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 (WBIR-TV) The new facility will be the headquarters for research to solve some of the world's most pressing problems. "We've got an energy crisis we've got to solve here," said researcher Steve Overbury....7/19
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 (PhysOrg) Fourteen companies have agreed to join with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to establish the Oak Ridge Carbon Fiber Composites Consortium, which will work to accelerate the development, demonstration and commercial application of new low-cost carbon fiber and composites materials in many different industry sectors....7/19
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DOE
(DOE Press Release) The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that as part of an interagency partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense to strengthen American energy security and develop new clean energy technologies, DOD will be installing and operating 18 fuel cell backup power systems at eight military installations across the country....7/19
(Knoxville News Sentinel) The National Nuclear Security Administration has issued a Record of Decision on the continued operation of the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, setting the stage for construction of the multi-billion-dollar Uranium Processing Facility....7/19 |
National
(Washington Post) President Obama and lawmakers in both parties latch on to a new strategy for reducing the federal debt, saying an emerging plan to save $3.7 trillion over the next decade could help break the impasse. Meanwhile, the House passes a separate balanced-budget bill....7/20
State & Regional
(Tennessean) Tennessee has begun to bounce back from a steep decline in tax collections that began with the recession in 2008, and officials are predicting continued growth despite a slow economy....7/20 |
(NPR) When NASA wrapped up its spaceship programs Mercury and Apollo, it had new vehicles ready to replace them. But the agency has no such plan now that the space shuttles are retiring. Some people say it's a sign the organization has lost its way, but the agency's leaders say NASA has a robust future....7/20
(New York Times) [Interactive Graphic] An interactive timeline of the 135 space shuttle missions....7/8
(Science Daily) New molecular research on snake-eating opossums by researchers affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History suggests that predators factor into the rapid evolution of snake venom....7/18