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FILE - Fabiola Gianotti, left, Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), and French President Emmanuel Macron, front, visit the ATLAS experiment, at the CERN (the European particle physics laboratory), in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, Pool, File)

FILE - Fabiola Gianotti, left, Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), and French President Emmanuel Macron, front, visit the ATLAS experiment, at the CERN (the European particle physics laboratory), in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, Pool, File)

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks on the occasion of the celebration of CERN's 70th anniversary, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks on the occasion of the celebration of CERN's 70th anniversary, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

FILE - A guest is reflected in an installation of an exhibition on the occasion of the inauguration ceremony of the Science Gateway Museum, at the the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, FILE)

FILE - A guest is reflected in an installation of an exhibition on the occasion of the inauguration ceremony of the Science Gateway Museum, at the the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, FILE)

Princess of Belgium Astrid, left, Fabiola Gianotti, centre, Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, look at a screen on the occasion of the celebration of CERN's 70th anniversary, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Princess of Belgium Astrid, left, Fabiola Gianotti, centre, Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, look at a screen on the occasion of the celebration of CERN's 70th anniversary, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

FILE - A view of the Science Gateway Museum on the occasion of its inauguration ceremony, at the the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

FILE - A view of the Science Gateway Museum on the occasion of its inauguration ceremony, at the the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

Heads of states and members of the delegations pose for a family photo on the occasion of the celebration of CERN's 70th anniversary, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Heads of states and members of the delegations pose for a family photo on the occasion of the celebration of CERN's 70th anniversary, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

FILE - The scale model of the Science Gateway project of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, in Meyrin, Switzerland, Monday, April 8, 2019. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

FILE - The scale model of the Science Gateway project of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, in Meyrin, Switzerland, Monday, April 8, 2019. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Fabiola Gianotti, Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), addresses her statement on occasion of the celebration of CERN's 70th anniversary, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Fabiola Gianotti, Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), addresses her statement on occasion of the celebration of CERN's 70th anniversary, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)