With the end of 2008 arriving quickly, Episode 39 looks to the future and looks to the stars. Visions goes behind the scenes at the launch of one of the world's biggest scientific experiments, the Large Hadron Collider. We also chat to a researcher who has investigated UFO sightings.
Recreating the Big Bang:
With the world watching, one of the biggest scientific experiments, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), at the CERN laboratories in Geneva Switzerland was switched on for the first time on 10 Sept 2008.
The LHC is an underground accelerator developed to recreate the exact events of the beginning of the universe. Scientists aim to study the collision of particles accelerated around the LHC, to understand how matter and the universe were formed.
The University of Melbourne is one of only two Australian universities to be involved in the project.
For more information go to:
http://epp.ph.unimelb.edu.au/twiki/bin/view/EPP/WebHome and http://public.web.cern.ch/public/
Dr Who?:
A researcher who investigated the mysterious world of UFO sightings, ufology and ufologists has been awarded a PhD by the University of Melbourne.
The figure of 4 million Americans believing they have been abducted by aliens is sourced from the 1991 Roper Poll, "UFOs & Etraterrestrial Life Americans' Beliefs and Personal Experiences".
For more information go to:
http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/ and
http://www.gradstudies.unimelb.edu.au/
A note on Visions release dates: Visions will remain monthly until the end of this year, before switching back to fortnightly from January. Thank you viewers for your patience as we revamp our schedule!
Recreating the Big Bang:
Produced by Rebecca Scott
Edited by Rob Cross
Camera by Clive Banfield
With thanks to all those involved from the School of Physics: Prof Geoffrey Taylor,
Dr Roger Rassool, Dr Elisabetta Barberio, Dr Uli Felzmann, Nadia Davidson, Will Davey, Anthony Morley, Joanne Kuluveovski, Assoc/Prof Martin Sevior, Tony Shao and Anna Phan.
Thanks also to Professor Alan Clark (University of Geneva), Martin Bush (Melbourne Museum) and the students from Lavalla Catholic College, Victoria.
Vision and animation from CERN laboratories, Geneva Switzerland
Dr Who?:
Produced by Janine Sim-Jones
Camera by Clive Banfield
Editing by Rob Cross
Special thanks to Alexandra Oke, Graduations Officer; Joanne Kuluveovski and Adrian Melchiori, School of Physics; Aileen Chua, School of Behavioural Science and James Molesworth from the Victorian UFO Research Society for their assistance in producing this video and the accompanying media launch.