Scientists at Tufts University have developed a cheaper, high-yield method to produce tagatose, a rare sugar that tastes like ...

Tarun Kapoor is tackling a deceptively tricky biochemical challenge: how to speed up the internal machinery of living cells.

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Using a technique called ancestral sequence reconstruction (ASR), researchers at Wageningen University & Research in the ...

Scientists have discovered that blocking a key cellular enzyme thought to protect against fatty liver disease may instead ...

Scientists at Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI) have overturned a long-held belief in genetics: that inheriting two ...

How catalysts and enzymes are becoming one of the most powerful and least visible forces in low-carbon manufacturing.

New research shows how engineered enzymes and cell-free systems can be combined to recycle CO2 into Acetyl-CoA and other ...

We partnered with Harvard’s Science of Cooking program to test common ways to reduce bean-related gas—and find out which ...

Cannabis produces a complex suite of bioactive compounds, including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), but how ...

From saccharin in the 19th century to stevia and monk fruit in the 21st, researchers and the food industry have long sought a ...