Navy Will Open Supercomputer Facility for Outside Uses
By Dave Mayfield, The Virginian-PilotMarch 18, 2000
VIRGINIA BEACH -- Four years ago, a handful of local visionaries set a goal of building in Hampton Roads a network of supercomputers. Their aim: Pool the high-powered electronic resources of military, academic and business users to develop new products and services and, hopefully, add some jobs to the region's growing high-tech sector.
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Mar 2000
- The CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer in Hall B at the Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, Virginia, provides a new view of the basic building blocks of matter.
- Free-Electron Laser Passes 1-kW Goal Burrelle'sMarch 2000
Jan 2000
- A New Laser For War and Peace By James Schultz, SPACE.com You've seen it all before: intense beams of energy lancing out from attacking spacecraft, piercing tough, armored plating. There's an explosion or two, maybe three. Soon, even the generators that produce protective force fields will fail. The defending vessel will detonate in a thunderous blossom of metals and fuel.
- Lucifer's Legacy: The Meaning of Asymmetry By Frank CloseRutherford Appleton Lab JLab PAC Member
- New Argonne Director Tours the Advanced Photon Source (APS)
- Quark Science Powers FEL By James Schultz, SPACE.com
Dec 1999
- HAPPEX Probes 'sea' of Nucleon Strangeness CERN CourierDecember, 1999 The proton is not strange. This is the conclusion drawn from the initial results of an experiment at the Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, Virginia, which cast new light on the deep interior of nuclear particles.
- Novel X-rays Detected at Jefferson CERN CourierDecember, 1999
Nov 1999
- At the Frontier / Lab's Electron Beam Also Aimed at Industrial Uses By Earl Lane, Washington BureauNovember 16, 1999 While the Jefferson Lab was built as a place for basic research on the atom's core, it already has been returning some more practical dividends.
- The Virginia laboratory's Experiment Hall A, which houses two identical spectrometers, is where scientists will use an electron beam to probe the nature of atomic subunits called quarks.
Oct 1999
- A Needle Biopsy Alternative Riverside to Test Small Camera that Points Out Growths in Breast By Alison Freehling, Daily PressMonday, October 25, 1999 The camera at the Riverside Diagnostic and Breast Imaging Center is tiny, compared to older equipment that doctors use to search for cancer. It's about the size of a pint of milk, instead of a 25-inch television.
- Science Finds God Physicists Debate Whether Universe was Created by an 'Intelligent Designer' By Dave Schleck, Daily PressSaturday, October 23, 1999 Scientists gathered at Jefferson Lab last month to talk about one of the most provocative arguments in the world of physics.
- We Must Fund The Scientific Revolution By Newt Gingrich, Washington PostMonday, October 18, 1999 The highest investment priority in Washington should be to double the federal budget for scientific research. No other federal expenditure would create more jobs and wealth or do more to strengthen our world leadership, protect the environment and promote better health and education for all Americans. For the security of our future, we must make this investment now.
- Task Force Aims to Guard Federal Funds State Focuses on Research By Matt Glynn, Daily PressThursday, October 14, 1999 State economic-development officials see the federally financed research and development facilities in Virginia as key tools for economic growth, and they're taking new steps to protect and promote them.
- Jefferson Lab Getting $10 Million for Laser House-Senate Committee Awards Money for Defense By David Lerman, Washington Bureau Wednesday, October 13, 1999 A Newport News physics laboratory has won $10 million to upgrade a powerful laser that could be used for missile defense.
- Facts and Figures About Lab's Free-Electron Laser Daily PressOctober 3, 1999 Q: Why is 1 kilowatt of free-electron laser light, or 1,000 watts, so much more powerful than 10 100-watt light bulbs?
- 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.
Sep 1999
- 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.