1. Large Hadron Collider (LHC): The world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator located in Switzerland and France, operated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), with collaborations from over 100 countries.
2. Human Genome Project (HGP): A collaborative project between the US, UK, Japan, France, Germany, and China, that determined the complete sequence of human DNA.
3. International Space Station (ISS): A joint project between the US, Russia, Canada, Europe, and Japan that involves a continuously inhabited space habitat in low Earth orbit for scientific research.
4. Square Kilometer Array (SKA): A multinational radio telescope project, spanning over 3 continents, that will be the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope.
5. ITER: International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, an ongoing collaboration between 35 countries to build the world’s largest nuclear fusion reactor in France.
6. Mars Science Laboratory (MSL): A joint mission between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) to explore and study the planet Mars.
7. International Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO): A collaboration between the US, Germany, and the UK, that led to the first direct observation of gravitational waves.
8. International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP): A multinational research collaboration involving over 20 countries that seeks to better understand the Earth’s history and evolution through the study of marine sediments.
9. Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI): A collaboration between multiple organizations and governments to eradicate polio worldwide.
10. Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST): An international initiative involving institutions from Europe, North and South America, and Asia, to build a telescope that will survey the entire sky every few days, enabling studies of a wide range of astronomical phenomena.
