Science news articles about 'taste sensation'

  • That tastes -- sweet? Sour? No, it's definitely calcium!

    Chemists in Philadelphia are reporting a discovery that could expand the palate of human tastes — sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savory — to include a new taste sensation that they term "calcium."
  • Sour comes after a lemon has gone

    ... type of response as "off-response" of sour taste receptor. They reports their finding in an international journal ... here, helps human to keep sour taste sensation even after acid stimulus has been washed ...
  • Bad breath? Mouthrinses work, but some cause temporary staining

    ... resulted in noticeable but temporary staining of the tongue and teeth, and also can temporarily alter taste sensations. The review, carried out by a team of Cochrane Researchers, included the results ...
  • Route to obesity passes through tongue

    Obesity gradually numbs the taste sensation of rats to sweet foods and drives them to consume ... weaker nerve signals, which affects the perception of taste of the meals through the PBN. In obese humans ...
  • Girls have superior sense of taste to boys

    ... LIFE. New facts about what children can taste – and what they like: Girls are better at recognising ... taste. Every third schoolchild would prefer not to eat sweet things Another sensational ...
  • Deprived of a sense of smell, worms live longer

    ... ethosuximide lived longer. But these worms ate plenty of food. That suggests that the worms' sensation of food is critical to controlling their metabolism and life span." If roundworms sense that ...
  • Wasabi receptor can sense ammonia that causes pain

    ... entity for the alkali-sensor. You could feel pain when you eat too much WASABI with Japanese Sushi. We found that this pain sensation is the same with that caused by ammonia", said Prof Tominaga.

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