CERN stands for the European Organization for Nuclear Research. The organization focuses on research into the universe's most fundamental constituent elements. This organization was established in 1954. Its purpose was to unite Europe around science. It is the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Moreover, in addition to having 23 different Member States, it invites scientists from over 100 countries to come and collaborate. It answers big questions about matter and the Big Bang. A great achievement by this organization was the discovery of the Higgs boson. It exemplifies the fact that people of different countries can work together for the welfare of humanity. Lastly, the tools developed here serve society. CERN is where the World Wide Web was born, and its sensors are now used in hospitals for medical imaging. The well-known Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, is nothing but the last link of a detailed chain. Devices like the Proton Synchrotron are much smaller, where the particles originally emanate. Before entering the LHC, they go through a succession of accelerators in which their speed increases with every turn. Not every experiment takes place in LHC. The Antimatter Factory produces and studies antimatter, while other places study nuclear physics and rare isotopes.
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Prepared by Atufa, Educational Content Writer (Physics), Team MacroEdTech.
