The Science Town
During the latter half of the 1950s, the first Italian accelerator was developed in Frascati by INFN, and the INFN still has its high energy physics laboratory in the town. Frascati now also hosts the following laboratories:
- Earth Observation missions of the European Space Agency are based in ESRIN in Frascati.
- Research facilities of ENEA are on the INFN site.
- The Spaceguard Foundation is based here.
- The Frascati Tokamak Upgrade is based here.
The OECD's Frascati Manual, a methodology for research and development statistics, originated from a meeting at the Villa Falconieri in June 1963.
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