Cern.ch - European Laboratory for Particle Physics

It’s a strange thing that happens over and over the internet: sites for super complex and hi-tech research groups and centers have the most shabby-looking sites. Happily, Cern.ch is not one of them: their site has a sleek, nice outlook and is functional, which means that by taking a look around you can learn what these guys are doing to understand how the universe works. The site is written in a very user-friendly tone, so that the most science-illiterate audience can easily grasp what the laboratory does, and includes a glossary of scientific terms which will definitely be of great use for science students and teachers of the most basic levels, as it explains the most sophisticated elements of nuclear physics in very simplified terms. For more advanced audiences, the research area will be of use, as you can visit the websites for each project and read excerpts from the conclusions of the studies. If you are still curious about anything in particular (pun intended), you can always go on and ‘Ask the Expert’, which in nothing but a contact form, only the guy answering your question will be a top scientist on one of the most important laboratories in the world. Cern.ch hosts a multimedia gallery (videos and photos), where you can take a look at what a graph simulation of a black hole looks like, view documentaries on physics, and meet the researchers behind it all.