| CERN - Europe Story1 #722803 CERN, French abbreviation for European Council for Nuclear Research, is the largest laboratory in high-energy physics in the world. Founded in 1954 close to the city of Geneva, Switzerland, it now includes 23 member states that contribute to its budget and decide on its scientific strategy and activities. Over ten thousand scientists, active in hundred collaborating states, design, build and run experiments, most notably the LHC programme. |
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