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Why more foam makes for the best beer-drinking experience—and always has
What makes for the ultimate beer drinking experience? Some like theirs in a frosty glass, others with a wedge of lime. But when it comes to froth—or the head as it's commonly known—what's the best amount and how can it ...
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May 29, 2023
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German brewery has high hops for powdered beer
With its golden hue, bittersweet notes and frothy head, Stefan Fritsche's latest brew looks and tastes like any other beer.
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May 28, 2023
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Danish masters prepped canvases with leftovers from brewing beer
Danish painters in the 19th century may have turned to an unusual source for some of their supplies: breweries.
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May 24, 2023
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'Sexome' bacteria could help identify sex criminals
In her first publication in the journal Forensic Science International, Ms. Ruby Dixon demonstrated that bacteria can be transferred between a male and female during sexual intercourse and there is a possibility that bacterial ...
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May 17, 2023
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Video: What is meat?
Beyond "burgers." Impossible "meat." A huge meatball (supposedly) made from wooly mammoth DNA.
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May 16, 2023
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Perfect perfume or eau de cat's bum? Why scents smell different and four fragrance tips
Mother's Day is coming up in Australia and that means a surge in perfume sales. Of course, scents are purchased year-round and not just for mothers. Fragrance sales in Australia will amount to over A$1 billion this year.
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May 9, 2023
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Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball
Throw another mammoth on the barbie? An Australian company on Tuesday lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct pachyderm, saying it was meant to ...
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Mar 28, 2023
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What do the elements sound like?
In chemistry, we have He, Fe and Ca—but what about do, re and mi? Hauntingly beautiful melodies aren't the first things that come to mind when looking at the periodic table of the elements. However, using a technique called ...
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Mar 26, 2023
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New ways to measure curls and kinks could make it easier to care for natural hair
Black women and others with curly or kinky hair encounter a vast and confusing array of haircare options. Advice on the best products to use for a certain type of hair is often contradictory, and the results can be highly ...
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Mar 26, 2023
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How diluting ouzo liquor could lead to better emulsions
It sounds like a party trick: Add water to the clear, licorice-flavored ouzo liquor, and watch it turn cloudy. This "ouzo effect" is an example of an easy way to make highly stable emulsions—or mixtures of liquids that ...
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Mar 8, 2023
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Video: Why are electric vehicle fires so hard to put out?
Electric vehicles don't catch fire often, but when they do, things get spicy. How do these fires start? And why are they so hard to put out?
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Mar 6, 2023
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Texas A&M meat scientist developing 'no nitrite-added' cured meats
Imagine your favorite cured meat like beef jerky, pepperoni or bacon without any added sodium nitrite from any source currently necessary for color and shelf life. Wes Osburn, Ph.D., is doing exactly that.
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Feb 22, 2023
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Want healthy Valentine's day chocolates? We can print them
A Rutgers scientist has developed a formulation of low-fat chocolate that can be printed on a 3D printer in pretty much any shape a person can conceive, including a heart.
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Feb 14, 2023
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Video: Why calcium hydroxide + corn is key to understanding Western civilization and tacos
In the world of corn tortillas, a fierce debate rages: Is it okay to make them from pre-made corn flour, or do you need to go all the way back to dried corn kernels to make truly "from scratch" tortillas?
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Feb 9, 2023
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We found the WA radioactive capsule. But in 1980, 2,200 kilograms of uranium oxide was stolen by a mine worker
The loss of a capsule of caesium-137, measuring 6mm by 8mm, dominated the news late last month. The capsule was found in the Western Australian outback on February 1, but in terms of losing radioactive material, we have been ...
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Feb 7, 2023
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Food scientist explains how chocolate gets its flavor, texture and tricky reputation as an ingredient
Whether it is enjoyed as creamy milk chocolate truffles, baked in a devilishly dark chocolate cake or even poured as hot cocoa, Americans on average consume almost 20 pounds (9 kilograms) of chocolate in a year. People have ...
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Feb 7, 2023
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Video: Exploring the 74,963 different kinds of ice
There are somewhere between 20 and 74,963 forms of ice because water can do all kinds of weird stuff when it freezes.
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Jan 20, 2023
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Time to strike antifreeze off your list of usable poisons?
Ethylene glycol is the most common ingredient in automotive antifreeze. But for years, it was used in deadly poisonings.
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Dec 27, 2022
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How to make the perfect pavlova, according to chemistry experts
The pavlova is a summer icon; just a few simple ingredients can be transformed into a beautifully flavored and textured dessert.
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Dec 22, 2022
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Drug discovery and development—in space
Carrying out scientific experiments in space allows scientists to study and make drugs without gravity, which can lead to surprising results that improve research back on Earth. According to a cover story in Chemical & Engineering ...
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Nov 17, 2022
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