Carlo Rubbia became the director-general of which institute in 1989?
Harvard Physics Department
CERN
European Space Agency
MIT physics lab
Answer
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, appointed Carlo Rubbia as its director-general in 1989. Under his leadership, CERN made significant strides in advancing particle physics research, notably the construction and operation of the Large Electron–Positron Collider (LEP), which played a crucial role in confirming the Standard Model of particle physics.
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