Switzerland: CERN, A Peak Below Ground at the ATLAS and CMS Detectors

The ATLAS detector. (Photo credit CERN https://home.cern/resources/image/experiments/atlas-images-gallery)

Located on the outskirts of Geneva Switzerland is the headquarters for the European Organization for Nuclear Research.  The organization is more commonly known as CERN, derived from the French “Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire”.