Geneva and the nearby French department of Ain co-host the world's largest laboratory, CERN, dedicated to particle physics research. Another important research center is the Paul Scherrer Institute. Notable inventions include lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), the scanning tunneling microscope (Nobel prize) and Velcro. Some technologies enabled the exploration of new worlds such as the pressurized balloon of Auguste Piccard and the Bathyscaphe which permitted Jacques Piccard to reach the deepest point of the world's oceans. COUNT 5
QSN1 What is the world's largest laboratory? ANS1 CERN QSN2 Who co-hosts CERN along with the French department of Ain? ANS2 Geneva QSN3 What research is CERN dedicated to? ANS3 particle physics QSN4 What notable Swiss invention won the nobel prize? ANS4 scanning tunneling microscope QSN5 Who invented the pressurized balloon? ANS5 Auguste Piccard