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“You don’t know what you’re missing till it’s gone” is a truism that certainly applies to taste. It took a pandemic for taste to get attention. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

A team of researchers from Penn State has unveiled a groundbreaking development: an electronic tongue capable of simulating how taste influences our food choices based on both physiological needs and ...

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A team at the University of Singapore has created an electrode device that sits on the tip of your tongue and simulates the tastes of salty, sweet, bitter and sour. Michelle Starr is CNET's science ...

The cloning of two new taste receptors represents a scrumptious advance for this field of research, but determining their flavor still leaves one feeling slightly hungry You have full access to this ...

Here's the new taste sensation — your tongue might be able to taste calcium. The capability to taste calcium has now been discovered in mice. With these rodents and humans sharing many of the same ...