Bolivia campaigns to have the world's highest laboratory declared a heritage site

Bolivia has launched a campaign to declare the Chacaltaya Cosmic Physics Laboratory, recognized as the highest laboratory in the world, as a heritage site. The initiative is driven by the facility's significant global scientific contributions, notably the confirmation in 1947 of the existence of a subatomic particle originally discovered in 1935.

The push aims to officially protect and recognize the historical and scientific importance of the site, located in Chacaltaya, Bolivia. News of the campaign was reported on October 18.