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CERN in 3 minutes

The European Organization for Nuclear Research known as CERN is the world’s largest particle physics laboratory. CERN is located in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco-Swiss border. It was established in 1954. The organization has twenty European member states, and is currently the workplace of approximately 2,600 full-time employees, plus some 7,931 scientists and engineers (representing 500 universities and 80 nationalities).

CERN’s main function is to provide the particle accelerators and other infrastructure needed for high-energy physics research.