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๐Ÿ”ฌ CERN

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๐Ÿ”ฌ CERN
European Organization for Nuclear Research


🕐 2 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 20:35
๐Ÿ“‹ Fast Facts
  • Founded in 1954 as an intergovernmental organization for nuclear research
  • Located on the Franceโ€“Switzerland border near Geneva
  • Home to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest particle accelerator
  • Birthplace of the World Wide Web, invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is a multinational scientific research facility located on the Franco-Swiss border ...

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