May 19, 1997

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee tobacco farmers are expected to increase production this year, despite legal and regulatory action that threaten the industry, a University of Tennessee tobacco specialist said Monday.  Dr. Don Fowlkes of the UT Agricultural Extension Service said state growers plan to increase tobacco acreage seven percent over last year.  Last month, a

 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A University of Tennessee scientist’s experiment with a rare element has helped confirm that element’s place on the periodic chart.  Dr. Joe Peterson, a UT-Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory chemist, said the periodic chart lists elements in order of atomic number and shows periodic variations in their properties. This enables scientists