Physics Laboratories Worldwide
Discover the world's leading research facilities advancing our understanding of physics
Laboratory Locations
CERN
Geneva, Switzerland
World's leading particle physics laboratory, home to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the most powerful particle accelerator ever built.
Fermilab
Batavia, USA
U.S. Department of Energy's particle physics laboratory conducting experiments at the forefront of high-energy physics research.
LIGO Hanford
Richland, USA
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory detecting ripples in spacetime from colliding black holes and neutron stars.
LIGO Livingston
Livingston, USA
Second LIGO detector providing independent gravitational wave observations across North America for source localization.
IceCube
South Pole, Antarctica
World's largest neutrino detector, using Antarctic ice to observe high-energy cosmic neutrinos from supernovae and black holes.
Super-Kamiokande
Kamioka, Japan
Underground water Cherenkov detector observing neutrinos from the Sun, atmospheric sources, and supernovae.
KATRIN
Karlsruhe, Germany
KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino experiment measuring the mass of the electron antineutrino with unprecedented precision.
ITER
Saint-Paul-lรจs-Durance, France
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, the world's largest fusion reactor being built to demonstrate fusion power generation.
DESY
Hamburg, Germany
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron operating multiple particle accelerators and conducting high-energy physics research.
KEK
Tsukuba, Japan
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization operating the SuperKEKB accelerator and Belle II experiment.
INFN Gran Sasso
L'Aquila, Italy
Europe's largest underground physics laboratory conducting neutrino physics, dark matter, and nuclear physics experiments.
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Sudbury, Canada
Historic underground neutrino detector that definitively proved solar neutrino oscillations, resolving the solar neutrino problem.
Max Planck Institute for Physics
Munich, Germany
Leading research institute for elementary particle physics, theoretical physics, and astroparticle physics.
Brookhaven National Lab
Upton, USA
U.S. Department of Energy laboratory operating the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and conducting nuclear physics research.
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Stanford, USA
U.S. Department of Energy laboratory operating particle accelerators and conducting particle physics and photon science research.
JINR
Dubna, Russia
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research operating multiple accelerators and conducting cutting-edge nuclear and particle physics experiments.
ESA/ESO Garching
Garching, Germany
European headquarters for space telescope operations and astronomical observations including the Hubble Space Telescope and JWST.
NASA JPL
Pasadena, USA
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory designing and managing robotic space missions and planetary science research.
Virgo
Cascina, Italy
European gravitational wave detector complementing LIGO observations for improved localization of gravitational wave sources.
Neutrino Energy Group Research Labs
Berlin, Germany
Innovative research facility developing neutrinovoltaic technology and multilayer graphene-silicon nanocomposite materials for energy conversion.