CERN
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is an intergovernmental organization based in Meyrin, near Geneva. It was founded in 1954 and operates the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It has 25 member states.
Key facts
- convention ratified
- 29 September 1954source
- headquarters
- Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerlandsource
- staff (2024)
- 2,704 scientific, technical, and administrative staff memberssource
- Large Hadron Collider first start-up
- 10 September 2008source
- Director-General
- Mark Thomson, appointed director-general on 1 January 2026source
WYDE coverage of CERN
WYDE Newsroom has published 2 articles about CERN, from Jun 30, 2026 to Oct 24, 2026. CERN is the subject of 2 stories. The most recent is Marathon Fusion Says Its Neutrons Can Make Medical Isotopes and Gold at 10x CERN Rate.
Marathon Fusion Says Its Neutrons Can Make Medical Isotopes and Gold at 10x CERN Rate
Marathon Fusion said its fusion neutrons can make medical isotopes for targeted cancer therapy and turned mercury into gold, beating CERN's record by a factor of 10.
Oct 24, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story
InnovationCERN Shuts Down the Large Hadron Collider to Prepare Its High-Luminosity Upgrade
The LHC stopped colliding protons on June 29 and entered Long Shutdown 3, clearing the way for the High-Luminosity LHC, which aims for up to 10 times the collision rate when it starts in 2030.
Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Reported alongside CERN
- Marathon Fusion · in 1 story with CERN
- Adam Rutkowski · in 1 story with CERN
- Jason Parisi · in 1 story with CERN
- Kyle Schiller · in 1 story with CERN
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