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CERN Physicists Observe Production of Weak Boson Triplets • Feb. 28, 2025, 5:23 AM ET (Sci.News)
Republic may become member of European research centre Cern ‘early in 2026’ • Feb. 19, 2025, 4:29 AM ET (Irish Times)

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Also Known As Organisation Européene pour la Recherche Nucléaire • European Organization for Nuclear Research • Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
Date 1954 - present
Headquarters Geneva
Areas Of Involvement subatomic particle • particle accelerator • Large Hadron Collider • particle physics • proton synchrotron • Large Electron-Positron collider • Super Proton Synchrotron • Intersecting Storage Rings • scientific research
Related People Werner Heisenberg • Tim Berners-Lee • Carlo Rubbia • Isidor Isaac Rabi • Georges Charpak • Simon van der Meer • Felix Bloch • Jack Steinberger

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