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yeast

[yeest] / yist /
NOUN
leaven
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NOUN
foam
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NOUN
rising agent
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Frydman's lab has spent years studying how cells maintain proteostasis in simpler organisms such as yeast and roundworms.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Following the instructions, you mix the flour with yeast, salt and water, give it a quick knead, rest it an hour, then divide it and let it rise on your counter for 8-10 hours.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Soft-baked pretzels were thus seen as the ideal food to eat, since they only called for four basic ingredients: flour, water, salt and yeast.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

"Finding that this protein fills the same role in yeast and plant cells suggests that it may be a highly conserved protein," Bartel said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

Kate heard about it from Ethel, and she confronted him in the kitchen where he was kneading bread, his hairy big arms floured to the elbows and his hands yeast bleached.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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