yeast

Inside Mohammed al-Fateh's bakery in Khartoum, workers mixed flour, water and yeast into a thick dough, which they divided into round discs and slid into the oven on long wooden paddles.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

Vitamin D2, also called ergocalciferol, is commonly produced from fungi or yeast exposed to ultraviolet light.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Behind the bar, yeast busily converted sugars into alcohol inside giant stainless steel fermentation tanks.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

To investigate, the researchers turned to fission yeast, a single-celled organism that shares many important biological features with human cells.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

I held it to my face and smelled the back of Ben’s wagon, spice and yeast with the bitter tang of acids and chemical salts mingled in.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

The newly identified yeasts came from skin samples, meltwater inside the mummy, and stomach content samples.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

"These yeasts have accompanied Oetzi on his long journey through the millennia," study co-author Frank Maixner said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

By tapping into the natural genetic diversity of wild yeasts, we can create innovative products that meet consumers' ever-evolving taste.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2024

“My kind of first feeling here is that there are unsurveyed environments in China where these yeasts dwell, and that these two patients have been unlucky enough to be exposed.”

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 19, 2024

That was a good sign, because it meant the yeasts were already at work and growing.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan