CERN / Founded
September 29, 1954
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24 November 1959.
Why was CERN established?
CERN's origins can be traced to the 1940s
A small number of visionary scientists in Europe and North America identified the need for Europe to have a world-class physics research facility.
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CERN was officially established on September 29, 1954, when enough member states ratified the convention, dissolving the provisional council and forming the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
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However, the first shovel for the laboratory was dug on May 17, 1954, and the first accelerator, the Synchrocyclotron, started up in May 1957.
- Official establishment: The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) was formally created on September 29, 1954, when enough Member States ratified the convention.
- First construction: Groundbreaking for the laboratory site took place on May 17, 1954.
- First accelerator: CERN's first accelerator, the Synchrocyclotron, began operation in May 1957.
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Established in 1954, it is based in Meyrin, a western suburb of Geneva, on the France–Switzerland border. It comprises 24 member states. Israel, admitted in ...
Founded in 1954, the CERN laboratory sits astride the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva. It was one of Europe's first joint ventures and now has 25 member states.
Since CERN began in 1954, we have made many significant breakthroughs, both in particle physics (such as our early discovery of neutral currents) and ...
On 29 September 1954, following ratification by France and Germany, the European Organization for Nuclear Research officially came into being. The provisional ...
Sep 30, 2025 · Founded in 1954, the organization maintains its headquarters near Geneva and operates expressly for research of a “pure scientific and ...
On 29 September 1954 the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)1 was created when sufficient ratifications of the Convention establishing CERN ...
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