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 recent advances have shown that parts coated with a  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 October of 2022, Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, 35, col 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 in a controlled purchase conducted by the Bureau  more PR