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A Better Probe for Cancer Detection Science and Technology Highlights from the DOE National Laboratories November 2, 1998

Zapping Into the Future Reedsburg son is pushing the envelope of laser power By Andy Radtke, Reedsburg Times-PressNovember 2, 1998 Never phone a laser scientist the day before Halloween. Chances are, he's doing something nasty to a pumpkin.

New Hope for Patients By Associated Press, Philippine News (San Francisco Edition), Burrelle'sOctober 28, 1998 Newport News, Va. - Lon Slane knows the statistic: Four of every five women who have biopsies on potentially cancerous breast tissue do not have cancer. He knows some women with questionable mammograms delay treatment, advised to wait awhile to see what develops. He knows that doctors and insurers would like to find better solutions.

Strange Quarks Are Also Scarce Science and Technology Highlights from the DOE National Laboratories October 20, 1998

Slime Time: A Lesson in Science By Tom Fredrickson, Daily PressOctober 18, 1998 HAMPTON - Little hands kneaded sealed plastic bags of pink or blue slime - "Oobleck" in the making. To the quiet "crinkle-crinkle" rhythm of the children's Oobleck preparation, teacher Ann Davis filled a Jefferson Davis Middle School classroom with her warm, intimate story-telling voice.

Scientists Are Using Plasma to Improve Everything From Computers to Tools Burrelle'sSeptember 26, 1998 Dennis Manos and his researchers torture gas. They cook it, zap it with electricity and split it apart with lasers. The gas is plasma, and Manos and other researchers from Hampton Roads universities are using it to improve everything from computer chips to medical diagnostic tools to auto manufacturing.

Diagnosis Camera Jefferson Lab is about ready to test cancer detector By Alison Freehling, Daily PressSept. 20, 1998 NEWPORT NEWS - Forgive Stan Majewski if he's a little nervous. Think of it as sending a first child off to school - out into the real world. Four years ago, Majewski and his team of researchers at the Jefferson National Accelerator Facility began using research into nuclear physics to develop high-tech medical instruments.

Contract Extension Negotiated Technology ObserverSeptember 14, 1998 The U.S. Department of Energy will negotiate with Southeastern Universities Research Association Inc. (SURA) to extend the current multi-year performance-based contract for the management and operation of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News.

Merging Science, Business Center assists area firms with research By Deborah Straszheim, Daily PressSeptember 6, 1998 Newport News - Dennis Manos and his researchers torture gas. They cook it, zap it with electricity and split it apart with lasers. The gas is plasma, and Manos and other researchers from Hampton Roads universities are using it to improve everything from computer chips to medical diagnostic tools to auto manufacturing.

Virginia Should Take a Chip Off Calif. Work Force Conference Attendees Take State's Livability By Peter Dujardin, Daily PressSeptember 4, 1998 Wayne Nesbit, chief executive of White Oak Semiconductor, has visited computer-chip plants the world over. At a factory in Indonesia, workers made $2 a day. In Taiwan, managers had cots so they could get up and work during the night. And in South Korea, the government showers money on the industry.

Energy Department to Negotiate Extension of Jefferson Lab Contract September 3, 1998 Oak Ridge, TN - The U.S. Department of Energy will negotiate with Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc., to extend the current multi-year performance-based contract for the management and operation of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.

CNU Collaborates with High Technology Firms, Jefferson Lab and Research Universities in Applied Research Center September, 1998

Jefferson First Light from New Free-Electron Laser CERN Courier,September, 1998 Researchers at the Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, Virginia, have delivered first light from their Free-Electron Laser (FEL). Only 2 years after ground was broken for the new facility, on June 17, Jefferson's FEL produced 155 W of continuous-wave (cw) power at 4.9 micron wavelength. No previous FEL had exceeded 11 W.

Breast Cancer Detector to Begin Clinical Trials By Akweli Parker, Virginian-PilotAugust 29, 1998 The brick-size hunk of metal in F. Lon Slane's hands might not look too impressive, but it could one day save the health-care industry millions of dollars and countless lives. Slane is president of Dilon Technologies, a company that has been working on a better breast-cancer detector for the past three years.

Reports Spotlight Free-Electron Lasers By A.J. Hostetler, Times-DispatchAugust 20, 1998 WILLIAMSBURG -- George Neil's promise to spring for a case of fine California wine is safe for another year. The physicist at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News had promised the wine to his colleagues at an international conference in 1995. The prize would go to the team whose free electron laser put out 1 kilowatt of power for a full second.

ARC Chosen as Home for New Research Center Technology ObserverAugust 17, 1998   The Applied Research Center (ARC) on the campus of Jefferson Lab in Newport Newshas been picked as the site of The Center for Plasma and Photon Processing.

Grants Help Area Efforts Applied Research Center, CNU among high-tech beneficiaries By Peter Dujardin, Daily PressAugust 14, 1998

Kang I. Seo, associate professor at ODU, shows off a Supersonic Jet Molecular Beam System at the new research center in Newport News.

Barry DuVal and Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology Announce Selection of the Center for Plasma and Photon Processing August 11, 1998

Local Research Daily PressAugust 11, 1998 Scientists use the Jefferson Lab's electron accelerator to probe the tiniest parts of the atom. And they recently fired up, for the first time, a free-electron laser, which eventually could be used by industry to treat polyester fibers and stell surfaces. The lab employs about 500 people, has an annual operating budget of $70 million. It is operated by a consortium of universities under a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy.