Wat (wie) is CERN - definitie
.jpg?width=200 "CERN building 40 at the Meyrin site.")
![[[The Globe of Science and Innovation]] at CERN](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CERN Globe of Science and Innovation.jpg?width=200 "[[The Globe of Science and Innovation]] at CERN")
![Map of the [[Large Hadron Collider]] together with the [[Super Proton Synchrotron]] at CERN](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Location Large Hadron Collider.PNG?width=200 "Map of the [[Large Hadron Collider]] together with the [[Super Proton Synchrotron]] at CERN")
![The statue of [[Shiva]] engaging in the [[Nataraja]] dance (symbolizing his cosmic dance of creation and destruction) presented by the [[Department of Atomic Energy]] of [[India]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shiva's statue at CERN engaging in the Nataraja dance.jpg?width=200 "The statue of [[Shiva]] engaging in the [[Nataraja]] dance (symbolizing his cosmic dance of creation and destruction) presented by the [[Department of Atomic Energy]] of [[India]]")
![CMS]] detector for LHC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/View inside detector at the CMS cavern LHC CERN.jpg?width=200 "CMS]] detector for LHC")
![1961 (13 members): Spain joins and [[Yugoslavia]] leaves (1954-1990 borders)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CERN1961and1983.png?width=200 "1961 (13 members): Spain joins and [[Yugoslavia]] leaves (1954-1990 borders)")
![reunified]] (post 1993 borders)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CERN1991.png?width=200 "reunified]] (post 1993 borders)")
Wikipedia
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (; French pronunciation: [sɛʁn]; Conseil européen pour la recherche nucléaire), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, it is based in a northwestern suburb of Geneva, on the France–Switzerland border. It comprises 23 member states, and Israel (admitted in 2013) is currently the only non-European country holding full membership. CERN is an official United Nations General Assembly observer.
The acronym CERN is also used to refer to the laboratory; in 2019, it had 2,660 scientific, technical, and administrative staff members, and hosted about 12,400 users from institutions in more than 70 countries. In 2016, CERN generated 49 petabytes of data.
CERN's main function is to provide the particle accelerators and other infrastructure needed for high-energy physics research — consequently, numerous experiments have been constructed at CERN through international collaborations. CERN is the site of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and highest-energy particle collider. The main site at Meyrin hosts a large computing facility, which is primarily used to store and analyze data from experiments, as well as simulate events. As researchers require remote access to these facilities, the lab has historically been a major wide area network hub. CERN is also the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
