One of the four main components of beer, yeast is often overlooked in favor of flashier ingredients like malt and hops, but contributes a world of flavor. Here's what to know.

Turns out beer yeast is an excellent filter to remove lead from water. Pixel-Shot – stock.adobe.com. A process called biosorption, where yeast can quickly suck in traces of lead along with other ...

Marketers long have viewed water as one of beer's strongest selling points. Remember when Pearl hailed "from the country of 1,100 springs"? Malt, too, is a familiar concept, if only because of ...

Adding a gene for banana-like flavor to yeast can punch up a beer's taste and make the organisms hardier. By Laura Baisas. Published Oct 5, 2022 2:51 PM EDT ...

Scientists use DNA to figure out a lot of useful stuff: whether a drug will work to fight a certain form of cancer, who committed a crime, the ancient history of a fragment of fossilized bone.

The characteristic smell of beer is very easy to recognize, ... Yeast and fruit flies have evolved a mutually beneficial relationship that hinges on that smell, according to new research.