ABOUT CERN-European Organization for Nuclear Research

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world%u2019s largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the Universe is made of and how it works. At CERN, the world%u2019s largest and most complex scientific instruments are used to study the basic constituents of matter %u2014 the fundamental particles. By studying what happens when these particles collide, physicists learn about the laws of Nature.