CERN

European Laboratory for Particle Physics; formerly called European Organization for Nuclear Research: an international research organization based in Geneva, Switzerland.

CERN

/ sɜːn /

acronym for

Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire; an organization of European states with a centre in Geneva for research in high-energy particle physics, now called the European Laboratory for Particle Physics

CERN

An acronym for French words meaning European Center for Nuclear Research. Supported by a consortium of European countries, CERN is an advanced scientific research institute in Geneva, Switzerland. It is one of the premier locations for particle physics research.

After the year 2007, CERN will be the location of the world's largest particle accelerator .

Origin of CERN¹

< French, for C ( onseil ) e ( uropéen pour la ) r ( echerche ) n ( ucléaire )

That boxy, black desktop, which cost CERN around $10,000 at the time, has spawned a sprawling and largely unregulated universe.

In July 2012, headlines screamed of the possible discovery of the “God particle” by scientists at CERN.

Correction: An original version of this article stated that CERN was on the east side of Geneva.

Unlike the CERN researchers I do not “sweat the small stuff”.

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