It’s not just that minty tastes clash with sweet ones. Toothpaste contains the detergent sodium lauryl sulfate, which helps ...

Discover the fascinating science behind the savory fifth taste—Umami! This video breaks down how glutamate and nucleotides, ...

You've just cleaned your teeth, you're feeling minty fresh and ready to climb into bed. You take a sip of water, but the ...

Northwestern University scientists have uncovered a hidden molecular "control switch" inside a protein that helps the body ...

Ever bitten into a hot pie, yelped "Hothothot!" then had your taste buds go on strike for the next week? Taste buds are a ...

Jess Loren remembers loving the taste of Cap'n Crunch cereal. Coca-Cola. Snickers bars. But now, instead of a sweetness, "they taste bland," she says. Flavors are noticeably muted since she started a ...

When eyeing Nutrition Facts labels on potential purchases of snacks, baked goods, and other items, sodium content is one of the numbers shoppers take a close look at. Now, with regulators around the ...

Could “fatty” or “starchy” one day become accepted as the sixth basic taste alongside the likes of sweet and salty? In recent years, scientists have proposed a few contenders for a sixth taste that ...

Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common cancers of male genitourinary system, with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) posing a major therapeutic challenge. G protein-coupled receptors ...