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 (Knoxville News Sentinel) Dave Stinton, manager of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Fuel Cell Program, visited Austin East High School's Junior Engineering Technology Society Club Feb. 17 as part of the Vols4STEM Program, a group that connects educators with STEM professionals....3/10
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 (NPR) The Strategic Petroleum Reserve holds about 75 days worth of U.S. oil imports. So tapping it can affect prices, but only in the short term. And prices were rising (though not nearly as quickly) even before the protests in North Africa started earlier this year. "We have rising prices due to recovery of demand," said Paul Leiby, who studies energy policy at Oak Ridge National Lab. "On top of that, we have a short term event. We need to decide how important it is to address the short-term event."...3/9
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DOE
(DOE Press Release) U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the launch of two new fellowship programs designed to attract the country's best and brightest scientific minds to work on advanced clean energy technologies. The two fellowship programs - the Postdoctoral Fellowships Program and the SunShot Initiative Fellowships Program - will prepare budding scientists and engineers for careers in clean energy....3/10
East Tennessee
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Opponents of coal surface mining along ridgelines of the North Cumberland Plateau and those in favor of the practice both sent clear messages Thursday night to representatives of the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining....3/11 |
National
 (New York Times) A devastating tsunami hit the coast of northeast Japan on Friday in the aftermath of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake about 80 miles offshore, killing at least 23 people and injuring many more....3/11
(NPR) Thursday's much ballyhooed event drew a crush of media and onlookers, but provided little fresh information and not much drama....3/11
State & Regional
(Knoxville News Sentinel) The three largest public universities in the state have announced their opposition to any legislation that would broaden current gun laws on campus....3/11 |
(PhysOrg) Scientists in Australia, the UK and US have for the first time used infrared motion capture technology outdoors to work out how kangaroos distribute their weight and the forces as they hop along....3/11
(Science Daily) Technophiles who have been dreaming of mobile devices that run longer on lighter, slimmer batteries may soon find their wish has been granted....3/10
(Wired) Another piece of Star Trek technology has become a reality. Captain Kirk would instantly recognize new blueprints developed by a team of Chinese scientists as plans for a tractor beam....3/11