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Scientists Help Teachers With Their Math and Science By Sean Cavanagh, EdWeek.org November 16, 2007 Imagine a classroom filled with thousands of feet of cable and a pair of microscopes four stories high. Students work alongside top-tier scientists, who use the surrounding instruments to probe nuclear matter in the hope of one day producing breakthroughs in science and technology.

Bush signs defense bill with aircraft carrier, sub funding By DAVID LERMAN, Daily Press November 13, 2007 WASHINGTON - President Bush signed a defense spending bill Tuesday that includes money for the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier construction in Newport News and advance funding aimed at speeding up submarine construction. The annual defense appropriations bill, which totals about $460 billion, includes about $2.8 billion for the Ford carrier, as Bush first requested in February.

Germ-Killing or Germ-Attracting? By Patrick Lynch, Daily Press September 30, 2007 You can't always get what you want. A material designed to be anti-microbial and kill germs actually hosts the little suckers quite amenably once the fabric gets out of the lab and into the real world, a Jefferson Lab scientist has found.

Their best defense is good fiscal sense Top Guard Security finds it can be a good idea to say, "Thanks, but no thanks," to some would-be clients. By P. Dujardin, Daily Press July 10, 2007 HAMPTON — Not all customers are created equal. And sometimes, for the good of the company, it's good to turn down some of them - or even to get rid of some existing ones. So says Chris Stuart, operations manager at Top Guard Security, a Hampton-based security firm.

At science, he's a natural Retiring J-Lab leader discusses red tape and the pursuit of knowledge By Michael Schwartz, Inside Business June 25, 2007 As he prepared to be photographed, Christoph Leemann admitted he's not naturally photogenic as far as posed smiling goes. And as director of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, better known in Hampton Roads as the Jefferson Lab, Leemann is not used to interviews in which his career and opinions are the focus of discussion.

Jeff Lab director plans retirement Christoph Leemann, who has managed the federal site since 2001, will work until his successor is announced. By PLYNCH, Daily Press March 16, 2007 NEWPORT NEWS -- The director of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is stepping down as head of the advanced research center on Jefferson Avenue.

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'We want to be friend to U.S.' By Samieh Shalash, Daily Press February 29, 2008

Researchers work in the control room for the free electron laser at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facilty in Newport News. Researchers can "tune" the laser to different wavelengths or color of light. Steve Earley/The Virginian-Pilot

The Geant4 workshop that was held at Jefferson Lab in May was well attended by professionals and students from nuclear and high-energy physics, as well as from industry and healthcare.

Jefferson Lab laser sets power record By Andrew Petkofsky, Richmond Times-Dispatch November 12, 2006 The U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility says it has made the world's most powerful tunable laser even more powerful.

Free-electron laser shines at over 14 kilowatts in the infrared Innovations Report November 10, 2006

Goal: To make Hampton Roads a center for the cutting edge By Jon Glass, The Virginian-Pilot November 10, 2006 NORFOLK — Technology business leaders and educators across the region aim to forge closer alliances to strengthen Hampton Roads' reputation as a high-tech hub.

U.S. scientists set laser record United Press International - Science Daily November 9, 2006 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — U.S. physicists have broken another record using the world's most powerful, tunable laser — the Free-Electron Laser. The researchers at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, Va., report producing a 14.2 kilowatt beam of laser light at an infrared wavelength of 1.61 microns on Oct. 30.

Free Electron Laser exceeds 14 kW in the infrared Laser Focus World November 9, 2006 Newport News, VA — The Free-Electron Laser (FEL), located at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab), produced a 14.2 kilowatt (kW) beam of laser light at an infrared wavelength of 1.61 microns on October 30.