CERN

CERN is the European Laboratory for Particle Physics
International research laboratory based in Geneva
20 (European) member states
~35 non-member states (including US, China, Russia)
Physicists at CERN explore the origin of matter and the forces that work on it.
Currently the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is being constructed (operational in 2005).
The Web is CERN's best known spin-off technology.

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