Today, we explore a UTSA lab where taste is the topic of the day. JULY 15, 2025 — Students working at The Macpherson Lab this ...

New research finds our tongues can ‘smell’ too — changing how scientists understand taste and opening doors to flavor ...

New research suggests that our sense of taste and smell are actually linked through our tongue first and not our brain.

A graphene sensor trained by machine learning can now taste like a human, identifying both basic and complex flavors with ...

A team of researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on a new graphene-based sensor design ...

GLP-1 drugs alter taste perceptions, challenging food makers to adapt by enhancing umami flavours, balancing sweetness, and ...

In the quiet rhythm of your heartbeat, something unexpected might be happening—something as surprising as tasting sweetness without your tongue. Scientists have discovered that your heart can ...

Scientists just mapped your tongue. It may be the key to helping you lose weight - Understanding how we crave sweet treats ...

Scientists have known for decades that the tongue responds to ammonium chloride, but research from USC Dornsife managed to pinpoint the receptors on the tongue that react to it.

Bitter taste receptors could serve as endogenous sensors for bile acids, suggests study Taste receptors for bitter substances are not only found on the tongue but also on cells outside the oral ...