CERN turns 60

CERN celebrates six decades of peaceful collaboration for science. Today, CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is blowing out 60 candles at an event attended by official delegations from 35 countries. Founded in 1954, CERN is the largest particle physics laboratory in the world and a prime example of international collaboration, bringing together scientists of almost 100 nationalities. CERN’s origins can be traced back to the late 1940s. In the aftermath of the Second World Wa...