NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Dec. 17 (TNSres) -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: * * * A prototype section of particle accelerator called a cryomodule was recently dedicated and named Gray Enid I * * * More than 30 of the world's most advanced particle accelerators for research are built on one technology: superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) technology. It's typically powered by base components made of pure niobium metal, but re more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: A federal jury convicted a Springfield man on Dec. 13 on charges relating to his efforts to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), which was designated by the United States Secretary of State as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. According to court records and evidence presented at trial, from at least October 2019 through Oc more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, Dec. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: A Norfolk man was sentenced on Dec. 13 to 10 years and 11 months in prison for distribution of Para-fluorofentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, on Dec. 28, 2023, Tramaine Waldell Riddick, 42, sold 4.4 grams of heroin and an AK47 rifle with a 30-round magazine and ammunition at his residence more PR