world and, by extension, accelerating scientific progress. Lately, however, the tools of scientific endeavor have become so powerful that the amount of data obtained from experiments and observations is often unwieldy. In other words, it is possible to have too much  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 2 -- 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 developed a quantum chemistry simulation benchmark to evaluate the performance of quantum devices and guide the development of applications for future quantum computers. Their findings were published (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41534-019-0209-0) in npj Quantum Information. Quantum com  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 4 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: The Tennessee Valley Authority is asking for public input on the potential impacts of options for future storage of numerous coal ash impoundments at the Gallatin Fossil Plant in Sumner County, Tennessee. Details on the options are available in a draft Environmental Impact Statement available at www.tva.com/nepa. Comments will be accepted through Feb. 18, 2020. In June 2019, TVA and the state of   more