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(Tennessee Today) The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory will play a key role in finding solutions to what the National Science Foundation has deemed the "most important, demanding, and urgent global problems of our time."...9/8 |
(Newswise) A team led by Hansan Liu, Gilbert Brown and Parans Paranthaman of the Department of Energy lab's Chemical Sciences Division found that titanium dioxide creates a highly desirable material that increases surface area and features a fast charge-discharge capability for lithium ion batteries. Compared to conventional technologies, the differences in charge time and capacity are striking....9/8 |
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DOE
(DOE Press Release) U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced 16 projects supporting activities in 24 states and the District of Columbia to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles in communities across the nation...9/8
(Knoxville News Sentinel) As it became obvious that the morning events of Sept. 11, 2001, were the work of terrorists, the U.S. Department of Energy moved urgently to protect the nation's nuclear materials — some of which were aboard trucks crisscrossing American highways....9/9 |
National
(Washington Post) President Obama made an impassioned appeal on Thursday night for $447 billion in tax cuts and government spending to boost the lagging economic recovery, calling on lawmakers to put politics aside and work together....9/9
(Reuters) President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered a redoubling of U.S. counter-terrorism efforts in the face of a "credible but unconfirmed" threat ahead of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks....9/9
Other Stories
 (Knoxville News Sentinel) The Botanical Photography of Alan S. Heilman — a collection of more than 1,100 digitized color-film photographs dating back to 1950 that were taken by the retired professor of botany at the University of Tennessee — was made available to the public through University Libraries....9/9
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(BBC) The ancient remains of two human-like creatures found in South Africa could change the way we view our origins. The 1.9-million-year-old fossils were first described in 2010, and given the species name Australopithecus sediba....9/8
(Wired) Peppered around lava flats and mountaintops all over the moon are strange sinuous shapes known as lunar swirls. Their winding, dusty curves are brighter than the surrounding area and, so far, their formation remains a mystery to scientists....9/9