C E R N
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (originally: Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire), commonly known as CERN, is the world's largest particle physics laboratory, situated in Geneva on the border between France and Switzerland.
The convention establishing CERN was signed on 29 September 1954. From the original 12 signatories of the CERN convention, membership has grown to the present 20 member states.
Its main function is to provide the particle accelerators and other infrastructure needed for high-energy physics research. Numerous experiments have been constructed at CERN by international collaborations to make use of them.
CERN currently has approximately 2600 full-time employees. Some 8000 scientists and engineers (representing 500 universities and 80 nationalities), about half of the world's particle physics community, work on experiments conducted at CERN.
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