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The 2024 list of The World's 50 Best Restaurants has just been released, and the experimental Barcelona-based restaurant Disfrutar takes first place.

Dark chocolate can sometimes contain traces of cadmium and lead, but a study finds that consuming an ounce per day poses no risk for adults.

Pineapple aroma is one of the most important sensory quality traits that influences consumer purchasing patterns. Reported in this paper is a high thr…

The swirl of milk and espresso—a small storm in your mug—doesn't impact the dynamics of the milk proteins, according to research published in ACS Food Science & Technology.

Car tires contain hundreds of chemical additives that can leach out of them. This is how they end up in crops and subsequently in the food chain. Researchers at the Center for Microbiology and Env ...

Ian Sample hears from the Observer science and environment editor, Robin McKie, and from Glenn Stone, a research professor of environmental science at Sweet Briar College in Virginia who is also an anthropologist who has studied golden rice, about why it has taken so long for this potentially life-saving technology to reach the fields, if it is the silver bullet so many had hoped for, and whether this ban is really the end of the story

Wilderton Spirits isn’t trying to make an alcohol dupe. They’re doing something completely different—one botanical at a time.

Efforts to curb the amount of sodium we eat have mostly failed, so governments must now try a new strategy: adding potassium to table salt

Is the quest for the perfect top notes responsible for some of the world's most influential scientific discoveries? A new article in the journal Isis argues that fragrance research has stimulated scientific ...

Fully refrigerated food supply chains worldwide could eliminate nearly half of global food waste, or about 620 million metric tons.

Many microbes and cells are in deep sleep, waiting for the right moment to activate. Biologists discovered a widespread protein that abruptly shuts down a cell’s activity — and turns it back on just as fast.

From herbs that have gone extinct to seasonings are still popular in other parts of the world, here are spices that are underutilized in the U.S.

There's no shortage of ways to get your coffee fix, even in the most extreme locations. There's also no shortage of startups and inventors coming up with more, often unusual ways, to serve it. Arriving this month is yet another option aimed specifically at climbers, backpackers and all-around outdoor adventurers. Called No Normal, the new coffee style takes the form of a tube of dissolvable paste that can be mixed with water in a cup, spread onto breakfast pastries or simply gobbled straight out of the tube. It's one of the fastest, easiest ways to get a morning dose of caffeine before pushing off farther into the wild (or urban jungle).

Nasal xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes (XMEs) are important for the sense of smell because they influence odorant availability and quality. Since the major part of the human nasal cavity is lined by a respiratory mucosa, we hypothesized that this tissue contributed to nasal odorant metabolism through XME activity. Thus, we built human respiratory tissue models and characterized the XME profiles using single-cell RNA sequencing. We focused on the XMEs dicarbonyl and l-xylulose reductase, aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) 1A1, and ALDH3A1, which play a role in food odorant metabolism. We demonstrated protein abundance and localization in the tissue models and showed the metabolic activity of the corresponding enzyme families by exposing the models to the odorants 3,4-hexandione and benzaldehyde. Using gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry, we observed, for example, a significantly higher formation of the corresponding metabolites 4-hydroxy-3-hexanone (39.03 ± 1.5%, p = 0.0022), benzyl alcohol (10.05 ± 0.88%, p = 0.0008), and benzoic acid (8.49 ± 0.57%, p = 0.0004) in odorant-treated tissue models compared to untreated controls (0 ± 0, 0.12 ± 0.12, and 0.18 ± 0.18%, respectively). This is the first study that reveals the XME profile of tissue-engineered human respiratory mucosa models and demonstrates their suitability to study nasal odorant metabolism.

It's no secret that stress can have a negative effect on the human body. However, a new study is revealing just how dangerous stress can be for the human brain.

What does "equals" mean? For mathematicians, this simple question has more than one answer, which is causing issues when it comes to using computers to check proofs. The solution might be to tear up the foundations of maths

How has chemistry changed in the last two decades?

Some 2,700-year-old cookware was found with microscopic evidence of meals prepared long ago.

New study shows it's even worse than we thought.

Herein, we investigated the potential of REIMS analysis for classifying muscle composition and meat sensory quality. The study utilized 116 samples fr…

The most common food allergens among children are milk, eggs, and peanuts. Read to learn more. For people who have food allergies, their immune system could react to some food proteins like they are pathogens that are harmful.

Coca-Cola has solidified its status as the world’s most chosen FMCG brand with a staggering global reach. But other beverages have also seen standout performances this year...

Hiding in plain sight!

Regulating chemicals one-by-one has allowed the tobacco industry to skirt menthol bans by creating new additives with similar effects but unclear safety profiles

Science has a need to verify results, but DeepMind’s protein prediction tool doesn’t work this way.

Salted caramel and vanilla ice cream are a beloved pair, but how did this delicious dessert flavor combination come about? Its history began with a chocolatier.

Ali Baddou reçoit Hirac Gurden, directeur de recherche en neurosciences au CNRS, spécialiste de l’étude des sens et particulièrement de l'odorat et auteur de “Sentir. Comment les odeurs agissent sur notre cerveau” aux éditions les Arènes.

Is there anything as American as a cold glass of milk? Probably not. But how did the association with milk at the dinner table become an American staple?

Grapefruits come in all shapes and sizes. That can make for fun flavors, but difficult shopping. Read here to learn about the grapefruit types you should know.

An international team of botanists just discovered the largest genome ever sequenced — in an itty-bitty Pacific fern.