yeast
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Behind the bar, yeast busily converted sugars into alcohol inside giant stainless steel fermentation tanks.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Those smaller molecules are then fed to the engineered yeast.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Because of those similarities, fission yeast is sometimes called a "mini-human" and is widely used to study basic cellular processes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
Because the specific yeast beta-glucan used in the study is already commercially available as a food-grade supplement, researchers believe it could move relatively quickly into clinical testing.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
For lunch we often received phuzatnandla, which means “drink of strength,” a powder made from mealies and a bit of yeast.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
"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
It contains a mix of naturally occurring probiotic bacteria and yeasts created during the traditional fermentation of goat's milk with live kefir grains.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026
But it turns out this chemical process, in which bacteria, molds or yeasts break down sugar to create simpler compounds, could help alleviate the mounting crisis of food waste.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 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
The spores of various yeasts are floating in the air just about everywhere.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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