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Yeast Produce Low-Cost, High-Quality Cannabinoids

March 5, 2019

Feeding only on sugar, the yeast are an easy and cheap way to produce pure cannabinoids

Investigating Cell Stress for Better Health—and Better Beer

February 12, 2019

Researchers have devised a new method to study how single biological cells react to stressful situations

Getting Yeast to Make Artificial Sweets

December 20, 2018

A report describes a way to prepare large quantities of stevia using yeast

Wild Yeasts May Hold Key to Better Wines from Warmer Climates

December 3, 2018

The study focuses on the effects of Lachancea thermotolerans yeast, which occurs naturally on grapes

Wearable 'Microbrewery' Saves Human Body from Radiation Damage

August 10, 2018

The same way that yeast yields beer and bread can help hospital lab workers better track their daily radiation exposure...

Let Them Eat Xylose: Yeast Engineered to Grow Efficiently on Novel Nutrients

March 27, 2018

Discoveries may lead to faster growth and higher cell densities in biological engineering applications

Yeast Research Aims to Reduce Stress for New York Wineries

March 5, 2018

For vintners, stressed yeast introduces difficult production dilemmas that can change the efficiency and even flavor during w...

Researchers Develop World's First Alcoholic Beverage Made from Tofu Whey

November 29, 2017

Patent filed for unique zero-waste approach to converting by-product of tofu making into alcoholic drink rich in isoflavones...

Researchers Identify the Yeast Genes behind Rose and Honeyed Flavors in Beer and Wine

November 7, 2017

The new finding joins other recent work connecting genes to flavors in wines and beers, and may be used to grow yeasts that p...

Wild Grape Yeast Could Be More Effective Than Pesticides in Preventing Grape Molds

November 3, 2017

Wild grapes contain a huge variety of yeasts that can inhibit grape molds, and offer an eco-friendly alternative to chemical ...

Scientists Use Brewery Waste to Grow Yeast Needed for Beer Making

August 29, 2017

Spent grain amounts to as much as 85 percent of a brewery's waste

Baker's Yeast Can Help Plants Cope with Soil Contamination

July 4, 2017

Some plant species are able to remove soil contaminants and grow normally, but these are a small minority

Scientists Borrow from Electronics to Build Circuits in Living Cells

May 25, 2017

A team of UW synthetic biology researchers has demonstrated a new method for digital information processing in living cells...

Analysis Yields Clues to Chemical Composition, Natural Aging of 100-Year-Old Beer

March 30, 2017

Uncovered in 2015 during the reconstruction of an old brewery, the three lager beers apparently were produced during the Worl...

First Steps in Human DNA Replication Dance Captured at Atomic Resolution

March 17, 2017

Human ORC complex captured in action in X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM

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