 Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particles Physics

The Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (LIP) ("LIP - Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas") is a state-run Portuguese research laboratory created in 1986 under the sponsorship of the National Foundation for Science (FCT) of the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education.LIP has three main centers of activity, one in Lisbon, one in Coimbra and one in Braga.