A research team consisting of Akihiro Okamoto (Senior Researcher, Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials, NIMS), Yoshihide Tokunou (Ph.D. student, Department of Applied ...

Ever wondered why bread dough rises when baking? Or why pizza dough gets puffy? It's all thanks to tiny living organisms called yeast! In this experiment, we'll see exactly how yeast works by watching ...

Humans have taken advantage of the metabolism in a tiny fungus called yeast to create beer and wine from grains and fruits. What are the biological mechanisms behind this alcohol production? Aa Aa Aa ...

Humans have used fermentation for thousands of years. Chemical residues from pottery at Jiahu, in central China, date a fermented beverage of rice, honey, and fruit to roughly 9,000 years ago, and ...

A method of processing peanuts for use in cookies, snacks and other products may help reduce allergic reactions, according to a study presented at an American Society for Microbiology meeting in ...