Postgraduate Research in Astronomy

Professor Michael Burton describes how millimetre and infrared telescopes are being used to study the way stars are born in molecular clouds in our Galaxy. For information on Physics: www.phys.unsw.edu.au
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Ion channels: functional expression and therapeutic potential in cancer Colloquium on Ion Channels and Cancer Scott P. Fraser1 & Luis A. Pardo2 Neuroscience Solutions to Cancer Research Group, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK Abteilung Molekulare Biologie Neuronaler Signale, Max-Planck-Institut für Experimentelle Medizin, Hermann-Rein-Strasse 3, 37075 Göttingen, Germany Björn Nordenström has utilized concepts in physics, mathematics, chemistry, physiology and immunology; combined with a massive amount of experimentation; to describe a system of continuous energy circulation and circulating electrical currents in living systems. Living cells consist of ions, charged molecules, membranes and organelles, which are responsive to electrical fields and currents and sometimes even generate electrical activity. When a non-uniform electric field is generated near living cells, polar molecules will move towards the higher field intensity. When an altering current is generated the molecules stay in place, their reaction being only vibration. However, in dividing cells the altering field causes the molecules to move towards the furrow, which is the narrow place between the two daughter cells. Using this principle the scientists had a way to tell apart normal cells from dividing cells, which are normally cancerous cells. Biologically Closed Electric Circuits, Björn EW Nordenström, MD, (Nordic Medical Publications, Arsenalsgatan 4, S ...