Tag: Yeast
Easter bunnies, cacao beans and pollinating bugs: A basket of 6...
Maggie Villiger, The Conversation
Tens of millions of chocolate bunnies get sold in the U.S. every Easter. Here are...
Chocolate’s secret ingredient is the fermenting microbes that make it taste...
Caitlin Clark, Colorado State University
Whether baked as chips into a cookie, melted into a sweet warm drink or...
Crop pathogens are more adaptable than previously thought
Antonis Rokas, Vanderbilt University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Many of the pathogens threatening the world’s major crops...
Thank fungi for cheese, wine and beer this holiday season
Antonis Rokas, Vanderbilt University
It’s hard to imagine a holiday table without bread, meat, vegetables, wine, beer or a board of French cheeses for those...
EXPLORING NATURE
How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple –...
Shelley Mitchell, Oklahoma State University
Pecans, America’s only native major nut, have a storied history in the United States....
