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The Hottest Light Show Around Scientists line up to try out Jefferson Lab's free-electron laser by Tom Fredrickson, Daily PressOctober 3, 1999 Newport News - It dices. It slices. It even glazes and drills. No, it's not a Ronco kitchen gadget; it's the world's most powerful free-electron laser. And scientists representing some of the largest corporations in America are lining up to try it out at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.

Laser Researcher to Speak at Museum Daily PressSeptember 11, 1999 HAMPTON - More durable plastic. Metals with corrosion resistance that surpasses what's known. Intricate "micromachining" of materials on solar-powered spacecraft. H. Fred Dylla lectured Tuesday, September 14, 1999, on applying the world's most powerful free electron laser to practical uses. The laser was developed at Jefferson Lab in Newport News.

Success at Jefferson Lab Spurs Need for More Space Newport News Wants Building as a Transition for Those Outgrowing the Incubator By Jody Snider, Burrelle'sSeptember 9, 1999 With the Applied Research Center nearly leased by high-tech companies and local colleges, the Newport News Industrial Development Authority wants to develop a smaller second building, one that will provide space for light manufacturing, lab work and research and development.

BIG FEL Grows in Power By John Wallace, Laser Focus WorldSeptember 1, 1999

A new sign on Interstate 64 points the way to CEBAF, the former name of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News. The name was changed in 1996.Adrin Snider/Daily Press New I-64 Sign Points to Times Past Exit marks 'CEBAF,' not Jefferson Lab

Powerful Tunable Laser Exceeds Design Goals DOE PulseAugust 25, 1999

U. Va. Gets $2.5 Million for Study at Jefferson Lab Daily PressAugust 8, 1999 The University of Virginia has landed a $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant to fund study by graduate students at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News.

Another Research Building Considered Near Jefferson Lab First Center Almost Full, NN Officials Say By Matt Glynn, Daily PressAugust 7, 1999 In the city's pursuit of high-paying, high-tech jobs, the Applied Research Center was designed to nurture start-up firms before they venture out on their own.

By Ann Gaudreaux, William & Mary NewsJuly 22,1999 Henry Whitehead has spent nearly 31 years repairing and assembling electronic equipment that has been an integral part of scientific and technological research in this country.

Tunable Laser Reaches Record Power Level July 20, 1999 Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) have produced record setting levels of laser power from their Free Electron Laser (FEL).

Experts at Newport News Lab Develop Powerful New Laser By John S. MacNeil, Richmond-Times DispatchJuly 18, 1999 A year after emitting its "first light," a highly focused and powerful experimental laser at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has become the world's most powerful tunable laser.

Jefferson Laser Team Meets Goal Beam Reaches Record 1,720 Watts By Alison Freehling, Daily PressJuly 17, 1999 For a few seconds, it was like a golf ball hovering on the rim of a hole without dropping. Except at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, the ball dropped.

Newport News Lab Zaps Record for Laser Power By Akweli Parker, Virginian PilotJuly 17, 1999 Researchers at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility vaporized previous records for power produced by a laser. Thursday afternoon and into the night, scientists slowly cranked up the power to Jefferson Lab's free-electron laser and blew away even their own estimates of its capabilities.

JLab Preps for Quark Search Virginia Business ObserverJuly 5, 1999 Jefferson Lab is installing one of its most elaborate pieces of research equipment ever. The device is part of a larger apparatus being made ready to take center stage when the lab's pending G Zero, or G0, experiment begins in two years from now.

Gizmos, Gadgets & Devices — Oh, My Open house unveils science of Jefferson Lab By Patrick Lee Plaisance, Daily PressJune 27, 1999 Those poor scientists. Lord knows they get the job done when it comes to expanding our universe of knowledge and moving us into the future. But ask them to explain themselves, to describe in regular language what it all means, and a thick for descends. They start muttering big, awkward words like superconductivity and terabytes.

Exhibit: High-Energy Lab Tours for Kids By Matt Elofson, Daily PressJune 25, 1999

Jefferson Lab Laser Breakthrough Opens Way for Navy Funding Daily PressTuesday, June 22, 1999 The powerful laser in development at Jefferson Laboratory in Newport News is not "Star Wars" technology, in either the Ronald Reagan or the George Lucas sense. It's more realistic than both the 1980s missile-defense fantasy and the 1990s (and '70s) Jedi space fantasy.

Jefferson Lab Plans Open House Saturday, Newport News Daily PressTuesday, June 22, 1999 The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will hold an open house Saturday to let people take a look at a number of its experiments. The lab will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visitors will be able to see the electron beam accelerator and other experiments that researchers are using to study subatomic particles.

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Jefferson Lab Silences Critics, Earns New Backing for Laser By David Lerman, Washington BureauSunday, June 13, 1999 Two years after pulling out of the project, the Navy is ready to pump new money into a powerful laser developed in Newport News that officials say could play a valuable role in missile defense.