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Designing a Better Low-Fat Potato Chip

August 9, 2019

Researchers have developed a technique to analyze potato chips' physical characteristics from simulated first bite to swallow...

Virtual Reality Takes a Leap into Taste

June 26, 2019

Researchers develop the optoPAD, a system that creates "virtual taste realities"

Sensing Food Textures Is a Matter of Pressure

June 14, 2019

Despite being a key driver of the acceptance or rejection of foods, researchers point out that oral texture perception remain...

Sensory Research Digs Deep to Understand Why People like Potatoes

June 13, 2019

Findings will help restaurants and food producers make potato-based foods that better align with consumer expectations and de...

An Electric Tongue Can Handle More Spicy Foods Than You Can

May 10, 2019

An electronic tongue, or e-tongue, is more effective and accurate in taste-testing fiery foods than sensitive human taste bud...

Why Some Red Wines Taste 'Dry'

May 9, 2019

The dryness sensation, also known as astringency, refers to a puckering or rough feeling in the mouth upon drinking wine...

The Smell of Dark Chocolate, Demystified

May 8, 2019

Much like a fine wine, high-quality dark chocolate has a multi-layered scent and flavor

Why You Love Coffee and Beer

May 3, 2019

Our genetics suggest beverage preferences hinge on psychoactive effects

Smelling with Your Tongue

April 24, 2019

Identification of functional olfactory receptors in human taste cells opens doors to new approaches to modify food flavor...

Understanding What Makes Tennessee Whiskey Unique

April 2, 2019

Freshly distilled, un-aged whiskey is filtered over the charcoal in a mysterious, but necessary step known as the Lincoln Cou...

The Sweet Spot: Taste Center in Brain Located

March 15, 2019

Researchers located the taste center using functional magnetic resonance imagingand a new method of statistical analysis...

When Life Gives You Sour Lemons, Use Genetics to Find out Why

March 6, 2019

Identification of genes responsible for sour taste in citrus fruit may enable the creation of new, sweeter varieties

A 'Greener' Way to Take the Bitterness out of Olives

January 31, 2019

A more environmentally friendly way to remove bitter phenolic compounds from olives has been discovered

Why We Shouldn't Like Coffee, But We Do

November 20, 2018

Weirdly, people with a higher sensitivity to bitter caffeine taste drink more coffee

Why Leaf-Eating Asian Monkeys Do Not Have a Sweet Tooth

September 7, 2018

Genetic study shows that Javan lutung monkeys have a poor sense of taste

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Tuesday November 12, 2019

Designing for a Forensic Crime Laboratory

Wednesday November 20, 2019

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Wednesday November 27, 2019

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Thursday December 5, 2019

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Wednesday October 23, 2019

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Thursday October 10, 2019

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