Read more quadrupole stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32019/quadrupole.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 16:35:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30742/earth-safe-from-mammoth-collider-report.htmlPeter Fearon<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=114797&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401011304' border='0' />Fears that experiments with a giant particle accelerator could trigger a planetary-wide cataclysm have been dismissed as science fiction by the European Organization for Nuclear Research. The 17-mile-long underground Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland will smash nuclear particles together at super high speeds. Some fear collider experiments could trigger mini...One of the end caps of the CERN Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator. http://www.newser.com/story/30742/earth-safe-from-mammoth-collider-report.htmlTue, 24 Jun 2008 04:00:00 CDT