yeast
Yeast Can Be Engineered to Turn Astronaut Pee Into Spaceflight Materials
“We are planning to try to get our yeast to the International Space Station in next couple of years.”
This Study Hopes to Determine Whether We Can Brew Beer on the Moon
Shotgunning beers and eating moon-yeast pizza might be part of everyday life for those who live on humanity’s first interplanetary outpost.
Meet the Bartender Making Wine Without Grapes or a Vineyard
Ryan Chetiyawardana of London’s White Lyan cocktail bar is making his own “wine” by fermenting herbs, tea, and fruit into an alcoholic drink that mimics the flavours of reds and whites—without grapes.
Meet the Baker Making Bread Rise without Yeast
Danish baker Christoffer Hruskova proves (get it?) that you don’t have to play by the rules to make delicious bread. His recently opened London bakery produces sourdough, baguettes, and wholegrain loaves—all without yeast.
This Startup Is Making Dairy Milk Without Cows
Made from real milk proteins combined with plant-based sugar, healthy plant fats, vitamins, and minerals, Perfect Day has the same taste and texture as cow’s milk, but never comes out of an udder.
It Took 15 Years to Map Every Gene Interaction in a Yeast Cell
Understanding how thousands of individual yeast genes interact in pairs could expose the underlying genetic bases of human diseases.
How Bompas and Parr Made a Career from Throwing Outrageous Dinners
Sam Bompas, one half of culinary art studio Bompas and Parr, talks about bringing physicists, magicians, and microbiologists into the food world.
How Syrian Bakers Are Making Bread Against All Odds
Even in a time of war, Syrians' high standards for bread are uncompromising. Bakers have implemented unique techniques to provide the daily bread under conflict.