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  • Hugh Montgomery Named JLab's New Director Washington, D.C., April 3, 2008 - Hugh E. Montgomery, a highly regarded nuclear physicist with an extensive research portfolio and broad international experience, today was named director of the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.

  • Imager Spots and Samples Tiny Tumors NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Feb. 8, 2008 -- The positron emission mammography/tomography breast imaging and biopsy system was designed and constructed by scientists at Jefferson Lab, West Virginia University and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The PEM/PET system is designed for detecting and guiding the biopsies of suspicious breast cancer lesions.

  • Woman Credits JLab Technology With Saving Her Life NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Jan. 30, 2008 -- When Sue Parham underwent tests prior to undergoing surgery for breast cancer, she had no idea how much her life was about to change.

  • Spin in the Neutron NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Puzzling out the source of proton and neutron spin is part of the ongoing experimental effort at Jefferson Lab to understand their structure and the structure of the nucleus of the atom.

  • A Bigger Chill An artist’s rendering of the James Webb Space Telescope. Image: NASA

  • Laser turns 50 Not yet beaming us up, lasers have still come a long way, Scotty By Michael Schwartz, Inside Business December 17, 2007