The Evil European

Science can be expensive, physics in particular. The hunt for the very small requires BIG money. From the 1950s countries have worked together within a wide range of scientific fields on a huge number of projects. However, I would have to say that CERN stands out.

CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (originally Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire), has been doing big science on the very small for over 50 years. Located across the Franco-Swiss border, CERN provides high energy physics facilities for a wide range of countries, not just in Europe. CERN is also the birth place of the World Wide Web.

Anyway, the next big project, the Large Hadron Collider is being put in place. National Geographic has an interesting article, 'The God Particle' on the site and some stunning pictures of inside the site. There is something 'not of this world' about the massive high powered magnets and particle detectors.

Aside from the very cool research going on into the very nature of existence, it is a shinning example of what can be achieved when we humans work together.