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Feature
The science of the perfect cake
Nina Notman opens her lab notebook to find a recipe fit for a queen
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Research
New titration reagent helps identify the best amylase for the job
Fluorogenic compound plugs gap in industrial enzyme screening toolbox
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Podcast
Asparagusic Acid
Does asparagus give you foul-smelling urine? Helen Arney investigates asparagusic acid, and the lavatorial genetic lottery that controls whether or not you can smell its distinctive aroma
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News
Millions of microplastic particles released by some baby feeding bottles
Hot water is key variable responsible for release of large numbers of plastic particles
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Research
Breast milk analysis detects both legacy and emerging fluorinated compounds
Previous focus on legacy substances may have severely underestimated overall exposure of breastfed infants to PFASs
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Research
Sour beer compounds tracked during brewing process
Chemists partner with a California brewery to elucidate the complex flavours in tart beers
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Research
Twists of orange odorant reveal smell secrets
Modifying octanal produces hard-to-get information about olfactory receptors
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Research
Rare trehalulose sugar found in stingless bee’s honey
Stingless bee honey could be beneficial for diabetes patients as our body digests trehalulose more slowly than sucrose
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Podcast
Tannic acid
Tannic acid in green acorns can kill wild animals and livestock, but you can prevent poisoning with pannage pigs
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Business
Reducing food waste by touch
Mimica’s tactile food labels know better than best-before dates
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Podcast
2AP (2-acetyl-1-pyrroline)
Frances Addison on the aromatic compound found in both buttered popcorn and the bearcat’s scent glands, and responsible for the distinctive smell of both
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Research
Computational method challenges NMR metabolomics dogma
Macromolecule signal suppression without the loss of quantitative small molecule information finally achieved with mathematical trick
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Research
Drone blows clouds of pollen laden bubbles that could help farmers out
Automated bubble-firing drones could pollinate crops when insects numbers are down
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Business
This little Crispr went to market
Gene editing technology heading towards commercial reality in pharmaceuticals, food and organ transplant
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Podcast
Oleic acid
Brian Clegg discovers the link between olive oil, dandruff and stained glass windows.
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Research
Sugar shack test set to flip procedure for maple syrup quality control
Plasmonic tongue sensor checks maple syrup flavour in minutes
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Business
Micropore Technologies’ model membranes make exact emulsions
Solving scalability issues to control particle size without high-shear mixing
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Opinion
Poisons leave no mushroom for error
Will you enjoy a delicious treat, or endure excruciating agony?
