CERN
Coordinates: 46°14′03″N 6°03′10″E / 46.23417°N 6.05278°E
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (French: Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire), kent as CERN (French pronunciation: [sɛʁn]; derived frae the name "Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire"), is a European research organisation that operates the lairgest pairticle pheesics laboratory in the warld. Established in 1954, the organisation is based in a northwast suburb o Geneva on the Franco–Swiss border, (46°14′3″N 6°3′19″E / 46.23417°N 6.05528°E) an haes 22 member states.[3] Israel is the anly non-European kintra granted full membership.[4]
Formation | September 29, 1954[1] |
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Heidquarters | Meyrin, Canton o Geneva, Swisserland |
Membership | |
Offeecial leids | Inglis an French |
Cooncil Preses | Sijbrand de Jong[2] |
Fabiola Gianotti | |
Wabsteid | home |
REferences
eedit- ↑ "CERN.ch". Public.web.cern.ch. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ↑ "Professor Sijbrand de Jong elected as next President of CERN Council". CERN press office. CERN. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 18 Januar 2016.
- ↑ "Member States". International relations. CERN. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ↑ CERN to admit Israel as first new member state since 1999