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For the Free Radical Centre, National Science Week 2009 was all of those things and more. This year it has been a pleasure to work with both new comers to outreach and old hands, and what fun we have...

Although most people are aware that there are thousands of different pharmaceuticals on the market, people are less familiar with what is required to develop them. Multidisciplinary teams within the A...

Sophisticated computer simulations performed by the University of Sydney node of the Free Radical Centre are adding powerful insight into how a particular class of enzymes catalyse reactions.   ...

The Centre’s new generation of nitroxide fluorescent probes are set to re-enforce the dangers of smoking cigarettes. Visual demonstrations using these probes will show the presence of free radic...

Next summer when you apply sunscreen, don't forget to wash it off your hands or else you run the risk of tarnishing the paintwork on your car, notes Dr Philip Barker of BlueScope Steel Research and Pa...

Australian chemists are underpinning new advancements in drug therapies by synthesising naturally occurring compounds in the laboratory using free radicals.   At the ARC Centre of Excellence fo...

Chemistry and art have combined on a number of levels through Centre activities, demonstrating that chemists are creative people. Environmental free radicals damage many materials. It has long been a ...

Air quality and the effects of atmospheric pollution are of concern to us all. Recent studies have shown that there is a link between atmospheric pollution and increases in respiratory ailments, such ...

Detecting radicals in cells is a challenge because of the short lifetime of most of the free radicals involved. Centre scientists are working to overcome this by creating special dye molecules that em...

A multi-disciplinary team from ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology are using radical technology to develop the next generation of blood pressure pharmaceuticals. SART...

Bun Chan and Leo Radom, members of the University of Sydney node of the Centre, working in collaboration with a group led by Professor Steven Kass at the University of Minnesota, have discovered the m...

Free radicals are everywhere, causing ageing related illnesses in people, the deterioration of plastics, the fading of paint in houses, the degradation of works of art, and can contribute to heart att...