CERN

European particle physics research centre

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, also called European Laboratory for Particle Physics, known as CERN (French pronunciation: [sɛʁn]; Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, it is based in Meyrin, a western suburb of Geneva, on the France–Switzerland border. It comprises 25 member states.

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