GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) is a research institution with the status of an international organisation, and its headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland. CERN was founded in 1954 and today it has 22 member states.

Detailed explanation-2: -CERN is located at Meyrin, in the canton of Geneva on the border of France and Switzerland. It employs almost 3, 200 people from 21 member states, all European with the exception of Israel.

Detailed explanation-3: -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 22 member states.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the most powerful particle accelerator ever built. The accelerator sits in a tunnel 100 metres underground at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, on the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland.

Detailed explanation-5: -CERN is a research institute near Geneva, Switzerland. The full name is Organisation Européene pour la Recherche Nucléaire (European Organization for Nuclear Research). The letters “CERN” are left over from the older Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (European Council for Nuclear Research).