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In quark world, a strange discovery Byron Spice, Pittsburgh Post-GazetteJune 27, 2005 Like a grocery shopper peering at a jar of spaghetti sauce in search of flecks of basil, physicists have taken a long look at the proton and have found an extra, if long-suspected, ingredient inside.

Study of 'strange quarks' reveals their importance Jefferson Lab scientists study one flavor of subatomic particles that appear in a fraction of a second. Dave Schleck, Daily PressJune 18, 2005 Scientists at Jefferson Lab in Newport News announced Friday that ghostly subatomic particles called "strange quarks" contribute to a proton's electric and magnetic fields. Why should you care?

New technology, more oversight may improve breast cancer detection Robert Frederick, Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsJune 6, 2005

Jefferson Lab fabricated and tests a single cell accelerating cavity By Staff Writers, M&C Science & NatureMay 31, 2005

Gimme five? Try take five, scientists find Va. team and others must keep looking for subatomic pentaquark A.J. Hostetler, Times-DispatchMay 26, 2005 The elusive subatomic particle called the pentaquark is up for grabs again.

PAC meeting draws eyes of the world to OR, SNS Ellen Rogers, Oak Ridge StaffMay 19, 2005 The Particle Accelerator Conference, hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Spallation Neutron Source and Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, has attracted nearly 1,400 scientists from over the world to Knoxville this week.

This single cell cavity was made from a single crystal of niobium. Made in the same shape as the low-loss design proposed as an improvement to the baseline for the International Linear Collider (ILC), this cavity performs much better than the ILC design goal.

W&M Professor, Students Help Catch Neutrinos Dave Schleck, Daily PressMay 8, 2005 Local researchers are part of an international effort to understand ghostly particles that might explain why the universe includes planets and matter, instead of a volatile mix of destructive gases. You might have heard of subatomic particles called protons, which have a positive charge, and electrons, which have a negative charge.