CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research
"Welcome to the public website of CERN,
the world's largest particle physics laboratory"
http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Welcome.html
CERN in a nutshell
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the
world’s
largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Its business
is
fundamental physics, finding out what the Universe is made of and how it
works. At CERN, the world’s largest and most complex scientific
instruments
are used to study the basic constituents of matter — the fundamental
particles. By studying what happens when these particles collide,
physicists
learn about the laws of Nature.
The instruments used at CERN are particle accelerators and detectors.
Accelerators boost beams of particles to high energies before they are
made
to collide with each other or with stationary targets. Detectors observe
and
record the results of these collisions.
Founded in 1954, the CERN Laboratory sits astride the Franco–Swiss border
near Geneva. It was one of Europe’s first joint ventures and now has 20
Member States.
Editorial comment:
Uh, guys. E doesn't equal MC2
