A pilot study has developed a new sensory evaluation method that links the chemical structures of polyphenols with their distinct taste properties. Using trained human panelists, researchers showed ...

Virtually every living thing on Earth, from Patagonian penguins to newborn human babies, has been touched by the synthetic ...

Methyleugenol is a component of essential oils and is found in basil, tarragon, nutmeg, and fennel. When ingested through food, it can be converted in the liver into a reactive form that induces ...

Something written in every biology textbook of the past 70 years may need a rewrite. Not because the science was careless, or ...

Many medically important drugs originate from natural sources. Microorganisms produce these compounds using highly ...

A chemical leak at a West Virginia plant killed two people and sent 19 others to the hospital, authorities said. The leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant, a silver recovery business in ...

As many as 30 others were treated at a hospital and at the scene after a “chemical release” of hydrogen sulfide at a plant in Nitro, W.Va., the authorities said. By Christine Hauser and Mark Walker ...

Phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) is a dynamic, allosterically regulated tetramer whose malfunction underlies the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria (PKU). Understanding how PAH samples different ...